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Stockton animal shelter halts adoptions through early June after ‘strep zoo’ detected
An infectious animal pathogen has appeared at the Stockton Animal Shelter and staff are taking precautions by halting intake and closing through early June, the shelter said. A case of Streptococcus zooepidemicus, also known as “strep zoo,” was detected and all stray intake, adoptions and other business with the public will be halted through June […] The post Stockton animal shelter halts adoptions through early June after ‘strep zoo’ detected appeared first on Local News Matters .
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According to Local News Matters’s source item, Stockton animal shelter halts adoptions through early June after ‘strep zoo’ detected, An infectious animal pathogen has appeared at the Stockton Animal Shelter and staff are taking precautions by halting intake and closing through early June, the shelter said. A case of Streptococcus zooepidemicus, also known as “strep zoo,” was detected and all stray intake, adoptions and other business with the public will be halted through June […] The post Stockton animal shelter halts adoptions through early June after ‘strep zoo’ detected appeared first on Local News Matters .
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