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More Dogs and Cats Are Being Unintentionally Poisoned by Illicit Drugs in Their Homes
An increasing number of dogs and cats are being exposed to cocaine and methamphetamine left out in their owners’ homes, new study finds.
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SATURDAY, May 10, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Any parent who has been jolted awake by the squeals of a toddler with an ear infection knows that relief won't be swift — or sure.
Kids often build resistance to the usual days-long antibiotic treatment regimen so the painful infections can come roaring back. But Cornell University researchers report encouraging results from animal tes...
- Carole Tanzer Miller HealthDay Reporter
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- May 10, 2025
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THURSDAY, April 17, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Newfangled eyedrops for dogs might be better at helping them fight off infections, a new study says.
Eyedrops containing hyaluronic acid helped antibiotics better coat the eyes of healthy dogs, compared to traditional eyedrop formulations, researchers recently reported in the journal Veteri...
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
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- April 17, 2025
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Your cat might not do the dishes, and your dog probably can’t fix your Wi-Fi, but they could be making you just as happy as a spouse or best friend.
A new study found that having a furry friend may boost your overall life satisfaction as much as being married or regularly spending time with loved ones.
And it's something researchers can actually put a price tag on. A team in t...
- I. Edwards HealthDay Reporter
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- April 10, 2025
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Playing with a dog for just 15 minutes can significantly reduce a person’s stress, a new study reports.
Stressed students who interacted with a friendly dog reported less stress, had a reduced heart rate and had lower levels of the stress hormone cortisol in their saliva, rese...
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
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- March 14, 2025
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Two indoor cats in Oregon were euthanized after contracting bird flu, leading to a recall of raw pet food sold in both Oregon and Washington, health officials have announced.
The cats were from separate households and had consumed the same Wild Coast Raw Boneless Free Range Chicken Formula before falling ill.
Testing confirmed pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), otherwise known as bi...
- India Edwards HealthDay Reporter
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- February 20, 2025
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Zoo workers and volunteers often grieve when animals die, and zoo managers can do a better job of supporting them, a new study finds.
“Zoo professionals and volunteers frequently face significant emotional strain due to animal losses, yet structured organizational support for processing grief remains limited," lead author
Reports of cats becoming seriously ill or dying after consuming raw pet food or milk tainted with the deadly bird flu virus have prompted the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to urge pet food manufacturers to take extra precautions.
The FDA recently advised pet food companies to source ingredients from healthy animals and use processes such as heat treatment to inactivate any virus...
- India Edwards HealthDay Reporter
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- January 27, 2025
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A devastating bird flu outbreak has killed 20 big cats at the Wild Felid Advocacy Center of Washington, a nonprofit animal sanctuary in Shelton, Wash.
The deaths, which include four cougars and a half-Bengal tiger, have led the sanctuary to declare a quarantine to prevent further spread of the virus.
"Our sanctuary is under quarantine to protect our remaining animals and prevent fur...
- India Edwards HealthDay Reporter
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- December 27, 2024
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A batch of pet food has been voluntarily recalled nationwide after a cat in Oregon died of bird flu, an illness state officials linked to contaminated food.
The recall, according to a news release published Dec. 25, 2024, involves Northwest Naturals’ Feline Turkey Recipe raw frozen pet food with sell-by dates between May 21, 2026, and Jun. 23, 2026.
Tests confirmed the batch w...
- India Edwards HealthDay Reporter
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- December 26, 2024
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Hundreds of beloved pet dogs and cats were reported as being unintentionally poisoned by cocaine and methamphetamine left out in their owners' homes, new data from one U.S. pet poison control hotline shows.
When a dog or cat consumes cocaine or meth, it can quickly prove fatal, warned a team led by Orrin Ware, an assistant professor ...
- Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
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- December 23, 2024
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Picture this: a beloved cat, playful and healthy one day, falls mysteriously ill the next. Soon after, the shocking culprit is revealed -- bird flu, a virus that most people associate with poultry and wild birds.
Now, scientists are warning that domestic cats could potentially prompt a public health crisis.
According to a new study published Dec. 9 in the journal
When a black cat named Pepper dropped a dead mouse on the carpet at his owner's feet on a day back in May 2021, neither of them knew then that it would alert scientists to the arrival of an exotic virus to the United States.
Pepper is a skilled hunter who regularly leaves “gifts” for his humans, so that part wasn't surprising. But owner
Artificial intelligence can accurately detect heart murmurs in dogs, a new study finds.
The AI program detects heart murmurs in canines with 90% accuracy, similar to the accuracy of expert cardiologists, researchers report.
And in more than half the cases tested, the AI completely agreed with a cardiologist’s assessment of the murmur’s seriousness.
These heart murm...
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
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- October 29, 2024
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The 2023 illness and death in Nebraska of a stray kitten infected with rabies set off a large-scale effort to discover how the feline became infected in the first place.
That's because the strain of rabies the 6-week old kitten carried had never been detected so far west: The nearest other cases of the Eastern raccoon rabies virus variant (RRVV) were on the East Coast, almost 850 miles aw...
- Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
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- October 18, 2024
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The short but much-loved life of a French bulldog named George leaves a legacy of learning for those who care for animals and humans.
George's owner Louis Tavares, of Windemere, Fla., brought him to doctors at the University of Florida's College of Veterinary Medicine’s Small Animal Hospital in late 2023, with what appeared to be a small mass on the 2-year-old pup's chest.
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- October 2, 2024
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A raw diet pet food company is recalling cartons of frozen beef and chicken dog food that could be tainted with salmonella or listeria germs.
Answers Pet Food announced the recall this week after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration reported that two of its dog foods tested positive for salmonella, a third te...
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
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- September 25, 2024
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A cavalry of sorts can come to the rescue of combat veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), a new study says.
Combat veterans who regularly care for horses experience an easing of their PTSD symptoms, as well as an overall improved mental outlook, researchers found.
Focusing on a horse’s welfare can help a veteran shed the hypervigilance that often accom...
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
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- September 20, 2024
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Therapy dogs can help boost the spirits of health care workers in the same way they brighten the moods of hospital patients, a new study shows.
The furry, four-legged friends reduced emotional exhaustion and job stress among a small group of workers at two surgical and two i...
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
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- September 18, 2024
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'Fetch': It's not just for dogs.
New research finds that lots of cats -- 41% -- love retrieving toys tossed by their human.
“Although cats and dogs are very different in many aspects of their behavior and in how they ended up being companion animals, we find it fascinating that so many of them share this very interesting behavior - fetching!," wrote a team led by
Tiny turtles are the cause of a outbreak of 51 cases of salmonella in 21 states, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Friday.
In almost half of cases, the illness has been so severe as to require hospitalization, although no deaths have been reported.
Babies and young kids are most often t...
- Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
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- August 20, 2024
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WEDNESDAY, Aug. 7, 2024 (HeathDay News) -- Researchers are gleaning important insights into miscarriages in women from an longtime four-legged friend: horses.
It shouldn't come as a surprise, since female horses have long pregnancies (11 months) and embryos of both species grow at similar rates, said a team overseen by
In her youth, Shola, an English Shepherd Dog, was a member of the Edale Mountain Rescue Team, a corps of U.K. pooches charged with helping hurt and stranded hikers.
But Shola was retired as part of the Rescue Team after a rare genetic disease affecting dogs, called progressive retinal atrophy (PRA), robbed her of her sight.
It's too late for Shola, but new research has led to a ge...
- Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
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- July 22, 2024
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Dogs can sniff out whether a human is stressed or relaxed, new research suggests, and that sensory feedback appears to influence canine emotions and choices.
The dog doesn't even have to know the human well to interpret odor in this way, the British researchers noted.
“Dog owners know how attuned their pets are to their emotions, but here we show that even the odor of a stress...
- Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
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- July 22, 2024
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Pudgy with a purpose: Fat cats could help humans better understand the way gut bacteria influences conditions like obesity and type 2 diabetes, a new study claims.
Food-related changes in obese cats’ gut microbiome have striking similarities to the way diet affects the gut of humans, researchers reported recently in the journal
Lizards called bearded dragons may not breathe fire, but they can be a source of one nasty infection: Salmonella.
So warned the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in a health advisory on Friday, noting there have been reports of 15
The first two cases of a diphtheria-like illness being transmitted in the United States between people and their pets have been reported in Utah and Colorado.
The respiratory illnesses occurred in 2022 and 2023 and involved the Corynebacterium ulceran bacterium, which is closely related to the germ that causes diptheria. One recent
Shelter dogs do better with a buddy, a new study finds.
Dogs show fewer signs of stress and are adopted more quickly if paired up with another canine rather than housed by themselves, researchers found.
"Despite being a social species, dogs are often housed alone in shelters to reduce disease transmission and possible injury from inter-dog conflict,"said lead researcher
Military veterans often struggle with their mental health once their service ends, but the first clinical trial of its kind has found that having a service dog helps lower the risk of PTSD for these former soldiers.
Veterans paired with a service dog had 66% lower odds of a PTSD diagnosis, compared to a control group of vets still waiting for a service dog, researchers reported June 4 in ...
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
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- June 5, 2024
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Backyard chickens are causing outbreaks of salmonella across the United States, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warns.
About 109 people in 29 states have gotten sick from salmonella after touching or caring for backyard poultry, the CDC said in a health advisory.
Of those, ...
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
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- May 28, 2024
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Mice, rats and other wildlife can pick up bacteria called leptospira from water or soil and excrete it in urine.
If your dog contacts any soil or water contaminated by the germ (especially if they have an open wound) they can easily develop a potentially deadly disease called leptospirosis.
"Every dog that has access to the outdoors is at risk of getting leptospirosis,"str...
- Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
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- May 17, 2024
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Dogs brought into the United States from abroad must be compliant with new rules to help fight rabies in this country, according to updated guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued Wednesday.
"Starting on August 1, 2024, all dogs entering the United States must: Appear healthy upon arrival; be at least six months of age [old enough for the rabies vacc...
- Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
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- May 8, 2024
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Pets and pet owners who come into contact with Bausch & Lomb's "Project Watson" dog eye wipes could be at risk for infection if the products come from certain lots.
The wipes are used to clean a dog's eyelids, but two specific lots (numbers A09050 and A10055, printed on the container's bottom) could become easily contaminated, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) noted in an ...
- Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
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- May 6, 2024
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People worry about contracting Lyme disease from ticks, but they should be concerned for their furry friends as well, veterinarians say.
Dogs throughout the United States are increasingly vulnerable to the tick-borne illness, say experts from the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine at Virginia Tech.
Lyme disease was traditionally thought to be limited mostly to the nort...
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
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- April 29, 2024
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The emotional turmoil caused by a stolen dog is akin to that of a parent losing a child, a new study finds.
The findings support the idea that pets truly become family members to their owners, researchers said. When faced with the theft of a pet, ow...
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
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- April 26, 2024
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Dogs and cats can pass antibiotic-resistant bacteria to their owners, raising concerns that household pets could be contributing to the world's antibiotics crisis, a new study says.
Cases of these "superbugs"being passed between sick dogs and cats and their healthy owners have been identified in the U.K. and Portugal, according to research presented at the European Society of Clinical Mic...
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
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- April 15, 2024
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A rare fungal infection has been diagnosed in two cats and a vet tech who treated one of the animals, a new report warns.
The three cases -- discovered in Kansas in late 2022 and early 2023 -- were caused by a fungus called Sporothrix schenckii, researchers from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported in the May issue of the journal Emerging Infectious Di...
- Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter
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- April 11, 2024
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As their aging brains shrink, older dogs can suffer the same memory and thinking problems as many older humans do.
But dogs are just like humans in another way -- playtime and social activities can help preserve their brain function, a new study finds.
Exercising, socializing, playing with toys and playing with other dogs helped a small group of beagles maintain their brains, resear...
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
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- April 2, 2024
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People worry about deadly viruses leaping from animals into humans, but a new study suggests that wildlife is more at risk than humans are.
Roughly twice as many viruses pass from humans to animals than the other way around, researchers report March 25 in the journal Nature Ecology & Evolution.
"We should ...
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
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- March 27, 2024
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It's well-known that dogs can learn words for spoken commands like "sit,""stand"and "heel."
But a new study has found they also can tell their "ball-ball"from their "dolly,""teddy,""chewy"or "squeaky squeak."
Brain scans reveal that dogs generally know that certain words stand for certain objects, researchers reported March 22 in the journal
Cuddly, friendly, fun: Your pet brings so much to your life, but experts warn that, in rare cases, they can also bring illness.
The health benefits of pet ownership are many, noted Dr. Stacey Rose, an associate professor of infectious diseases and internal medicine at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston.
For examp...
- Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
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- March 22, 2024
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the first drug to treat yeast ear infections in dogs.
DuOtic is also the first ear infection medication that does not contain an antibiotic, the FDA said in its
A parasite that can kill dogs has been found in a portion of the Colorado River that runs through Southern California.
Heterobilharzia americana is a flatworm usually referred as liver fluke. It has never been reported this far west, according to scientists at UCRiverside, who are warning pet owners of the danger.
The worm can cause canine schistosomiasis, which affe...
- Carole Tanzer Miller HealthDay Reporter
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- March 15, 2024
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Playing fetch or grooming Fido isn't just good for your precious pooch -- it also benefits your brain.
Such interactions appear to strengthen brain waves associated with rest and relaxation, South Korean researchers report in the March 13 issue of the journal PLOS One. Their small study compar...
- Carole Tanzer Miller HealthDay Reporter
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- March 15, 2024
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Nearly a quarter of Labrador retrievers are more likely to be obese due to a genetic "double-whammy,"a new study finds.
This gene mutation causes Labradors to both feel hungry all the time and also burn fewer calories, British researchers report.
The mutation involves a gene called POMC, which plays a critical role in hunger and energy use among Labs.
About 25% of Labradors an...
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
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- March 7, 2024
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The vast majority (84%) of Americans with pets say their animal companion brings a positive mental health impact to their lives, a new poll shows.
The poll of more than 2,200 adults conducted early last month also found about two-thirds of respondents calling their pet "a true friend," a "companion" and someone who "provide[s] unconditional love and support."
That's according to a ...
- Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
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- March 4, 2024
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Perhaps by reducing anxiety, a service dog can help reduce seizures in people with tough-to-treat epilepsy, a new study finds.
A group of 25 study participants had an average 31% fewer seizures after months of owning a service dog trained to help people with epilepsy.
And seven of those patients experienced a 50% to 100% reduction in seizures, researchers report in the Feb. 28 issue...
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
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- February 29, 2024
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One in 10 homeless people has a pet, and one-stop health clinics where both can get health care would benefit both, a new study suggests.
The study, published Feb. 19 in the journal Human-Animal Interactions, found that joint people-pet clinics, free veterinary clinics and pet-friendly lodging are common ways homeless people and their four-legged companions can get help.
- Carole Tanzer Miller HealthDay Reporter
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- February 19, 2024
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Imagine being subjected to domestic violence in your home, wanting to escape -- but there's no place you can go that will accept a beloved pet.
That's the gut-wrenching situation facing too many victims of domestic abuse, according to a new data review spanning 27 years.
"In a lot of cases of domestic violence, there is evidence to suggest that people will delay leaving their relati...
- Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
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- January 29, 2024
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If your dog is looking like he needs to drop some weight, a new study shows probiotics might do the trick.
Researchers identified two strains of probiotics that helped obese canines shed pounds.
"The strains we carefully selected demonstrated remarkable success in reducing the body fat percentage in dogs,"said principal researcher Youn...
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
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- January 26, 2024
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Ever wonder what your dog most likes to watch on TV?
Think nature documentaries, Lassie or good old Scooby-Doo, a new study suggests.
Dogs are most engaged when watching videos that feature other animals, according to a new study published recently in the journal Applied Animal Behavior Scie...
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
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- January 23, 2024
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