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Past outbreak changes food safety habits in macaques

Original: Disease outbreak experience alters food safety behaviors in macaque monkeys

Researchers report that macaque monkeys with prior experience of a disease outbreak change their food-related behaviors, suggesting a shift toward safer food handling or avoidance. The findings, covered by News-Medical, offer insight into how animals adapt hygiene-like behaviors after experiencing infectious disease, with possible relevance to understanding behavioral responses to pandemics more broadly.

Why now: Interest in animal behavioral adaptations to disease amid ongoing pandemic research

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