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Okay . Hi one . The 2011 New Horizons

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exercise isn't just focused on people .

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Soldiers from Denver Colorado's nine

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93rd medical detachment Veterinary

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services are helping Suriname's

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Ministry of Agriculture set up a

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tuberculosis testing and surveillance

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program . Tuberculosis is a contagious

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disease that spreads between animals

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into humans through contaminated milk .

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Some soldiers are expanding their

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knowledge while helping others well .

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We're getting to learn a lot about the

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agriculture that they do have down in

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here and learning about the different

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kind of feedstuffs that they're able to

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feed their animals . Um looking at some

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of the nutritional basis there , of

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course , we're getting to learn a lot

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about the fruit , um and stuff that's

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down here in south America and just get

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to learn about a lot of their culture .

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The team is also treating farm animals

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and pets for minor wounds , reporting

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from Sarah Marcus Suriname . I'm Army

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Sergeant . Mike bisson .