HOUSTON, March 8 (AP)  John F. Baugh, founder of the Sysco Corporation, a food and service supplier based in Houston, died Monday.He was 91. His death was announced by the company.A native of Waco, Tex., Mr. Baugh began his career in the food business at age 13 as a stock boy at an A.& P. grocery store.ero Foods eventually joined with eight other companies to form Sysco (for SYstems and Services COmpany.) The company had $32.6 billion in sales last year. Mr. Baugh was chairman of Syscoâs board until 1985.
Koi herpes virus (KHV) is a viral disease that is very contagious to the common carp Cyrpinus carpio.It is most commonly found in ornamental koi, which are often used in outdoor ponds or as feeder stock. The first case of KHV was reported in 1998, but not confirmed until later in 1999. KHV is a DNA-based virus.oi herpes virus (KHV) is a viral disease that is very contagious to the common carp Cyrpinus carpio.
Tom Volk's Fungus of the Month for January 2002. This month's fungus is Coccidioides immitis, cause of the fungal disease coccidioidomycosis, aka Valley Fever, San Joaquin Valley Fever, desert bumps, desert rheumatism or Posadas' disease. Coccidioides immitis (kok-sid-ee-OID-eez IMM-ih-tiss) is the cause of a nasty fungal disease called coccidioidomycosis (kok-sid-ee-oid-oh-my-KOH-sis). Like the other true-pathogenic, systemic human fungal diseases histoplasmosis, blastomycosis, and paracoccidioidomycosis, Coccidioidomycosis starts out as a lung disease caused by inhalation of the conidia, shown to the left.