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Entries for April 2015
Posted on April 27, 2015 16:01
A Kansas State University veterinarian recently gave her recommendations on how to prevent canine influenza, following recent cases of the respiratory disease in the Chicago area. The university’s Kansas State Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory has not received a positive case of canine influenza, or dog flu, in the last year. However, the disease is...
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Posted on April 27, 2015 16:01
According to newly-published research, human norovirus may infect dogs. The study was published in the American Society for Microbiology’s Journal of Clinical Microbiology.
The study’s first author was Sarah Caddy, VetMB, PhD, MRCVS, a veterinarian and PhD student at the University of Cambridge, and Imperial College, London.
Norovirus causes most...
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Posted on April 27, 2015 16:01
A recent study has looked to see if the tolerance seen in human-dog interactions also characterize interactions between dogs.
The study was conducted by Friederike Range and Zsófia Virányi from the Messerli Research Institute, who checked to see if dogs were more tolerant and less aggressive to their conspecifics than wolves.
For this study, the ...
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Posted on April 27, 2015 16:01
A new breakthrough study has found a gene mutation that may cause a new form of neurodegenerative disease in canines. The study was done by Professor Tosso Leeb from the University of Bern and Professor Hannes Lohi from the University of Helsinki. The University of Helsinki’s Faculty of Veterinary Medicine also took part in this study.
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Posted on April 21, 2015 16:01
In the next 15 years, the worldwide use of antibiotics for livestock will increase according to a new study. This raises serious concerns over the effect of the trend on the growing problem of drug-resistant pathogens.
The researchers have predicted a 67 percent rise in antibiotics globally in 2010-2030 in food animals. Antibiotics are often used ...
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Posted on April 21, 2015 16:01
According to experts, single genetic tests may not be enough to assess healthy pedigree in dogs and improve pedigree line health. A combined approach using DNA analysis, pedigree information and health screening programs will help reduce the frequency of inherited disease significant, according to a recent review. This kind of combined approach can...
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Posted on April 21, 2015 16:01
In a recent small-scale study, cats under general anesthesia were found to process music and react different to different genres.
The study was led by Dr. Miguel Carreira and done in a veterinary clinic in Barreiro near Lisbon, Portugal. Carreira performed the study after noticing that cats being treated at his clinic and during teaching sessions ...
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Posted on April 15, 2015 16:01
According to a new study, cats are highly responsive to ‘music’ specialized for them, while they generally ignore more regular music.
The study was done by researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and published at Applied Animal Behaviour Science. The lead author was Charles Snowdon, an emeritus professor of psychology.
Snowdon said, ...
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Posted on April 15, 2015 16:01
A recent study has found a possible biological trigger mechanism for bone cancer in dogs. The researchers associated with this study fund a link between aggressive canine bone cancer and an increased expression of a certain tumor cell gene. The study was done by the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Veterinary Medicine (SVM), and the findin...
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Posted on April 15, 2015 16:01
New guidelines from the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) have outlines recommendations for policies in healthcare facilities on the use of animals. This includes policies on service animals, animal-assisted activities, research animals and personal pet visitations at acute cate hospitals.
The new SHEA guidelines were published...
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