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Livestock, Not Mongolian Gazelles, Drive Foot-And-Mouth Disease Outbreaks
Tue, 01/31/2012 - 5:00amWildlife health experts from the Wildlife Conservation Society have published evidence which supports the conclusion that Mongolian gazelles - one of the most populous large land mammals on the planet - are not a reservoir of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD), a highly contagious viral disease that threatens both wildlife and livestock in Asia...
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Schmallenberg Virus - BVA Concerned, UK
Thu, 01/26/2012 - 7:00amFollowing the AHVLA's confirmation of the discovery of Schmallenberg virus (SBV) on four sheep farms in Norfolk, Suffolk and East Sussex, the British Veterinary Association (BVA) has renewed its call for heightened vigilance. Scientists believe that the virus is vector-borne, even though they have not ruled out other routes of transmission...
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Study Of Pet Dogs Shows Lyme Disease Risk In UK Bigger Than Previously Thought
Wed, 01/25/2012 - 3:00pmThe risk of a person living in the UK becoming infected with Lyme disease is much greater than previously thought, according to a study from Bristol University that surveyed pet dogs to find out how many of them harboured the ticks that transmit the disease...
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Retinitis Pigmentosa In Dogs Cured By Gene Therapy
Tue, 01/24/2012 - 4:00amMembers of a University of Pennsylvania research team have shown that they can prevent, or even reverse, a blinding retinal disease, X-linked Retinitis Pigmentosa, or XLRP, in dogs. The disease in humans and dogs is caused by defects in the RPGR gene and results in early, severe and progressive vision loss. It is one of the most common inherited forms of retinal degeneration in man...
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Man's Best Friend Shows Explosive-Detecting Capabilities And Saves Marine's Lives
Mon, 01/23/2012 - 2:00amSpecialty canines were on a mission to sniff out trouble and display their explosive-detecting abilities as part of an Office of Naval Research (ONR)-hosted "Top Dog Demo 2012...
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Helping Dogs (and Humans) With Spinal Cord Injury Walk Again
Fri, 01/20/2012 - 2:00pmOn Wednesday, US researchers announced they are testing a new drug in dogs that has already proven effective in mice. The drug is designed to substantially reduce the hind limb paralysis that follows certain spinal cord injuries. There are currently no therapies that can do this. The researchers suggest if the drug succeeds in dogs, it could also work in humans...
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Researchers Find That African Bats Have Antibodies That Neutralize Deadly Hendra Virus
Sat, 01/14/2012 - 2:00amA new study on African bats provides a vital clue for unravelling the mysteries in Australia's battle with the deadly Hendra virus. The study focused on an isolated colony of straw-coloured fruit bats on islands off the west coast of central Africa...
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The Importance Of Tracking Diseases Associated With Illegal Wildlife Trade
Thu, 01/12/2012 - 3:00amAn article released in PLoS ONE entitled, Zoonotic Viruses Associated with Illegally Imported Wildlife Products, from a collaborative study led by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), identified evidence of retroviruses and herpesviruses in illegally imported wildlife products confiscated at several U.S. international airports, including John F...
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Smuggled Bushmeat, Wildlife Products Bring Viruses Into The US
Wed, 01/11/2012 - 3:00pmA pilot study reported online this week in the journal PLoS ONE reveals how scientists found evidence of potentially dangerous viruses, including retroviruses and herpesviruses, in bushmeat and other wildlife products smuggled into the US...
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Dogs Read Our Intent
Mon, 01/09/2012 - 2:00amDogs pick up not only on the words we say but also on our intent to communicate with them, according to a report published online in the Cell Press journal Current Biology on January 5...
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Monkeys Born From Stem Cells
Sat, 01/07/2012 - 2:00amThe birth of three monkeys from a stem cell research program is being hailed as a major breakthrough in genetic engineering. It appears that the mouse stem cells widely used in studies, follow a different developmental process, that was previously thought to be identical to primate and human...
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FDA Bans Certain Uses Of Antibiotics In Food-Producing Animals
Thu, 01/05/2012 - 2:00amIn a bid to protect an important class of antibiotics for treating humans and reduce the development of drug resistance, the US Food and Drug Administration has banned certain uses of cephalosporins in food-producing animals. The federal agency announced on Wednesday that the prohibition order comes into effect on 5 April...
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Decision Making By Great Apes Could Impact Human Studies
Wed, 01/04/2012 - 2:00amChimpanzees, orangutans, gorillas and bonobos make more sophisticated decisions than was previously thought. Great apes weigh their chances of success, based on what they know and the likelihood to succeed when guessing, according to a study of MPI researcher Daniel Haun, published in the online journal PLoS ONE. The findings may provide insight into human decision-making as well...
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A New Method For Testing Allergenic Substances Without Experimental Animals
Thu, 12/22/2011 - 2:00amContact allergy affects around 20% of the population in the western world. Scientists are working intensively to develop alternative test methods that do not require animal testing. A research group at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, has now developed a unique test method that enables graded results to be obtained using cultured skin cells...
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Using Chimpanzees For Animal Experiments - Rules Must Be Tightened Up, Says IOM
Thu, 12/15/2011 - 8:00pmWe should have much more stringent rules regarding the use of chimps, our closest relatives on this planet, says a new report issued by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) and the National Research Council. Chimpanzees and humans share a surprising number of behavioral traits, the authors added...
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Orangutans That Have Survived Extreme Food Scarcity May Provide Better Understand Of Obesity And Eating Disorders In Humans
Thu, 12/15/2011 - 2:00amRutgers Evolutionary Anthropologist Erin Vogel thinks new research published in Biology Letters, a Journal of the Royal Society, examining how endangered Indonesian orangutans - considered a close relative to humans - survive during times of extreme food scarcity might help scientists better understand eating disorders and obesity in humans...
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Significant Findings In Foot-And-Mouth Disease
Tue, 12/13/2011 - 2:00amResearchers at the University of Leeds have been studying an enzyme - called 3D - which plays a vital role in the replication of the virus behind the disease. They have found that this enzyme forms fibrous structures (or fibrils) during the replication process. What's more, they have found a molecule which can prevent these fibrils forming...
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Research Raises New Questions About Animal Empathy
Sun, 12/11/2011 - 2:00amThe emotions of rats and mice and the mental infrastructure behind them promise to illuminate the nature of human emotions, including empathy and nurturance, a Washington State University neuroscientist writes in this Friday's issue of the journal Science...
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Blood Test For Dogs Could Lead To Similar Human Test
Wed, 12/07/2011 - 2:00amIn pets and people, the time it takes to diagnose an infection may mean life or death. Now, a University of Missouri veterinarian is identifying ways to diagnose pet infections in approximately a third of the current diagnosis time. The resulting test could be used eventually for humans...
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Taking The Fear Out Of Surgery For Veterinary Students
Thu, 11/17/2011 - 3:00amTraining basic surgical techniques on toy animals before having to perform operations on living animals makes veterinary students much less anxious. At the same time, the use of laboratory animals is minimised. This is documented by a new PhD thesis from LIFE - the Faculty of Life Sciences at the University of Copenhagen...
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