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Asian hornet: MEPs call for a European strategy to eradicate it
Fourteen Members of the European Parliament, including José Bové, submitted a written statement to the European Commission calling for the implementation of a European strategy...
Global Food and Agriculture System: The OECD Envisions Three Possible Futures by 2050
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), in a recent report*, examined the “future prospects for global food and agriculture.” This report presents thre...
Prion disease: first case detected in Europe in a wild reindeer
A case of chronic wasting disease in deer, detected in a wild reindeer ( Rangifer tarandus tarandus ) living in southern Norway, was confirmed by the Norwegian Veterinary Instit...
Diabetes in Dogs and Cats: A New Mobile Monitoring App Connects Pets and Vets
The Royal Veterinary College (RVC) has just developed an app for smartphones and tablets that modernizes the management of canine and feline diabetes and also helps facilitate r...
Equine Research: Conservation of Wild and Domestic Donkey Breeds Is on Track
Researchers at the French National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA) have succeeded in developing a novel technique for collecting oocytes from female donkeys in vivo*,...
Chlamydia Infection: Chloramphenicol and a New Vaccine Come to the Rescue of Australian Koalas
Chlamydiosis causes high mortality rates among koalas in Australia. According to Australian authorities, between 30 and 50 percent of wild koalas suffer from this disease, which...
Beekeeping: The National Sustainable Development Plan Has Been Extended by Two Years
Agriculture Minister Stéphane Le Foll decided yesterday to refocus and extend the Sustainable Beekeeping Development Plan—which was initially launched in 2013 for a three-year t...
Vaccination: The World Association of Pet Veterinarians Updates Its Guidelines
The World Small Animal Veterinary Association (WSAVA) has updated its vaccination recommendations for dogs and cats, intended not only for veterinarians but also for animal owne...
Dog Breeding: The American Kennel Club Recognizes Two New Dog Breeds
The American Hairless Terrier and the Sloughi have been recognized by the American Kennel Club (AKC) since January 1, 2016. These two dog breeds now join the 187 others recogniz...
Ketamine: The WHO Once Again Speaks Out Against Classifying This Drug as a Narcotic
For the fourth time since 2006, the World Health Organization (WHO) expert committee has recommended that injectable ketamine not be placed under international control. In suppo...
Canine Reproduction: First Successful In Vitro Fertilization in the United States
For the first time, a litter of puppies conceived through FIV using previously frozen embryos was born this fall at Cornell University’s College of Veterinary Medicine. Since th...
Selling Dogs: A Pet Is More Than Just a Thing
On December 9, 2015, the First Civil Chamber of the Court of Cassation issued a ruling that reflects the gradual legal evolution regarding the legal status of the animal. Indeed...
Health Threats: The Prime Minister Warns of the Risk of an Attack Using Chemical, Bacteriological, or Even Biological Weapons
Manuels Valls addressed members of the National Assembly this morning during the debate on extending the state of emergency. On this occasion, he spoke of new methods of operati...
Purebred Dogs: The Evolution of the French Kennel Club (SCC) Requires a Revolution in Breed Management
For several weeks now, the report by the General Council for Food, Agriculture, and Rural Areas (CGAAER) on the situation of purebred cats and pedigree dogs has been causing a s...
Innovation in Animal Health: New Technologies Tackling a Range of Diseases
New products and/or technologies are currently being developed to curb the morbidity and mortality associated with certain conditions—often common to both humans and animals—suc...
Feline Geriatrics: A special issue dedicated to the care of older cats, available online
The European Journal of Companion Animal Practice is publishing a special online issue* entirely devoted to feline medicine, and more specifically to geriatrics. The journal tak...
Brucellosis: Another Mass Cull Looms for the Ibex of Haute-Savoie
Starting this fall, more than two-thirds of the ibex in the Bargy Massif are expected to be culled to combat brucellosis affecting the herd. About 60 animals, identified as sero...
Canine and Feline Epilepsy: First Global Consensus Resulting from Collaboration Among Experts in Veterinary Neurology
For the first time in veterinary medicine, an international panel of 26 veterinarians and scientists has succeeded in establishing unified and standardized guidelines for the re...
Auvergne Shepherd: A Dog from the Massif Central Worth Rediscovering
Herding dog, guarding, and hunting—these were the qualities of the shepherd dog that once roamed not only the Auvergne but also the entire Massif Central. Renowned for its intel...
Biodiversity, the Sixth Mass Extinction: 7% of known terrestrial species are believed to have already gone extinct
Invertebrates account for more than 99% of species diversity, but the status of only a tiny fraction of them has been assessed, resulting in a significant underestimation of the...
Crop Pollination: The Contribution of Wild Bees Is Primarily Attributed to Common Species
Overall, the economic contribution of wild bees to crop pollination runs into the billions, according to a study* published on June 16, 2015. It compiles data from more than 90...
Herd Health Planning: A Key Tool for the Sustainability of Animal Production
At its general assembly in Iasi, Romania, on June 5 and 6, 2015, the Federation of Veterinarians of Europe (FVE) unanimously adopted a strategic position statement on herd medic...
Feline Diabetes: A British Study Shows That Diagnoses Often Miss the Underlying Cause
A study* conducted by the Royal Veterinary College (United Kingdom) reveals that in cats, one in four cases of diabetes mellitus is caused by excessive secretion of pituitary gr...
Communicable Animal Diseases: Brussels Aims to “Prevent Rather Than Cure” and Simplify Legislation
An informal agreement was reached on June 1, 2015, between Members of the European Parliament, the European Commission, and ministers from national governments regarding animal...
Biodiversity: A Mixed Picture of the Health of Habitats and Species in Europe
Brussels has adopted a new report*, “The State of Nature in the European Union,” which is intended to be the most comprehensive overview to date. This assessment will inform the...
Bee conservation at the heart of the French action plan and the European moratorium on neonicotinoids
Two days before International Day for Biological Diversity, which took place this Friday, Ecology Minister Ségolène Royal presented her supporting measures for the biodiversity...
Machine Learning: A New Tool for Predicting Reservoirs of Zoonotic Diseases
Predicting an outbreak of an infectious disease before it occurs is no longer science fiction—or almost not. In a recent study*, researchers used a computer capable of modeling...
Exotic Animals: The Tokay Gecko Harbors Resistant Bacteria
According to a study* conducted by researchers at the University of Georgia in the United States, tokay geckos ( Gekko gecko) carry enteric bacteria that have been found to be r...
Belgian Shepherds appear to be genetically protected against diabetes
Swedish researchers have recently discovered a genetic interaction that prevents the development of diabetes in Belgian Shepherds. They have identified a new mechanism in this b...
Sensory neuropathy: A DNA test can detect the genetic mutation in Border Collies
Sensory neuropathy (or progressive axonopathy) is a rare neurological disease that primarily affects Border Collies. It worsens over time, and its prognosis is poor, especially...
Bees and Bumblebees: Monitoring of the Aethina tumida parasite is being stepped up in France
The protocol for monitoring infestations of bee and bumblebee colonies by the small hive beetle ( Aethina tumida) has just been revised by the Direction générale de l'alimentati...
"Feline audiogenic reflex seizure syndrome" affects older cats
British researchers have studied a new neurological condition in cats that makes them hypersensitive to high-pitched sounds and causes epileptiform seizures in some older cats....
Yersinia pestis: First Case of Plague Transmission from a Dog to a Human in the United States
Four human cases of pneumonic plague, detected in Colorado last summer, were traced to a dog infected with Yersinia pestis . According to a recent report* from the Centers for D...
Farms with more than 450 pigs: According to the Council of State, simple registration is sufficient
By rejecting the petition filed by animal protection associations, the Council of State has just upheld the simplified permitting system applied to pig farms—whether housed or f...
Equine Ophthalmology: The Latest Research Findings Compiled in a Single Publication
The latest research in clinical equine ophthalmology is now available free of charge online in a special issue featuring twenty-two articles from *Veterinary Ophthalmology *, th...
Bovine Tuberculosis: A Health Alert Issued in Corsica
A cow abandoned in front of the Bastia prefecture following a protest by disgruntled farmers on April 20, 2015, was found to be infected with bovine tuberculosis. After a demons...
Canine Flu in the United States: The Asian H3N2 Virus Is Indeed to Blame
Researchers at Cornell University and the University of Wisconsin are certain: the current epizootic of influenza A, which has already affected more than a thousand dogs in the...
Neonicotinoids: The harmful effects of these pesticides go far beyond bees
Thirteen independent experts from the European Academies’ Science Advisory Council (EASAC) reviewed more than 100 recent studies on the impact of neonicotinoids on ecosystems. A...
Across the Channel, accidental poisonings affect thousands of dogs
According to the latest figures from the Veterinary Poisons Information Service (VPIS), 56,491 dogs ingested substances with toxicity in the United Kingdom between 2010 and 2014...
Bee Population: Accredited Veterinarians on the Front Lines Against Aethina tumida
The health governance framework established at the National Health Conference also applies to the beekeeping sector. Faced with the threat of infestation of the French beehives...
Bovine Viral Diarrhea Virus (BVDV): First Detection of Genotype 2 in Spain
Bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV), a pestivirus of the Flaviviridae family, circulates worldwide. A recent study* has detected the presence of the much rarer type 2 virus in Sp...
Eating Insects: ANSES Examines the Risks and Implications
To feed the world’s population by 2030, the FAO supports the development of insect farming. With this in mind, the French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health...
World Health Day: Spotlight on food safety… and veterinary services, Too!
The 2015 World Health Day is dedicated to food safety. It was launched today in France at the Rungis International Market, in the presence of all French and global stakeholders...
Food safety for World Health Day
April 7 is World Health Day. The theme for the 2015 edition focuses on food safety (from farm to table #safefood). This is an opportunity to highlight the vital role of veterina...
Pet food contains unspecified or even unidentified animal species
In the wake of the 2013 horse meat scandal in the human food chain, a Scandinavian study* examined the presence and authenticity of sources of animal proteins (beef, chicken, po...
Wild bees: Nearly one in ten species is endangered in Europe
The first assessment of all European wild bee species has just been published by the IUCN. According to the report, 9.2% are threatened with extinction, while 5.2% will be threa...
Common European birds are disappearing faster than rare species
The number of birds in Europe fell by more than 420 million between 1980 and 2009. A recent study*, which compiled data on 144 species across 25 countries, reveals that 90% of t...
Horse Racing: Is Cobalt Supplementation Beneficial or Harmful?
The use of cobalt in racehorses appears to be spreading. This trace element is believed to enhance the performance of horses given the supplement. However, its effects—whether p...