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Tularemia: Hunting Dogs Are an Overlooked Source of Human Infection
Tularemia, a fatal bacterial disease in wild rodents and lagomorphs, can also infect humans and dogs. While contact with contaminated blood or meat makes hunters a group particu...
Pets: A Raw-Meat Diet Poses Risks
Pathogens commonly found in raw dog and cat food can pose a health risk not only to pets but also to their owners, Dutch researchers warn. According to a recent study , zoonotic...
Canine Cancer: A Preventive Cancer Vaccine Is Being Tested in Dogs in the United States
The University of Arizona has received a grant of more than $6 million to test the effectiveness of a preventive cancer vaccine for dogs. After ten years of research, the resear...
Laminitis in Horses: New Clinical Strategies Are Emerging
What if we needed to rethink our approach to laminitis in equines? That’s what the University of Liverpool is proposing. Laminitis remains one of the most debilitating and painf...
FIP: Advances in the Treatment of Feline Infectious Peritonitis
Controlling the risk factors for feline infectious peritonitis (FIP) is no easy task. Caused by a mutation of the feline enteric coronavirus—which is widespread among the global...
Red meat and processed meats: Eating them increases the risk of colorectal cancer—but that’s not all
While it is now widely accepted that meat consumption, including red meat and processed meats, is associated with an increased risk of colorectal cancer in men, a new study —bas...