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Equine squamous cell carcinoma: a genetic risk factor identified in several horse breeds
Squamous cell carcinoma is the most common eye tumor in horses and the second most common form of cancer affecting equines after sarcoid. According to a recent genetic study con...
Sheep and Goat Brucellosis: Only Six Months Left to Enter the Brucellosis Vaccine Prize
Animal health laboratories around the world, encouraged to develop a vaccine against brucellosis in sheep and goats, have until November 18, 2017, to submit their applications....
Europe: Pets Have a Major Role to Play in Addressing the Aging Population
In early May, the “Pets are good for the EU”* forum examined the beneficial role that pets can play in addressing the new challenges posed by Europe’s aging population. Accordin...
Olfactory system: Human sense of smell can rival that of other mammals
According to recent research, the human nose may be able to detect more than a trillion different odors—certainly far more than the 10,000 commonly accepted until the 20th centu...
Canine Genetics: The Origins and Evolution of 161 Dog Breeds Have Now Been Mapped
A comprehensive comparative genomics analysis of the genomes of 1,346 pedigree dogs from 161 breeds across five continents has just been published*. This study, the largest to d...
Veterinarian: More Than Just a Career—A Passion That Began in Childhood
“Everything is decided before the age of six , ” says American psychologist Fitzhugh Dodson. To become a veterinarian, it’s before the age of ten! This is confirmed by a survey*...