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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...
Red List of Endangered Species: Several Mammal Species Are in Decline in France
The latest update to France’s “Red List of Endangered Species” shows a deterioration in the situation, eight years after the first survey. A total of 125 mammal species native t...
Gene Therapy: Lameness in Horses Successfully Treated with DNA Injections
In a clinical study* , Russian and British scientists have shown that direct injection of DNA into tendons and ligaments enables lame horses to return to peak condition after ju...
Veterinary Homeopathy: A British Study Concludes That It Has No Real Effectiveness
A recent study*, conducted by Professor Peter Lees of the Royal Veterinary College (RVC), explains why veterinary homeopathy may appear to be effective due to practitioners’ mis...
Biodiversity and Climate: Flora and Fauna Forced to Adapt to Climate Change
The future of global biodiversity is uncertain in the face of climate change. In a report* published on September 25, 2017, the Academy of Sciences expressed concern about the c...
Coccidioidomycosis: The University of Arizona Receives $4.8 Million to Develop a Canine Vaccine
Research being conducted in the United States to prevent coccidioidomycosis in dogs will receive a $4.8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health. This funding will e...
Animal Health E-Health Workshop: Livestock Farming and Veterinary Medicine Facing Opportunities… or Threats, Part 2 of 2
The Human e-Health Summer School was held in Castres from July 4 to 6 at the campus of the School of Engineering in Computer Science and Health Information Systems (ISIS), found...