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Dairy Cows: Wood-chip bedding has a beneficial effect on hoof and claw health
Dairy cows raised exclusively indoors frequently develop foot and hoof disorders due to damp floors and inadequate flooring materials. These disorders, which are often painful,...
Nearly two-thirds of veterinary students experience stress on British campuses
For the seventh time since 1996, the British Veterinary Association (BVA) and the Association of Veterinary Students (AVS) conducted the survey* among veterinary students during...
Reptiles: British Veterinarians Provide Information on Turtle Hibernation
Three veterinary professional organizations issued a joint statement on October 18 to educate land tortoise owners on the best way to manage their pets’ hibernation. According t...
Biodiversity: A website lists the restoration efforts underway in the field
Protecting the environment requires the involvement of all stakeholders in local communities: citizens, schools, organizations, businesses, local governments, and so on. To iden...
Residues of Pharmaceuticals: An International Conference and a National Plan to Combat Micropollutants
Originally expected in June, the second “National Micropollutants Plan” was officially launched on September 8. Ségolène Royal, the Minister of the Environment, made the announc...
IUCN Red List: Bleak Prognosis for Great Apes, Zebras, and African Antelopes
All over the world, flora and fauna are disappearing at an unprecedented rate , notes the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) with concern, having just updated...
Snake Bites: Vipers, Mambas, and Other Taipans Are Behind a Global Health Crisis
Some 5 million people are bitten each year worldwide, resulting in more than 100,000 deaths and approximately 400,000 amputations or disfigurements. These are the statistics on...
Aging: Dogs, Too, Can Hope to Live Longer
Geneticists at the University of Washington (United States) are studying the aging process in domestic animals*. According to them, certain common medications could help increas...
Human-Animal Communication: Dogs Can Distinguish Words and the Intonation of Human Speech
A recent study on language, published in the American journal *Science*, shows that humans may have only one monopoly: that of creativity in the use of words. This is because do...
Declining Fertility in Dogs: A Boon for Human Research
A study* conducted by the University of Nottingham highlights a rapid decline in fertility among dogs due to an overall decrease in canine sperm quality over the past three deca...
Research: Toward a New Treatment for Three Neglected Parasitic Diseases
American researchers have identified a substance capable of killing the parasites responsible for three deadly diseases: leishmaniasis ( Leishmania spp. ), sleeping sickness ( T...
Evolution and Domestication: A Study of the Horse’s Genomics Sheds Light on Its History
The analysis of pan-genomic data from ancient and modern equines has provided a better understanding of the domestication process of equines. During this evolutionary process, s...