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Veterinary Medicine News
July 20, 2023

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Precision Technology, Machine Learning Lead to Early Diagnosis of Calf Pneumonia

Monitoring dairy calves with precision technologies based on the 'internet of things,' or IoT, leads to the earlier diagnosis of calf-killing bovine respiratory disease, according to a new study. The novel approach -- a result of crosscutting -- ...

Sheep and Cattle-Killing Disease Carriers Never Take a Break

Bluetongue virus, an incurable cattle and sheep-killing disease, is spread by tiny flies once thought to disappear in winter. New research demonstrates that though they are harder to find when it's cold, they remain ...

A Dog's Breed Can Affect Pain Sensitivity, but Not Necessarily the Way Your Vet May Think

Dog breeds differ in pain sensitivity, but these differences don't always match up with the beliefs people -- including veterinarians -- hold about breed-specific pain ...

Dogs and Humans Process Body Postures Similarly in Their Brains

A new study shows that information from body postures plays a similarly important role for dogs as it does for humans. The results offer new insights into how dogs and humans perceive each other and their environment. They confirm that the temporal lobe plays a central role in social communication ...
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Are Our Pets Leaking Information About Us?

Pet and animal-related apps are creating cybersecurity risks to their owners, new research has ...

Trained Dogs Can Sniff out a Deadly Deer Disease

一项研究表明,宠物狗could be trained to sniff out chronic wasting disease, a deadly ailment that affects deer. The proof-of-concept investigation suggests detection dogs could be ...

Madagascar Mouse Lemur Retroviruses Are Diverse and Surprisingly Similar to Ones Found in Polar Bears or Domestic Sheep

Madagascar is home to a unique biodiversity with a large number of endemic species, among those many lemur species, including the mouse lemurs. This diversity is also found in their retroviruses. ...

Atopic Dermatitis in Dogs Linked to Certain Parts of the Genome

Using new gene mapping methods, researchers have found connections between atopic dermatitis (eczema) in dogs and several regions of the genome. Some of the genes identified coincide with genes ...

Your Dog's Behavior Is a Product of Their Genes

From the excitable sheep dog to the aloof Shiba Inu, and all breeds in between, dogs have unique and diverse behavioral traits. By analyzing DNA samples from over 200 dog breeds along with nearly ...

Feline Genetics Help Pinpoint First-Ever Domestication of Cats

Nearly 10,000 years ago, humans settling in the Fertile Crescent, the areas of the Middle East surrounding the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, made the first switch from hunter-gatherers to farmers. ...

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Common Veterinary Drugs Show Effectiveness Against Bed Bugs

Two common drugs used by veterinarians to combat parasites may be effective against bed bugs, with one showing especially strong potential, according to a new study that examined the drugs in the ...

'Click' Chemistry May Help Treat Dogs With Bone Cancer

New research shows how click chemistry can be used to more efficiently deliver drugs to treat tumors in large dogs with bone cancer -- a process that had previously only been successful in small ...

Identity Theft the Secret of the Cat Parasite's Success

The parasite Toxoplasma is carried by a large portion of the global human population. Now a study shows how this microscopic parasite so successfully spreads in the body, for example to the brain. ...

New Flexible, Steerable Device Placed in Live Brains by Minimally Invasive Robot

Scientists have successfully placed a bioinspired steerable catheter into the brain of an ...

Petting Dogs Engages the Social Brain, According to Neuroimaging

Researchers report that viewing, feeling, and touching real dogs leads to increasingly higher levels of activity in the prefrontal cortex of the brain. The study shows that this effect persists after ...

Dog-Human Bonds Could Guide Development of Social Robots

A new study highlights specific dog behaviors that dog owners perceive as important for bonding with their ...

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Longhorned Tick Discovered in Northern Missouri

The Longhorned tick causes the loss of millions of dollars in agricultural revenue to cattle producers worldwide, and it is now in northern Missouri. Originally found in eastern Russia and the ...

Pet Neuter Surgeries Fall Off During Pandemic, Driving Shelter Overpopulation, Survey Finds

A survey of vet clinics finds that the COVID-19 pandemic postponed millions of spay and neuter surgeries for pets, halting decades of progress in reducing pet ...

新的研究揭示了如何疾病传播的机制ing Prions Can Jump from One Species to Another

In a new study, researchers have identified the structure of protein fibrils linked to a hereditary form of human prion disease. This insight, they say, reveals the mechanism for how prions can jump ...

Novel Coronaviruses Are Riskiest for Spillover

A new modeling tool helps prioritize novel and known viruses for zoonotic risk. It shows coronaviruses are riskiest for spillover to ...

Dogs With More Active Owners May Get More Exercise

A new, international study suggests that dog owners who spend more time exercising themselves tend to exercise their dogs more, and more active owners are also more likely to perceive their ...

Study Fails to Show That Dogs or Wolves Can Form Reputations of Humans

A small study did not find evidence that wolves or dogs could form reputations of humans as 'generous' or 'selfish' with food, after direct or indirect ...

Scientists Create a DNA Test That Identifies Lyme Disease in Horses

罗格斯大学科学家旨在帮助医治生病的何珥se created an ultra-sensitive DNA test that could have applications for difficult-to-detect illnesses in humans such as Lyme ...

Cooler Temps and Northern Climes Associated With Increased Diabetes Diagnoses in Dogs

Mirroring a finding in humans, diabetes diagnoses in dogs were more common in colder areas of the U.S. and during winter, according to a new ...

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