Veterinary Medicine News

May 16, 2024

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H5N1 Virus from 2022 Mink Outbreak Capable of Inefficient Airborne Transmission

May 15, 2024 — Highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza was detected in dairy cattle for the first time in the United States in March, with nine states reporting outbreaks by May. While the method of transmission ...

Drug Compounds to Combat Neurodegenerative Diseases

May 15, 2024 — Prions are the abnormal, pathogenic agents that are transmissible and are able to induce abnormal folding of specific normal cellular proteins. Prion disease is an umbrella term for a group of fatal and currently untreatable neurodegenerative ...

AI Tool Recognizes Serious Ocular Disease in Horses

Apr. 24, 2024 — Researchers have developed a deep learning tool that is capable of reliably diagnosing moon blindness in horses based on ...

Dog Attacks on Mountain Tapirs Highlight a Growing Threat to Endangered Wildlife

Apr. 17, 2024 — Researchers who captured footage of dog attacks on endangered mountain tapirs in Colombia are calling for action to protect threatened ...

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TB Vaccine May Enable Elimination of the Disease in Cattle by Reducing Its Spread

Mar. 28, 2024 — Vaccination not only reduces the severity of TB in infected cattle, but reduces its spread in dairy herds by 89%, research ...

UK Rabbit Owners Can Recognize Pain in Their Pets, Study Finds

Mar. 26, 2024 — Rabbits are popular family pets, with around 1.5 million in the UK and it is important that owners can recognize when their animal is in pain, and know when to seek help to protect their rabbit's ...

Sheep: Excess Temperatures Cause Low Flocking Concerns

Mar. 21, 2024 — High temperatures during critical periods of the reproductive cycle of sheep result in 2.1 million fewer lambs produced in Australia each year, costing sheep farmers an estimated $97 million ...

Newborn Piglets Serve as a Model for Studying Influenza

Mar. 18, 2024 — Although prevention and treatment strategies are available for influenza, they are not sufficient for vulnerable populations such as young children and newborns. A team of researchers has studied ...

Training Dairy Cows With Positive Reinforcement Can Turn Otherwise Stressful Events Into Play

Mar. 14, 2024 — Dairy cows receive a huge amount of care during their lives on a farm, but procedures, especially restraining during procedures, can be stressful for ...

Milk to the Rescue for Diabetics? Cow Produces Human Insulin in Milk

Mar. 13, 2024 — An unassuming brown bovine from the south of Brazil has made history as the first transgenic cow capable of producing human insulin in her milk. The advancement could herald a new era in insulin ...

Some Pre-Roman Humans Were Buried With Dogs, Horses and Other Animals

Feb. 14, 2024 — Some people from an ancient community in what is now northern Italy were interred with animals and animal parts from species such as dogs, horses and pigs. The reasons remain mysterious, but might ...

Understanding Chronic Wasting Disease in Deer

Feb. 12, 2024 — A new collaborative study analyzed fecal samples to shed light on how the fatal disease impacts the gut microbiome in deer, providing a promising tool for disease ...

Knowing What Dogs Like to Watch Could Help Veterinarians Assess Their Vision

Jan. 18, 2024 — A veterinary ophthalmologist wanted to determine factors, including age and vision, that influence a dog's interest in interacting with video ...

Big Dogs Versus Small Dogs: Which Sizes Face Higher Risks of Which Diseases?

Jan. 17, 2024 — A study of more than 25,000 U.S. dogs and 238 breeds has linked dog size to varying patterns of risk for health conditions over the course of a dog's ...

A Tiny Tattoo for a Tabby

Jan. 11, 2024 — Researchers have developed an alternative labeling method called 'bio-tagging', which is a microneedle array system that can safely deliver ink in the form of unique number or letter ...

Strong Connections Found Between Vaccine Hesitancy and Support for Vaccinating Pets

Dec. 22, 2023 — Study findings raise the stakes for public health efforts to improve attitudes about vaccination rates across the ...

The Future of Canine Stem Cell Therapy: Unprecedented, Painless, and Feeder-Free

Dec. 21, 2023 — Scientists have developed an efficient, non-invasive, and pain-free method to generate canine-induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs). They identified six reprogramming genes that can boost canine ...

Feeding Dogs Raw Meat Increases the Risk of Antibiotic-Resistant E. Coli

Nov. 20, 2023 — Feeding dogs raw (uncooked) meat increases their risk of excreting E. coli that cannot be killed by a widely used antibiotic -- ciprofloxacin -- researchers have found from a study of 600 healthy pet ...

An Exotic Tick That Can Kill Cattle Is Spreading Across Ohio

Nov. 3, 2023 — A species of exotic tick arrived in Ohio in 2021 in such huge numbers that their feeding frenzy on a southeastern farm left three cattle dead of what researchers believe was severe blood loss. The ...

Gut Bacteria Found in Wild Wolves May Be Key to Improving Domestic Dogs' Health

Oct. 2, 2023 — Gut microbes found in wild wolves may be the key to alleviating a debilitating gastrointestinal condition common to domestic ...

Cars, Chlamydia and Canines Are Biggest Koala Killers

Sep. 15, 2023 — A database tracking hospital admissions and deaths reveals the devastating impact cars, disease and dogs are having on the South East Queensland koala ...

Nearly Half of Dog Owners Are Hesitant to Vaccinate Their Pets

Aug. 31, 2023 — A new study found that more than half of people who own dogs expressed some level of canine vaccine hesitancy -- i.e. skepticism about vaccinating their pets against rabies and other diseases. An ...

How Brucellosis -- Which Can Jump from Animals to Humans -- Impacts the Brain

Aug. 29, 2023 — Brucellosis is a disease, caused by the members of bacterial Brucella family, that mainly infects cattle, goats and sheep, leading to pregnancy loss, which has caused billions of dollars in economic ...

Young Kids May Learn to Identify Dog Aggression With Age and Experience

July 26, 2023 — In a study of children and adults, both higher age and having had a pet dog were associated with better ability to recognize dog emotions from facial expressions. The findings show that 4-year-olds ...

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

July 14, 2023 — 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 ...

Sheep and Cattle-Killing Disease Carriers Never Take a Break

July 3, 2023 — 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 ...

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

June 28, 2023 — 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

June 27, 2023 — 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 ...

PFAS Found in Blood of Dogs, Horses Living Near Fayetteville, NC

June 21, 2023 — Researchers detected elevated PFAS levels in the blood of pet dogs and horses from Gray's Creek, N.C. -- including dogs that only drank bottled ...

A Short Snout Predisposes Dogs to Sleep Apnea

June 13, 2023 — Researchers tested a new method of diagnosing sleep-disordered breathing in dogs using a neckband developed for human sleep apnea diagnostics. The study revealed that sleep-disordered breathing is ...

For Pet Dogs, 'Running With the Pack' May Be the Best Prevention to Promote Healthier Living

June 8, 2023 — The largest survey and data compilation of its kind --- from more than 21,000 dog owners --- has revealed the social determinants that may be tied to healthier aging for people's beloved canine ...

Pet Owners With Hoarding Tendencies May Take Toll on Health of Themselves, Animals in Care, Study Finds

May 17, 2023 — Animal lovers who strive to care for many pets -- and have personal hoarding tendencies -- may risk the quality of their own wellbeing and that of those under their care, a recent collaborative study ...

How Dogs Are Used Impacts How They Are Treated

Mar. 28, 2023 — Data from 124 societies shows that dogs' functions predict their treatment, with closer bonds forming in societies where dogs have multiple ...

Thumbs Up to Carefully Formulated Vegan Diets for Dogs

Mar. 27, 2023 — In today's pet food market, there are products to match nearly every lifestyle, value system, and price point pet owners demand, including vegan formulations. New research shows at least two ...