Veterinary News

• Studies Detail Possible Benefits Of Omega-3 Fatty Acids For Dogs With Arthritis
  Sun, 07 March 2010
  A series of studies published in the Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association (JAVMA) offers new insights into the possible benefits derived from feeding foods containing high omega-3 fatty acid concentrations to dogs with osteoarthritis. The results of the three studies, according to contributing author Dr...
• New Prion Disease Damages Brain Arteries
  Fri, 05 March 2010
  A team of scientists from the US and the UK have found a new type of prion disease in mice that damages brain arteries and may help us better understand and treat types of Alzheimer's disease that cause similar damage. You can read a scientific paper about the discovery in the 5 March online issue of the journal PLoS Pathog ...
• Queen's Spearheads One Million Pound International Research Effort Into Liver Fluke
  Fri, 05 March 2010
  Queen's University Belfast is spearheading a Â1 million international research effort to combat liver fluke a parasite which causes disease in livestock, resulting in billions of pounds in losses every year to farmers around the world...
• Baby Monkeys Receive Signals Through Their Mother's Breast Milk
  Thu, 04 March 2010
  Among rhesus macaque monkeys, mothers who weigh more and have had previous pregnancies produce more and better breast milk for their babies than mothers who weigh less and are less experienced...
• Moving Forward On Dog Breeding - British Veterinary Association
  Sun, 28 February 2010
  The veterinary profession was well represented at a meeting of key stakeholders brought together to discuss the next steps on dog breeding...
• UAB Testing Software To Teach Kids To Interact Safely With Dogs
  Fri, 26 February 2010
  Psychologists at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) are testing a software program designed to teach children to interact safely with dogs. Each year as many as 4.5 million Americans are bitten by dogs. Nearly one in five - about 885,000 people - suffer injuries severe enough to require medical attention, accordin ...
• The Bigger The Animal, The Stiffer The 'Shoes'
  Fri, 26 February 2010
  If a Tiger's feet were built the same way as a mongoose's feet, they'd have to be about the size of a hippo's feet to support the big cat's weight. But they're not...
• Small Dogs May Have Evolved From Middle Eastern Grey Wolves
  Thu, 25 February 2010
  Geneticists who compared the genes of large dogs, small dogs and wild relatives, found a version of a gene that is carried by all small dogs and very few of the others, apart from grey wolves in the Middle East, suggesting that today's small domesticated dogs evolved from them...
• Horse Stem Cell Conference To Draw Veterinarians And Human-Health Professionals
  Thu, 25 February 2010
  Some 200 veterinarians, stem cell researchers and other medical professionals from throughout the United States and abroad will gather March 5-6 in the heart of California's Central Coast horse region for a groundbreaking conference on the use of stem cell therapy and regenerative medicine to treat horses and other animals...
• Vets Remind Owners To Protect Their Pets Before The Summer Holidays
  Thu, 25 February 2010
  It may seem like a never-ending winter in the UK, but vets are already looking forward to summer and reminding pet owners to find out about the requirements for taking their pets abroad in plenty of time...