Veterinary News

• Free Equine CPD For The Young Vet Network - Free Evening Seminars, UK
  Sat, 31 January 2009
  Working with the Animal Health Trust (AHT) the British Veterinary Association (BVA) is again running a programme of free equine CPD this year for members up to eight years qualified. The free evening seminars throughout 2009 feature first class speakers and combine science with social networking.
• Urban Wildlife Institute To Help Mitigate Wildlife And Human Conflicts In Chicago; Study ...
  Sat, 31 January 2009
  Lincoln Park Zoo has been awarded a grant by The Davee Foundation to establish a new research division, the Urban Wildlife Institute, which will focus studies on the interactions between urban dwellers and wildlife, and utilize sound science to create best practice conflict resolution. The institute aims to integrate landsca ...
• Study Finds Naming Cows Increases Milk Yield
  Sat, 31 January 2009
  A cow with a name produces more milk than one without, scientists at Newcastle University have found. Drs Catherine Douglas and Peter Rowlinson have shown that by giving a cow a name and treating her as an individual, farmers can increase their annual milk yield by almost 500 pints.
• Electromagnetic Therapy Now Available In Convenient Patch For Horses
  Thu, 29 January 2009
  A therapy that has been used for many decades on humans to reduce pain and swelling has now been miniaturized into a small, wearable patch that can be used on horses and pets. The patches will be on view this week at the Dynamite Horseman Supply (DHS) trailer at the Sun Circuit Show in Scottsdale, Arizona. PEMF, Pulsed Ele ...
• Dog Owners More Likely To Share Germs With Pets By Not Washing Hands Than By Sleeping Wi ...
  Thu, 29 January 2009
  Dog owners who sleep with their pet or permit licks on the face are in good company. Surveys show that more than half of owners bond with their pets in these ways. Research done by a veterinarian at Kansas State University found that these dog owners are no more likely to share the same strains of E. coli bacteria with th ...
• First Commercially Cloned Dog Delivered To Florida Family
  Thu, 29 January 2009
  BioArts International announced that they have delivered the world's first commercially cloned dog, a 10-week old Labrador named Lancey, to Florida residents Edgar and Nina Otto. We can't believe this day is finally here, said Nina Otto, We are so happy to have little Lancey in our family. His predecessor was a very specia ...
• British Columbia Starts Culling 60,000 Infected Birds
  Wed, 28 January 2009
  The humane euthanization of about 60,000 turkeys is underway at an Abbotsford farm in British Columbia, Canada, according to the CFIA (Canadian Food Inspection Agency). The birds are infected with the H5 avian influenza virus. Canadian authorities inform that people are rarely affected by avian influenza, except in a very ...
• Over 600 Health Science E-Book Titles To Be Launched By Elsevier On ScienceDirect
  Tue, 27 January 2009
  Elsevier, the world's leading publisher of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, announced today that over 600 Medical, Veterinary Medicine, and Health Professions book titles will be launched in Health Science eBook Collections in April 2009 on ScienceDirect, its online scientific research pla ...
• Just Living With Females Extends The Reproductive Life Of The Male Mouse, Says Penn Vete ...
  Sun, 25 January 2009
  Living with a female mouse can extend the reproductive life of a male mouse by as much as 20 percent, according to a study conducted by Ralph Brinster and a team of other researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine. The study was reported online in the journal Biology of Reproduction.
• Hope For A Rabies Eradication Strategy In Africa
  Fri, 23 January 2009
  Most of the rabies virus circulating in dogs in western and central Africa comes from a common ancestor introduced to the continent around 200 years ago, probably by European colonialists. In the current issue of Journal of General Virology a team of scientists from Africa, USA and France report that within this common ances ...