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Environmental Health Risks of Livestock Farming: More Exacerbations in Lung Patients
September 27, 2011 — Emissions from livestock farms cause asthma and COPD patients living nearby to experience more exacerbations, according to new research. Also, chances of contracting Q fever from nearby sheep and ... > full story -
Goats Could Increase the Risk of a Rare Lung Cancer, Researchers Find
September 24, 2011 — Exposure to goats could increase the risk of a certain type of lung cancer, according to French ... > full story -
Keeping Pets Sweet: Treating Diabetes in Dogs
September 23, 2011 — Diabetes affects not only humans but also animals. While humans generally show some willingness to modify their behavior to help their treatment, pet owners face additional problems in that animals ... > full story -
New Twist in a Blindness-Causing Disease Gene Discovered
September 21, 2011 — After more than three decades of research, veterinarians and vision-research scientists have identified a gene responsible for a blindness-inducing disease that afflicts dogs. In the process, the ... > full story -
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Screen Finds an Antidepressant and Other Drugs That Might Work Against Brain-Wasting Prion Diseases
September 14, 2011 — In a new study, researchers report that they have found several chemical compounds, including an antidepressant, that have powerful effects against brain-destroying prion infections in mice, opening ... > full story -
Cowpox Virus: Old Friend but New Foe
September 14, 2011 — The observation that milkmaids are frequently infected with cowpox but rarely catch smallpox is generally credited to the English doctor Edward Jenner. Although Jenner might not have been the first ... > full story -
Genetic Link to Cattle Diseases Uncovered
September 8, 2011 — The origin of three costly cattle diseases is genetically linked, according to new findings. Scientists have discovered a location on bovine chromosome 20 that is associated with the incidence of the ... > full story -
'White-Coat Effect' Elevates Greyhounds' Blood Pressure
September 6, 2011 — The "white-coat effect" is not reserved for only the human patients who see their blood pressure rise in response to the stress of a doctor visit. In a new study, researchers have determined that ... > full story -
Treating Epilepsy in Cats
September 2, 2011 — Cats are known to have types of epileptic seizures in which consciousness is usually impaired although not all of the body is affected. Researchers in Austria now show that cats that suffer in this ... > full story -
Feeding Cows Natural Plant Extracts Can Reduce Dairy Farm Odors and Feed Costs
September 1, 2011 — With citizens' groups seeking government regulation of foul-smelling ammonia emissions from large dairy farms, scientists report that adding natural plant extracts to cow feed can reduce levels of ... > full story
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