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Diagnosing Stomach Disease in Pet Reptiles
May 31, 2011 — A popular "get well" card shows a raccoon saying to a snake, "You wouldn't get these stomach aches if you chewed your food properly." Vets know, however, that indigestion in snakes and other reptiles ... > full story -
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Potential Human Exposure to Prion Diseases Assessed
May 23, 2011 — Researchers have examined the potential for human exposure to prion diseases, looking at hunting, venison consumption, and travel to areas in which prion diseases have been reported in animals. Three ... > full story -
Cause of Demetz Syndrome in Tyrolean Grey Cattle Discovered
May 19, 2011 — Humans and animals have highly sophisticated nervous systems, which are unfortunately often prone to illness and disease. A plethora of factors may be responsible for problems but there is increasing ... > full story -
Lichens May Aid in Combating Deadly Chronic Wasting Disease in Wildlife
May 18, 2011 — Certain lichens can break down the infectious proteins responsible for chronic wasting disease (CWD), a troubling neurological disease fatal to wild deer and elk and spreading throughout the United ... > full story -
Vaccine Protects from Deadly Hendra Virus
May 17, 2011 — Scientists in Australia have shown that a new experimental vaccine helps to protect horses against the deadly Hendra ... > full story -
Pigs Susceptible to Virulent Ebolavirus Can Transmit the Virus to Other Animals
May 13, 2011 — A species of ebolavirus from Zaire that is highly virulent in humans can replicate in pigs, cause disease, and be transmitted to animals previously unexposed to the virus, new research ... > full story -
Ewes Can Mitigate Adverse Experiences in Their Lambs, Norwegian Study Finds
May 12, 2011 — Lambs are likely to encounter a number of adverse events, starting from the fetal stage. In rodents and humans, it was shown that the mother can mitigate the effects of adverse experiences in her ... > full story -
First Signs of Progress in Saving Indian Vultures from Killer Drug
May 11, 2011 — The ban on a veterinary drug which caused an unprecedented decline in Asian vulture populations has shown the first signs of progress, according to scientists. However, the recovery of the wild ... > full story -
Following Your Steak's History from Pasture to Plate
May 11, 2011 — The package on a supermarket steak may say "grass-fed" or "grass-finished," but how can a consumer know whether the cow spent its days grazing peacefully on meadow grass or actually gorged on feedlot ... > full story -
Foot and Mouth Disease May Spread Through Shedding Skin Cells
May 10, 2011 — Skin cells shed from livestock infected with foot and mouth disease could very well spread the disease. A scientist has proposed that virus-infected skin cells could be a source of infectious foot ... > full story
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