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Vaccine Prevents Prion Disease In Mice
May 3, 2007 — An oral vaccine can prevent mice from developing a brain disease similar to mad cow disease, according to new research. Prion diseases, which include scrapie, mad cow disease and chronic wasting ... > full story -
Mad Cow Disease Found In Canadian Cow
May 3, 2007 — The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has confirmed the diagnosis of bovine spongiform encephalopathy, also knowns as mad cow disease, in a mature dairy cow from British ... > full story -
Chronic Wasting Disease Is Transmissible Among Rodents
April 26, 2007 — For the first time, a new study demonstrates that certain rodents can be directly infected with chronic wasting disease and therefore serve as animal models for further study of the ... > full story -
Horses Suffer From Obesity, Just Like Humans
April 24, 2007 — Horses are inheritably couch potatoes. An overeating, slothful horse leads to an obese horse. Unlike humans, however, horse owners often don't see the dangers of an obese horse. Caretakers may see no ... > full story -
Dogs Lived 1.8 Years Longer On Low Calorie Diet: Gut Flora May Explain It
April 19, 2007 — Changes caused to bugs in the gut by restricting calorie intake may partly explain why dietary restriction can extend lifespan, according to new analysis from a life-long project looking at the ... > full story -
NASA Engineer Helps Train Puppy For Future Leadership Role
April 15, 2007 — One of NASA's newest workers is a top dog ... literally. A golden retriever puppy named Aries goes to work every day at NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va. as part of the "Leader Dogs for ... > full story -
Cornell Details Effect Of Pet Food Contaminant, Melamine
April 9, 2007 — Cornell College of Veterinary Medicine Dean Donald Smith joined a panel of experts at a U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in Washington, D.C., to announce that both Cornell and the FDA had ... > full story -
Monitoring Poisons In The Environment -- A Woolly Matter
April 2, 2007 — Heavy metals are present in variable amounts in the natural environment in the UK. Dr. Jennifer Sneddon from Liverpool John Moores University will present the results of a pilot study assessing the ... > full story -
Insights Into Osteosarcoma In Cats And Dogs May Improve Palliative Care
March 2, 2007 — Researchers at the University of Illinois have found that a molecular pathway known to have a role in the progression of bone cancer in humans is also critical to the pathology of skeletal tumors in ... > full story -
Researchers Run Their Fingers Through Wool Looking For Solutions
March 1, 2007 — Researchers at Montana State University are trying to determine if a chemical treatment effective at controlling the African blue louse on cattle will also work on sheep. The African blue louse has ... > full story
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