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A Healthy Bond: By Improving Pain Treatment, Therapy in Dogs, Research Offers Medical Insight for Humans
September 25, 2012 From the use of hot and cold packs to new forms of narcotics, a professor is studying ways to improve post-surgery pain treatment and osteoarthritis therapy in dogs. His research may help develop ... > full story -
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Test Can Help Make Diagnosis of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
September 19, 2012 A new guideline may help doctors in making the diagnosis of Creutzfeldt-Jakob ... > full story -
New Analysis Tells How World Eradicated Deadliest Cattle Plague
September 13, 2012 A new analysis traces the recent global eradication of the deadliest of cattle diseases, crediting not only the development of a new, heat-resistant vaccine, but also the insight of local African ... > full story -
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'Siloed' Agencies Hindered in Efforts to Fight Animal-to-Human Diseases, Analysis Finds
September 13, 2012 The "siloed" structure of U.S. health agencies is hindering efforts to spot and combat animal-to-human afflictions, such as West Nile Virus, New York University sociologist Colin Jerolmack has ... > full story -
'Mad Cow' Blood Test Now on the Horizon
September 12, 2012 A simple blood test for Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease and Mad Cow disease is a step closer, following a breakthrough by medical researchers in ... > full story -
Mushroom-Derived Compound Lengthens Survival in Dogs With Cancer, Study Suggests
September 10, 2012 Dogs with hemangiosarcoma that were treated with a compound derived from the Coriolus versicolor mushroom had the longest survival times ever reported for dogs with the disease. These promising ... > full story -
Scientists Aim to Put a Pox on Dog Cancer
September 10, 2012 Researchers report that myxoma -- a pox virus that afflicts rabbits but not humans, dogs or any other vertebrates so far studied -- infects several different types of canine cancer cells in cell ... > full story -
University Opens Obesity Clinic for Pets
September 6, 2012 The United States' obesity epidemic reaches far beyond adults and children to our pets, who share our homes and often our dietary habits and lack of exercise. To address this, the Cummings School of ... > full story -
Antimicrobials Alter Intestinal Bacteria Composition in Swine, Researchers Find
September 4, 2012 Researchers, concerned about the use of antibiotics in animal production, have found that antimicrobial growth promoters administered to swine can alter the kind of bacteria present in the animal's ... > full story -
Scientist Creates Test, Treatment for Malaria-Like Sickness in Horses
August 29, 2012 A therapy used in an outbreak of equine piroplasmosis at the storied King Ranch in Texas is now being evaluated as a standard US treatment ... > full story
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