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Newswise: Golden Retriever Lifetime Study data uncovers potential connection between sterilization, hemangiosarcoma
Released: 2-Nov-2023 9:05 PM EDT
Golden Retriever Lifetime Study data uncovers potential connection between sterilization, hemangiosarcoma
Morris Animal Foundation

A scientific analysis published in Veterinary and Comparative Oncology using Golden Retriever Lifetime Study data notes a potential correlation between canine sterilization and hemangiosarcoma development. This startling finding has been previously suggested by experts but still is poorly understood.

Newswise: Preliminary Data Support Novel Immunotherapy for Advanced Malignant Melanoma in Dogs
Released: 24-Oct-2023 5:05 PM EDT
Preliminary Data Support Novel Immunotherapy for Advanced Malignant Melanoma in Dogs
College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

A clinical study of 11 dogs with advanced malignant melanoma demonstrated the efficacy, safety, and tolerability profile of cANK-101, a canine interleukin-12 anchored immunotherapy.

Newswise: A Summer Program Where Students Learn So Much More than Science
Released: 16-Oct-2023 10:05 AM EDT
A Summer Program Where Students Learn So Much More than Science
Tufts University

Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University has offered a summer experience to pre-college students interested in veterinary medicine. Adventures in Veterinary Medicine includes lectures, hands-on experiences with animals, diagnostic challenges, and opportunities to interact closely with current Cummings School students.

Newswise: Owners of cats on vegan diets report healthier pets than owners of meat-eating cats
6-Sep-2023 10:10 AM EDT
Owners of cats on vegan diets report healthier pets than owners of meat-eating cats
PLOS

In a survey of cat owners, those who fed their cats vegan diets tended to report better health outcomes for their pets than those who provided meat-based diets, though the differences were not statistically significant.

Released: 12-Sep-2023 9:30 AM EDT
What to expect when you adopt a shelter pet
Ohio State University

A new study offers rare comprehensive data on what owners can expect in the 6 months after adopting a dog from a shelter: The dogs may display a variety of problem behaviors that ebb and flow, but owners tend to be highly satisfied with the 4-legged family addition despite the lengthy adjustment period.

Newswise: Ukrainian grain farmers now raising hogs benefit from ISU expertise
Released: 1-Sep-2023 4:20 PM EDT
Ukrainian grain farmers now raising hogs benefit from ISU expertise
Iowa State University

Many Ukrainian farmers are raising hogs for the first time, converting cheap grain into needed meat. An Iowa State University swine health expert is helping Ukrainian farmers safely navigate the war-driven pivot to pork with a series of online workshops.

Released: 28-Aug-2023 8:05 AM EDT
COVID-19 virus is evolving rapidly in white-tailed deer
Ohio State University

White-tailed deer across Ohio have been infected with the virus that causes COVID-19, new research has found – and the results also show that viral variants evolve about three times faster in deer than in humans.

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Released: 17-Aug-2023 10:05 AM EDT
Gender-Based Research Project Provides African Women Farmers with Access to Livestock Vaccines
Tufts University

Before they had access to livestock vaccines, many women in rural parts of Africa who manage livestock had to resort to traditional medicines when their animals got sick, or suffer loss of their animals.

14-Aug-2023 10:05 AM EDT
Good dogs: owners of recently-adopted shelter dogs tend to report high satisfaction with their new pet despite also reporting increases in problem behavior over time
PLOS

Shelter dogs followed at their new homes for six months post-adoption were reported as showing more behaviors like stranger aggression or training problems by the end of the study—but owner satisfaction remained high, with 94 percent of owners reporting their dog’s behavior as excellent or good, according to a study published August 16, 2023 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE.

   
Newswise: Scratch where it itches – An International-Gold-Medal-Winning Canine Allergen Test Kit by Chula Veterinary Science Lecturer
Released: 11-Aug-2023 8:55 AM EDT
Scratch where it itches – An International-Gold-Medal-Winning Canine Allergen Test Kit by Chula Veterinary Science Lecturer
Chulalongkorn University

Chula Veterinary Science Lecturers have successfully developed a Serum Test Kit to Identify Canine Atopic Dermatitis (CAD) caused by dust mites. With a Gold Medal from the Swiss Innovation Contest, the test kit is guaranteed to help identify the allergens with greater precision to ensure correct treatment.

Released: 8-Aug-2023 3:05 PM EDT
Mind what you eat and drink. Food and Water Safety stories for media.
Newswise

The latest headlines from the Food and Water Safety channel on Newswise.

       
Newswise: Vaccination Campaign in Cambodia Protects Endangered Wild Cattle from Highly Contagious Potentially Fatal Skin Disease
Released: 8-Aug-2023 2:05 PM EDT
Vaccination Campaign in Cambodia Protects Endangered Wild Cattle from Highly Contagious Potentially Fatal Skin Disease
Wildlife Conservation Society

Scientists from the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), the Ministry of Environment, and the Ministry of Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries of the Royal Government of Cambodia have documented the first case of lumpy skin disease (LSD) in wildlife in Cambodia.

Released: 3-Aug-2023 10:30 AM EDT
Helen the cane corso helps humans and animals through osteosarcoma clinical trial
Virginia Tech

Helen is an 8 1/2-year old gentle giant who’s fighting osteosarcoma and, through participation in a clinical trial through the Animal Cancer Care and Research Center, is helping develop a new cancer treatment.  The dog's owners have a 1-year-old son enrolled in a clinical trial for a rare liver disease, which gave them the idea to also enroll Helen in a clinical trial.

Newswise: Protein Inhibits Development of COVID-19 in Live Animals
Released: 31-Jul-2023 11:05 AM EDT
Protein Inhibits Development of COVID-19 in Live Animals
UT Southwestern Medical Center

A mammalian protein previously shown by UT Southwestern microbiologists to inhibit the virus that causes COVID-19 in cell culture also protected live mouse models, significantly limiting infection in the lung cells and diminishing the symptoms. The findings, published in Nature Microbiology, could lead to new strategies to treat COVID-19, which still infects thousands and kills hundreds in the U.S. every week.

   
Newswise: Eating tendencies of Brahman steers can affect meat tenderness
Released: 25-Jul-2023 4:20 PM EDT
Eating tendencies of Brahman steers can affect meat tenderness
Texas A&M AgriLife

The dependence of residual feed intake on growth and tenderness of Brahman cattle, a common breed chosen for crossbreeding cattle along the southern U.S., including Texas, was the focus of a cattle feeding study published in Applied Animal Science journal.

Released: 25-Jul-2023 7:15 AM EDT
Dogs provide critical support for homeless people, study finds
University of Bristol

Homeless people and their dogs have a mutually beneficial relationship, with the dogs providing critical support for their owners’ emotional and mental health while owners make every effort to protect the dog and meet their welfare needs, new research has found.

Newswise: Belief in animal​​s’ capacity for emotion linked to better health and welfare
Released: 12-Jul-2023 10:00 AM EDT
Belief in animal​​s’ capacity for emotion linked to better health and welfare
University of Portsmouth

Working equids whose owners believe in their capacity to feel emotion have significantly better health and welfare outcomes than those whose owners do not, according to new research by the University of Portsmouth and international animal welfare charity, The Donkey Sanctuary.

Newswise: New Study is First to Find Exposure to Neurotoxic Rodenticide Bromethalin in Birds of Prey
Released: 11-Jul-2023 11:10 AM EDT
New Study is First to Find Exposure to Neurotoxic Rodenticide Bromethalin in Birds of Prey
Tufts University

In 2020, Tufts Wildlife Clinic Director Maureen Murray, V03, published a study that showed 100% of red-tailed hawks tested at the clinic were positive for exposure to anticoagulant rodenticides (ARs). Such exposure occurs when these chemicals are used to kill mice or rats, which eat the poison, and the birds eat the poisoned prey. Now, Murray is expanding that research with a new study published recently in the journal Environmental Pollution, which found that another type of rodenticide—a neurotoxicant called bromethalin—also can bioaccumulate in birds of prey.

Released: 28-Jun-2023 3:05 PM EDT
A Dog’s Breed Can Affect Pain Sensitivity, But Not Necessarily The Way Your Vet May Think
North Carolina State University

Dog breeds differ in pain sensitivity, but these differences don’t always match up with the beliefs people – including veterinarians – hold about breed-specific pain sensitivity.



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