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05/21/2012 12:00 AM
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Baby Food And Infant Formula Found To Contain Traces Of Veterinary Drugs
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The quantities are very small, but in milk powder and in meat-based baby food, residues of drugs given to livestock were found. Researchers from the University of AlmerÃa (Spain) have developed a system to analyse these substances quickly and precisely...
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05/18/2012 01:00 AM
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Animal Sampling For Ebola Should Focus On Carcasses
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Response efforts to outbreaks of Ebola hemorrhagic fever in Africa can benefit from a standardized sampling strategy that focuses on the carcasses of gorillas, chimpanzees and other species known to succumb to the virus, according to a consortium of wildlife health experts...
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05/11/2012 12:00 AM
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Caring For The US Navy's Animal Warriors Could Have Impact On Human Health
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Military patrol dogs with your keen sense of smell, step aside. The U.S. Navy has enlisted the biological sonar and other abilities of bottlenose dolphins and California sea lions to protect harbors from enemy swimmers, detect explosives on the seafloor and perform other tasks...
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05/08/2012 09:00 AM
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Animals Should Be Slaughtered Humanely, British Veterinary Association Urges
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According to a comment by the former president of the British Veterinary Association (BVA) in this week's Veterinary Record, slaughtering animals for commercial meat supply without stunning them first should be banned, or at the very least be curbed...
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05/07/2012 01:00 AM
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Wouldn't You Like To Know What Your Dog Is Thinking? Brain Scans Unleash Canine Secrets
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When your dog gazes up at you adoringly, what does it see? A best friend? A pack leader? A can opener? Many dog lovers make all kinds of inferences about how their pets feel about them, but no one has captured images of actual canine thought processes - until now...
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04/26/2012 01:00 AM
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Leukaemia Cells Have A Remembrance Of Things Past
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Although people generally talk about "cancer", it is clear that the disease occurs in a bewildering variety of forms. Even single groups of cancers, such as those of the white blood cells, may show widely differing properties...
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04/25/2012 09:00 AM
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Mad Cow Disease In California
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The USA's fourth case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), also known as Mad Cow Disease has been detected in a dairy cow in central California, USDA's Chief Veterinary Office, John Clifford announced yesterday. Clifford stresses that it is safe to eat beef and drink cow's milk and that existing high standards to protect the public's food supply is ongoing...
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04/25/2012 01:00 AM
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Bartonella Infection Associated With Rheumatoid Illnesses In Humans
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A bacterium historically associated with cat scratch fever and transmitted predominately by fleas may also play a role in human rheumatoid illnesses such as arthritis, according to new research from North Carolina State University. Bartonella is a bacterium that is maintained in nature by fleas, ticks and other biting insects...
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04/11/2012 03:00 PM
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FDA Issues Guidance For Antibiotic Use In Farm Animals
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The FDA announced today that it wants to take action to protect public health in regards to the use of antibiotics in food producing animals. The issue has been in the media recently with reports of farmers treating livestock with barrages of antimicrobial drugs for no compelling reason...
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04/07/2012 12:00 AM
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Surfer Punches Shark And Survives
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It is not often we hear of an encounter with a shark where the shark slinks away and the human survives relatively unscathed. But this week, we have news of how 28-year-old Joshua Holley from Hawaii, fended off a shark that attacked him - while he was surfing off the coast of Oahu where he lives - by punching it in the face...
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04/03/2012 12:00 AM
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Taking Your Dog To Work With You - The Benefits May Not Be Far 'Fetched'
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Man's best friend may make a positive difference in the workplace by reducing stress and making the job more satisfying for other employees, according to a Virginia Commonwealth University study. Stress is a major contributor to employee absenteeism, morale and burnout and results in significant loss of productivity and resources...
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04/02/2012 12:00 AM
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Improving Quality Of Life For Lab Mice Leads To Better Science
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Nine out of 10 drugs successfully tested in mice and other animal models ultimately fail to work in people, and one reason may be traced back to a common fact of life for laboratory mice: they're cold, according to a researcher at the Stanford University School of Medicine...
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03/29/2012 02:00 AM
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Ancestor Lucy Lived With Tree-Climbing Cousins
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Researchers say a 3.4 million-year-old fossilized foot found in Ethiopia did not belong to a member of Australopithecus afarensis, the hominin species of our early upright-walking ancestor "Lucy", but to a tree-climbing hominin cousin with whom she and her relatives co-existed. They write about how they came to this conclusion in the 29 March online issue of Nature...
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03/27/2012 12:00 AM
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Discovery Of New Epilepsy Gene In Dogs
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A new epilepsy gene for idiopathic epilepsy in Belgian Shepherds has been found in the canine chromosome 37. The research of Professor Hannes Lohi and his group conducted at the University of Helsinki and the Folkhälsan Research Center opens new avenues for the understanding of the genetic background of the most common canine epilepsies...
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03/16/2012 11:00 AM
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Sexually Rejected Flies Want Alcohol
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Scientists discovered an interesting link between mating patterns and future behavior, while studying fruit flies. Their article, published in Science, says that given a choice, it seems that the male will be more likely to choose food soaked in alcohol, than regular food, if a female has recently rejected him...
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03/16/2012 07:00 AM
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Animal Experiments - Humane Society International/UK Says Honest Debate Is Vital
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The Humane Society International/UK is making an effort to prevent that animals are used for research and wants to replace animal testing with modern, human-relevant techniques and issues...
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03/14/2012 12:00 AM
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Epstein Barr-Like Virus Infects And May Cause Cancer In Dogs
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More than 90 percent of humans have antibodies to the Epstein Barr virus. Best known for causing mononucleosis, or "the kissing disease," the virus has also been implicated in more serious conditions, including Hodgkin's, non-Hodgkin's and Burkitt's lymphomas. Yet little is known about exactly how EBV triggers these diseases...
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03/09/2012 11:00 PM
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Bee Study Gives New Insights Into Genetics Of Novelty-Seeking Behavior In Humans
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US scientists studying links between genes and scouting behavior in bees have discovered some intriguing similarities in human and insect novelty-seeking behaviour that suggests the trait, which is assumed to have evolved separately in these lineages, may share some genetic components...
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03/09/2012 12:00 AM
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HIV/AIDS Vaccine Shows Long-Term Protection Against Multiple Exposures In Nonhuman Primates
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An Atlanta research collaboration may be one step closer to finding a vaccine that will provide long-lasting protection against repeated exposures to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Scientists at Emory University and GeoVax Labs, Inc...
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03/06/2012 11:00 PM
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Predicting The Spread Of Lyme Disease Carrying Ticks Across Canada
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Researchers are watching as ticks that carry Lyme disease colonize Canada, but their research aims to predict the communities most likely to be hit by this sickness...
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02/28/2012 09:00 AM
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Flu Virus Discovered In Bats
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Scientists from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have discovered evidence of a new influenza type A virus in Guatemalan fruit bats...
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02/23/2012 01:00 AM
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Understanding Human Emotions Via Animals' Survival Instincts
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Can animals' survival instincts shed additional light on what we know about human emotion? New York University neuroscientist Joseph LeDoux poses this question in outlining a pioneering theory, drawn from two decades of research, that could lead to a more comprehensive understanding of emotions in both humans and animals...
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02/22/2012 09:00 AM
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Close Contact With Rodents Is A Health Hazard
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A case report published in the February 20 issue of the Medical Journal of Australia, reveals that a 26-year-old woman from Adelaide who enjoyed cuddling and kissing her pet rats contracted Streptobacillus moniliformis infection (rat bite fever). The disease is potentially fatal and could become more prevalent as rodent ownership increases...
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02/21/2012 01:00 PM
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MRSA CC398 Linked With Tetracycline And Methicillin Drug Resistance
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A recent study by the Translational Genomic Research Institute (TGen), published in the online journal mBio, reveals that a strain of MRSA, a bacterium which is untreatable by the use of antibiotics, is now not only found in livestock, but also in humans...
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02/21/2012 01:00 AM
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Improved Health And Wellbeing Following Successful Weight Loss In Obese Dogs Has Implications For Companion Animal Therapies
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Owners of obese dogs that are successful in losing weight notice significant improvement in their dogs' health-related quality of life, a collaborative team of researchers has shown...
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