News tagged with veterinary diagnostic

Good guy or bad guy? Diagnosing stomach disease in pet reptiles

Indigestion is surprisingly common in pet snakes and other reptiles. It frequently results from a parasitic infection known as cryptosporidiosis, to which reptiles seem especially prone. Cryptosporidiosis is highly contagious ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created May 31, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Vet scientists' work on diagnostic, intervention tools for H1N1 helps human health lab, too

If some day you are tested for the H1N1 virus without the painful prick of a needle, thank a pig -- and a team of Kansas State University researchers and their collaborators who are connecting animal and human health.

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Aug 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0




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Current focus of veterinary medical profession leaves research, food security, public health needs underserved

Without immediate action, a new National Research Council report warns, the academic veterinary community could fail to prepare the next generation of veterinarians for faculty teaching and research positions as well as for ...

Biology / Other

created May 30, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Burmese cats to benefit from genetic test for newly discovered mutation

Burmese cats can inherit a muscle weakness, called Burmese hypokalaemia, which is caused by low levels of blood potassium.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created May 24, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Research uncovers genetic marker that could help control, eliminate PRRS virus

A collaborative discovery involving Kansas State University researchers may improve animal health and save the U.S. pork industry millions of dollars each year.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Mar 15, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Sick Alaska seal shows possible spread of disease

(AP) -- Federal scientists said Wednesday that a nearly bald, lethargic seal recovered from the southeast Alaska coast showed the same symptoms of a disease that sickened ringed seals and Pacific walrus on ...

Biology / Ecology

created Mar 08, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Researchers examine consequences of non-intervention for infectious disease in African great apes

Infectious disease has joined poaching and habitat loss as a major threat to the survival of African great apes as they have become restricted to ever-smaller populations. Despite the work of dedicated conservationists, efforts ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Feb 06, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Veterinarians find infections faster by monitoring blood compound

In pets and people, the time it takes to diagnose an infection may mean life or death. Now, a University of Missouri veterinarian is identifying ways to diagnose pet infections in approximately a third of ...

Biology / Other

created Dec 05, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study evaluates bat deaths near wind turbines

(PhysOrg.com) -- It's something of an ecological murder mystery — countless numbers of bats are turning up dead near wind farms. But what is killing them?

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 01, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 4

Bacterial disease outbreak threatens metro Detroit animals

More than 20 cases of the life-threatening bacterial infection leptospirosis have been reported in Detroit-area dogs in the past three weeks, according to Michigan State University’s Diagnostic Center for Population ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Oct 28, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Russian and US veterinarians collaborate to solve mysterious wild tiger deaths

A team of Russian veterinary colleagues and health experts from the Wildlife Conservation Society's Bronx Zoo are collaborating to understand how distemper -- a virus afflicting domestic dogs and many wildlife ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Sep 30, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Scientists find H1N1 flu virus prevalent in animals in Africa

(PhysOrg.com) -- UCLA life scientists and their colleagues have discovered the first evidence of the H1N1 virus in animals in Africa. In one village in northern Cameroon, a staggering 89 percent of the pigs ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Sep 23, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 4 | with audio podcast


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