Are animals vulnerable to COVID-19?
While there's no evidence so far that pets, livestock, or their owners can infect each other with COVID-19, there is also very little research about a potential crossover.
While there's no evidence so far that pets, livestock, or their owners can infect each other with COVID-19, there is also very little research about a potential crossover.
Veterinary medicine
Mar 30, 2020
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Veterinary medicine
Jan 18, 2020
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Veterinary medicine
May 27, 2021
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Veterinary medicine
Mar 24, 2022
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Ecology
May 7, 2025
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Plants & Animals
Nov 23, 2023
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Got a cat that always seems hungry? New University of Guelph research suggests you might want to reduce—not increase—how often you feed them.
Veterinary medicine
Sep 23, 2020
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Heavier mixed-breed dogs have higher health risks if neutered or spayed early, according to a new study from researchers at the University of California, Davis. The study found mixed-breed dogs weighing more than 44 pounds ...
Veterinary medicine
Aug 13, 2020
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Using new gene mapping methods, researchers have found connections between atopic dermatitis (eczema) in dogs and several regions of the genome. Some of the genes identified coincide with genes linked to similar problems ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Dec 9, 2022
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A newly developed video technique has allowed scientists at Goethe University Frankfurt at the Bee Research Institute of the Polytechnical Society to record the complete development of a honeybee in its hive for the first ...
Plants & Animals
May 26, 2020
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