Since their domestication millennia ago, dogs have been man's best friend, and aside from friendship, centuries of selective breeding have tailored them for tasks like herding, hunting and guarding—or so we thought.
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Working dogs take a day to adjust to the change in routine caused by Daylight Savings Time, whereas pet dogs and their owners seem to be unaffected, according to a study published in PLOS One by Lavania Nagendran, Ming Fei ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 29, 2025
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A team of virologists, infectious disease specialists and pathobiologists affiliated with several institutions in China and the U.K. has found possible evidence that bird flu vaccinations are driving virus evolution. In their ...
Researchers at the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine and the UF Health Cancer Center have identified a crucial link between a gene mutation and immune system signaling in canine hemangiosarcoma, a discovery ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Jan 21, 2025
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Are dogs really the key to better health and a happier life? In a new study, appearing in Scientific Reports, dog owners were invited to describe the biggest benefits and challenges of dog ownership. The commitments and responsibilities ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 21, 2025
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Dogs have lived alongside humans for thousands of years. They have been used to hunt, guard, herd and perform many other tasks, but today they mainly act as companions. While their lives today may seem easy compared with ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 7, 2025
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Canine hookworms are becoming increasingly resistant to drugs across Australia, according to research published in the International Journal of Parasitology.
Plants & Animals
Jan 7, 2025
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A pair of animal health researchers, one with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the other the Pet Poison Helpline/SafetyCall International LLC, located in Bloomington, Minnesota, has found that the number of ...
A concentrated sugar solution could be just as effective as antibiotics at treating a common infection in dairy cows, according to a new study led by researchers at Penn State. The results were recently published in the journal ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 19, 2024
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Researchers at ELTE Department of Ethology, Hungary designed an experiment to investigate whether dogs can recognize their owners based on pre-recorded speech. The results provided the first evidence that dogs are capable ...
Plants & Animals
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