Debilitating human parasite transmitted via dogs eating fish
Efforts to eradicate a human parasitic disease are being hampered by dogs eating infected fish, new research shows.
Ecology
Dec 14, 2021
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News tagged with domesticated dogs
Research shows dogs can relate human emotions to subsequent actions
New research has shed light on how an understanding of human emotions by man's best friend can help them predict our behavior and informs their decision making.
Plants & Animals
Sep 03, 2021
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Dog vaccination essential for preventing rabies spread to humans and animals
A coordinated and sustained program of dog vaccination is essential for preventing rabies spread to humans and animals, according to new research.
Veterinary medicine
Sep 01, 2021
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New method allows unambiguous identification of wolf hybrids in Europe's forests
Together with a European team, Senckenberg scientists have presented a new method in the scientific journal BMC Genomics that allows the reliable identification of wolf-dog hybrids on the basis of environmental samples such ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 19, 2021
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Dogs may not return their owners' good deeds
Domestic dogs show many adaptations to living closely with humans, but they do not seem to reciprocate food-giving according to a study, publishing July 14 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE, led by Jim McGetrick and colleagues ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 14, 2021
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Two regions in the canine genome explain one third of the risk of rare blood cancer
Mutations in two genetic regions in dogs explain over one third of the risk of developing an aggressive form of hematological cancer, according to a study led by Jacquelyn Evans and Elaine Ostrander at the National Human ...
Molecular & Computational biology
May 13, 2021
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Milk prebiotics are the cat's meow, research shows
If you haven't been the parent or caregiver of an infant in recent years, you'd be forgiven for missing the human milk oligosaccharide trend in infant formulas. These complex carbohydrate supplements mimic human breast milk ...
Veterinary medicine
Mar 09, 2021
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European domestic dog may have originated in Southwestern Germany
Together with a group of international colleagues, a research team from the Senckenberg Centre for Human Evolution and Palaeoenvironment at the University of Tübingen studied the beginnings of the domestication of wolves ...
Evolution
Mar 04, 2021
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Wolves, dogs and dingoes, oh my
Dogs are generally considered the first domesticated animal, while its ancestor is generally considered to be the wolf, but where the Australian dingo fits into this framework is still debated, according to a retired Penn ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 17, 2021
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All the colours of the dingo: not just a yellow dog
There is no coat color that distinguishes dingoes from dingo-dog hybrids, a study involving UNSW Sydney has found.
Plants & Animals
Feb 16, 2021
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