Immunize Your Pets During Rabies Awareness Dog Bite Prevention Week
The Alabama Department of Public Health has designated June 9-14 as Rabies Awareness and Dog Bite Prevention Week in Alabama, a time to remind the public that Alabama law requires all dogs and cats to be vaccinated against rabies each year and that they can help prevent dog bites.
The Effect Of Erythropoietin On Ischemic Damage In The Canine Kidney
ORLANDO, FL (UroToday.com) - Dr Phillips from Columbia University evaluated erythropoietin's (Epo) ability to protect the kidney during warm ischemia. 30 dogs underwent a laparoscopic nephrectomy and were then divided into 5 groups (n=6 each). Group 1 underwent 1.
Hong Kong Culls Market Chickens After Finding More H5N1 Bird Flu
Health officials in Hong Kong said yesterday, Wednesday 11th June, they would start culling all live chickens on sale in retail outlets and markets after more birds in four markets tested positive for the deadly H5N1 virus that is also lethal to humans.
Maternal Diet In Sheep Influences The Chances Of Having Male Or Female Offspring
Research published in BioMed Central's open access journal Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology has demonstrated that ewes fed a diet enriched with polyunsaturated fats for one month prior to conception have a significantly higher chance of giving birth to male offspring.
Bayer Animal Health Introduces Credo trade; SC Insecticide
Darkling beetles have long been a serious problem for the poultry industry - spreading disease, destroying insulation, and consuming poultry feed, which ultimately means eating away profits. Bayer Animal Health now offers a new addition to their product lineup for darkling beetle control - Credo™
Canada Strengthens Poultry Avian Influenza Surveillance
The Government of Canada is committed to protecting the health of Canada's domestic poultry flocks from avian influenza (AI) viruses. That is why this Government is enhancing its AI surveillance for commercial poultry flocks in Canada. This program is one of a number of domestic and international initiatives that have been implemented to prevent, detect and eliminate the presence of harmful AI viruses in Canada's domestic poultry flock.
FDA Announces Limited Return Of Heartworm Drug To U.S. Market
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced a limited return of a reformulated heartworm prevention drug for dogs, which had been withdrawn because of serious, life-threatening adverse reactions, including loss of appetite, lethargy; vomiting, seizures, difficulty walking, jaundice (a yellowish appearance);
Livestock Producers Urged To Take Precautions Against Anthrax, Canada
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is reminding livestock producers to protect their animals from anthrax. Anthrax can affect a wide range of animals. Although humans are susceptible to anthrax infection, it is rare to find a human case of anthrax associated with an outbreak in animals.
Light Alters Nociceptive Effects Of Magnetic Field Shielding In Mice: Intensity And Wavelength Considerations
A sixth sense, magnetoreception, has been demonstrated in animals from insects and snails to birds and rodents by two diverse groups of researchers. One group has been investigating the effects of magnetic fields on animal orientation and the other on perception of pain.
Modelling The Time - Dependent Transmission Rate For Porcine Circovirus Type 2 PCV2 In Pigs Using Data From Serial Transmission Experiments
The features of the infectious period for PCV2 inoculated pigs was assessed experimentally from the frequency of infected pigs in 6 susceptible groups mingled successively from 4 to 39 days post - inoculation with inoculated pigs. The estimated time - dependent infectiousness was fitted to three function shapes (gamma, Weibull and lognormal) for sensitivity analysis.