Sentences with phrase «says veterinary study»

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«Birth defects were seen when both males and females were exposed, as well as when only one parent was exposed,» said Hrubec, who is first author on the study and holds both a doctor of veterinary medicine degree and Ph.D. from the Virginia - Maryland College of Veterinaryveterinary medicine degree and Ph.D. from the Virginia - Maryland College of VeterinaryVeterinary Medicine.

«The H. contortus genome provides a rich and essential platform for future research in this and other types of parasitic worms,» says Professor Neil Sargison, author from the University of Edinburgh, Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies.

The published study provides also an excellent example of the added value of research collaborations between academia and industry in a form that leads to a powerful innovation that start changing the everyday practice in veterinary medicine and improves the welfare of our dogs, says Lohi.

SAMHD1 isn't a molecular «good guy» or «bad guy» per se, but there are cases in which blocking its activity might thwart disease progression, said Li Wu, the study's senior author and a professor of veterinary biosciences and microbial infection and immunity in Ohio State's Center for Retrovirus Research.

In the study, which included a series of laboratory experiments, field surveys and mathematical modeling, the presence of various species of dragonfly larvae reduced the infections in frogs caused by parasitic flatworms called trematodes, said Val Beasley, professor and head of the department of veterinary and biomedical sciences, Penn State, who worked with Rohr and whose research group collaborated with Lucinda Johnson, senior research associate and director of the Center for Water and the Environment, University of Minnesota Duluth, to complete the field study.

«Colombia is now only second to Brazil in the number of known Zika infections,» says study lead author Matthew Aliota, a research scientist in the UW - Madison School of Veterinary Medicine (SVM).

As one of the most northern species, caribou will feel the effects of global warming, says Musiani, a professor in the faculties of Environmental Design and Veterinary Medicine and co-author of the study.

«What's remarkable is that B cells are the ones making antibodies and autoantibodies, so they're really crucial in both protective immune responses and autoimmunity,» said Montserrat C. Anguera, assistant professor in the Department of Biomedical Sciences in Penn's School of Veterinary Medicine and the senior author on the study.

Among those is canine compulsive disorder (CCD), the counterpart to human obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD),» says the study's first and corresponding author Nicholas Dodman, BVMS, DACVA, DACVB, professor in clinical sciences and section head and program director of animal behavior at Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University.

«Provisions governing animal slaughter and routine veterinary care are rare, presenting a concern for monitoring and intervening in public health crises,» the study says.

Professor Gary England, Foundation Dean of the School of Veterinary Medicine and Science and Professor of Comparative Veterinary Reproduction, who oversaw the collection of semen said: «The strength of the study is that all samples were processed and analysed by the same laboratory using the same protocols during that time and consequently the data generated is robust.»

Gisli Jonsson of the State Veterinary Office in Reykjavik says: «This is the most studied animal in history.

The findings could allow clinicians to prioritize the scarce treatment resources available and provide them to the sickest patients, said the senior author of the study, Yoshihiro Kawaoka, a virology professor at the UW - Madison School of Veterinary Medicine.

Dr Hamilton, a senior lecturer from the Faculty of Veterinary Science, said although studies had shown genetics accounts for about a third of a horse's performance, DNA analysis could do much more than just identify odds on winning a race.

«Just sequencing the gut flora gives you an inventory of the bacteria, but does not tell you how they are perceived by the host immune system,» said co-author Dr. Kenneth Simpson, professor of small animal medicine at Cornell's College of Veterinary Medicine whose laboratory characterized the E. coli identified in the study.

«We think the dogs in our study could have solved the task only by applying their knowledge of emotional expressions in humans to the unfamiliar pictures we presented to them,» says Corsin Müller of the University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna.

«Our study demonstrates that dogs can distinguish angry and happy expressions in humans, they can tell that these two expressions have different meanings, and they can do this not only for people they know well, but even for faces they have never seen before,» says Ludwig Huber, senior author and head of the group at the University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna's Messerli Research Institute.

«Our study explored the associations between dog ownership and pet bonding with walking behavior and health outcomes in older adults,» said Rebecca Johnson, a professor at the MU College of Veterinary Medicine, and the Millsap Professor of Gerontological Nursing in the Sinclair School of Nursing.

The new study provides «fascinating insight into life immediately after the bite, as the bloodsuckers make their escape,» says Richard Bomphrey, a biomechanist at the Royal Veterinary College of the University of London, who was not involved in the research.

«It's a new way to rationally develop antiviral drugs,» says veterinary microbiologist Jürgen Richt at Kansas State University, Manhattan, who was not involved in the study.

Professor Eric Fèvre, Chair of Veterinary Infectious Diseases at the University's Institute of Infection and Global Health said: «Although Laikipia County camel density is low relative to more northern regions of Kenya, our study suggests the population is sufficient to maintain high rates of viral transmission and that camels may be constantly re-infected and serve as long term carriers of the virus.

Anatomist John Hutchinson of London's Royal Veterinary College says that the study «puts a nail in the coffin for the idea that mammals do not routinely exhibit LAGs as a natural part of their growth».

«Our research is the first to document the existence of pulmonary veno - occlusive disease, or PVOD, in dogs,» said Kurt Williams, the lead author of the study and an expert in respiratory pathology in MSU's College of Veterinary Medicine.

Eight past studies looked at whether the sweetener causes cancer in lab animals, says veterinary pathologist James Swenberg of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

«What we've shown in the monkey model matches a lot of what people have observed in epidemiological studies of humans,» says Emma Mohr, a pediatric infectious disease fellow at UW — Madison and first author on the study with Matthew Aliota and Dawn Dudley, research scientists in UW — Madison's schools of Veterinary Medicine and Medicine and Public Health, respectively.

More than 30 percent of Americans live with at least one cat, and they re probably getting the same stress relief and happy - hormone release from their pet of choice that dog - owners get; there are simply fewer studies to prove it, says judge Alan Beck, ScD, director of the Center for Human - Animal Bond at the Purdue University School of Veterinary Medicine.

Dr. Kate Creevy, an assistant professor of internal medicine at the College of Veterinary Medicine, said that while the study does suggest that sterilized dogs do live longer, pet owners who have their dogs spayed or neutered should still be be aware of the possibility of immune - mediated diseases and cancer.

«The literature review was conducted to inform the research plan and design for the remainder of the effectiveness study and to provide a resource to help understand the current status of human - animal interaction research within this domain,» said Michael McFarland, DVM, DABVP, Group Director, Veterinary Operations, Companion Animals, U.S. Pfizer Animal Health.

«With obesity in pets on the rise, it is important for pet owners to factor in not only their dog's food, but also treats,» says researcher Lisa Freeman, a professor of nutrition at Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University in a statement about the study, which was published in the January 2013 issue of the Canadian Veterinary Journal.

The study, published in Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, provides a better understanding of the prevalence and source of such disorders, and could advance efforts to prevent and treat genetic disorders in both dogs and humans, the researchers say.

«This defect, which in dogs is peculiar to the entire Dalmatian breed, has been reported for nearly a century and was probably unintentionally introduced as breeders worked to select more distinctive spotting patterns,» said veterinary geneticist Danika Bannasch, lead author on the study.

As detailed in April in the Journal of Veterinary Ophthalmology, the study said roughly 1 - year - old beagles had their left eyes intentionally damaged while they were anesthetized.

«Since different microflora is found even within the same litter of puppies, some may benefit from one bacteria while others benefit from another, so we use seven types of bacteria in our probiotic,» says Robert Devlin, DVM, senior director of the veterinary sciences division, Lancaster, S.C. «We have used our probiotic every day for 21 days in studies and found no change in bloodwork that shows a negative effect.»

«The study results indicate that dog owners and service dog trainers should carefully consider when to have their male or female dogs neutered,» said the lead investigator, Dr. Benjamin Hart, a distinguished professor emeritus in the UC - Davis School of Veterinary Medicine.

«I worked as an animal control officer for a period, and I have had a great deal of experience with small animals, but I became highly interested in food animal medicine once I got to the Auburn College of Veterinary Medicine and learned that I really loved studying virology,» Brewer said.

In fact, studies have shown that infective larvae were able to survive on Minnesota pastures during winter months.2 «Parasites require grass and cattle to complete their life cycle, therefore if cattle have been grazing on grass, you can be almost certain they have parasites,» says Gary Sides, cattle nutritionist with Pfizer Animal Health Veterinary Operations.

«Through this research, we can demonstrate that while other compounds may reach peak efficacy more quickly, REVOLUTION maintained greater than 90 percent efficacy for a longer period than the other medications tested in the study,» said J. Michael McFarland, DVM, DABVP, and group director of Companion Animal Veterinary Operations for Zoetis.

The AVMA study says that cat owners need to be educated on the value of veterinary care, and veterinarians should keep in mind that the lifetime value of cats is likely higher than they think.

«We were surprised by how many owners were reporting limber tail to us but it meant we had the chance to do a detailed investigation,» said Dr. Carys Pugh, of The Roslin Institute and Royal Dick School of Veterinary Studies.

«For this reason, some may say veterinary school is an even harder course of study than medical school.»

«The scholarship assistance from Zoetis and the AAVMC has allowed me to purchase invaluable study guides that will help me as I enter my clinical coursework,» said Kaitlin Stewart, a third - year small animal emergency medicine student at the University of California - Davis School of Veterinary Medicine.

All 20 dogs enrolled in the cancer study are still alive, says Gerald Post, DVM, oncologist at The Veterinary Cancer Center in Norwalk, CT..

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She said a study conducted recently at Tufts College of Veterinary Medicine found a strong correlation between secondhand smoke and certain forms of cancer in cats.

«Studies have indicated that pet owners value quality of life much more than longevity in their animals,» said Professor of Clinical Sciences Lisa M. Freeman, board - certified by the American College of Veterinary Nutrition.

Alzheimers Relief Studies have shown that Alzheimer's patients have fewer anxious outbursts if there is an animal in the home,» says Lynette Hart, PhD, associate professor at the University of California at Davis School of Veterinary Medicine.

A new study by the American Association of Feline Practitioners says that fewer than 48 percent of cats receive regular veterinary care.

In August 2003, the Journal of Veterinary Medicine carried an Italian study which showed that dogs also develop vaccine - induced cancers at their injection sites.5 We already know that vaccine - site cancer is a possible sequel to human vaccines, too, since the Salk polio vaccine was said to carry a monkey retrovirus (from cultivating the vaccine on monkey organs) that produces inheritable cancer.

«We have a lot of commonality with our best friend the dog,» said study leader Niwako Ogata, an assistant professor of animal behavior at Purdue University College of Veterinary Medicine in Indiana.

Brett Whitehead, Director of Equine, Merck Animal Health, said, «This study has shed more light on business practices that have been overlooked by some veterinary practitioners.