Sentences with phrase «against animal diseases»

We don't have enough rural veterinarians to be a first line of defense against animal diseases.»

To aide in the fight against animal diseases, we are proud to offer low - cost vaccinations to the public.

Not exact matches

There was a time when SOME of these «rules» may have been practical or had a logical reason for them in that time period (for example, the rules against eating certain animals could easily be explained by diseases that were not understood then that were commonly acquired by people that ate them.)

The coordinator said the agency in collaboration with some aid organisations assisted the victims with shelter and evacuated carcasses of dead animals to guard against outbreak of diseases.

But although animal studies have suggested that tea can protect against diseases such as skin and stomach cancer, the antioxidants in tea had not been directly compared to those found in other foods.

With this strength in mind, he sat down at his typewriter and began tapping out an argument for full - fledged animal studies to examine phytic acid's potential for protecting against heart disease and cancer.

Using animal models of precancerous polyps in the bowel, Chung and his team determined that certain types of immune cells within a chronically inflamed intestine can become rewired, causing them — paradoxically — to contribute to disease development rather than protect against it.

Thanks to # 183,759 funding from the Leverhulme Trust to the University, Dr Siddle will lead a three - year research project to understand how the disease moves between the animals and then use this information to design a vaccine against the tumour.

Cultural stigma against diseases that some falsely believe to be weaknesses of character prevent people from coming forward for trials — a problem when there are no good animal models for diseases like depression and schizophrenia.

In this episode, Scientific American news editor Phil Yam discusses how veterinarians, physicians and multinational food companies need to work together in the global fight against animal - borne infectious diseases; and University of Wisconsin evolutionary biologist Sean Carroll talks about recent research tracking the evolution of yeast genes with specific functions descended from a single, duplicated gene with multiple functions.

This goal of this study, led by Geisbert and Ian MacLachlan, executive vice president and chief technical officer of Tekmira Pharmaceuticals, was to determine whether it is possible to protect animals against a lethal MARV - Angola infection when treatment was started at a point when animals have detectable levels of the virus in their system and show the first clinical signs of disease.

It makes a toxin that deters insects and other animals from eating the plant and also protects its host against disease and drought.

By JUDITH HAMPSON In the 1880s, Louis Pasteur carried out what must be one of the most unpleasant series of animal experiments in the history of the fight against infectious disease.

The next step will be to demonstrate efficacy in larger animal models, as well as test whether this approach can be used to protect against or treat other diseases.

«The optimal strategy for protecting people and animals against this deadly disease would be through vaccination, but there are no FDA - licensed plague vaccines available in the U.S.,» said Ashok Chopra, UTMB professor of microbiology and immunology.

In a teleconference held by Nature today, Kobinger said it was «quite remarkable» that they could rescue infected animals that had advanced disease, which he called «a very important step forward in the fight against Ebola virus.»

The study, published in Scientific Reports, demonstrated that animals injected with synthetic DNA engineered to encode a specific neutralizing antibody against the dengue virus were capable of producing the exact antibodies necessary to protect against disease, without the need for standard antigen - based vaccination.

PERNICIOUS PROTEINS This 1960 image of American sheep shows the animals rubbing against a fence rail — an early symptom of scrapie and how the disease got its name.

In addition to facilities and personnel dedicated to the study and care of the animals, our on - site diet laboratory provides custom diets to induce specific disease - states against which to test your intervention.

Although the scientific community widely sees nonhuman primates as essential for advances in biomedicine (they have facilitated major gains in the fights against AIDS and neurological diseases such as Parkinson's, for example), researchers agree more can be done to treat the animals more humanely and conduct research less wastefully.

Evaluations of an inactivated whole virus vaccine in ferrets and nonhuman primates and a virus - like - particle vaccine in mice induced protection against infection but challenged animals exhibited an immunopathologic - type lung disease.

Working with Ye, postdoctoral fellow Sung - Wuk Jang identified a compound called 7,8 - dihydroxyflavone that can duplicate BDNFâ $ ™ s effects on neurons and can protect them against damage in animal models of seizure, stroke and Parkinsonâ $ ™ s disease.

I am most grateful that Air France has stood firm in its commitment to continue the shipment of lab animals and for standing with the biomedical research community in the fight against disease.

PFIE works according to the certification ISO 9001 and is open to the whole research community, from either academic or private sectors, studying farm animal and zoonotic diseases, testing new diagnostic tools or vaccines against infectious diseases.

DR can protect neurons against degeneration in animal models of Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and Huntington's diseases and stroke.

Agrobusiness is the biggest cause of deforestation, CO2 emissions and animal extinction, besides of being responsible for the killing of more than a thousand innocent people, increase in the numbers of cancer and heart diseases, and the development of a culture of cruelty against animals.

A plant - based diet is free of cholesterol and saturated animal fats; a convergence of evidence suggests that a plant - based diet may protect against and help manage and even reverse heart disease.

What Campbell and Chen imply in this movie clip is that all those correlations are, serendipitously, singing the same tune: That plant foods offer protection against diseases, while animal foods tend to promote them.

The cause of heart disease is not animal fats and cholesterol but rather a number of factors inherent in modern diets, including excess consumption of vegetables oils and hydrogenated fats; excess consumption of refined carbohydrates in the form of sugar and white flour; mineral deficiencies, particularly low levels of protective magnesium and iodine; deficiencies of vitamins, particularly of vitamin C, needed for the integrity of the blood vessel walls, and of antioxidants like selenium and vitamin E, which protect us from free radicals; and, finally, the disappearance of antimicrobial fats from the food supply, namely, animal fats and tropical oils.52 These once protected us against the kinds of viruses and bacteria that have been associated with the onset of pathogenic plaque leading to heart disease.

The also eat the organ meats of animals and fish, including livers, kidneys and more which contain the fat soluble vitamins A, D, E and K which offer protection against not only heart disease, but cancers, diabetes and the other so called «diseases of modern civilisation».

This should make these populations also suitable to study the hypothesis that naturally raised animal foods protect against cardiovascular disease.

Truth: Animal fats contain many nutrients that protect against cancer and heart disease; elevated rates of cancer and heart disease are associated with consumption of large amounts of vegetable oil (Federation Proceedings July 1978 37:2215).

I regret this article's missinformation in the light of so much annectodal and scientific evidence against animal protein which always come with animal fats which are well known now to be linked to various vascular diseases.

«Omega - 3 fatty acids and Parkinson's disease (PD): A number of animal studies have shown that DHA has preventive and / or therapeutic effects against PD.20 - 22 I have seen PD in a surprising number of elderly men that eat healthy vegan diets, and I have also observed that all these men were DHA - deficient.

Animal studies also suggest that fasting may protect against other neurodegenerative diseases, including Parkinson's and Huntington's disease (40, 41).

Numerous health authorities advise against regular consumption of coconut oil due to its high levels of saturated fat (similar to that of animal fat) having potential to increase risk of cardiovascular disease.

One thing to note about most of these studies supporting health benefits of canola oil is that they generally test canola oil against other vegetable oils, some of which have been associated with chronic disease, and some studies were performed on animals rather than humans.

Ithaca, NY About Blog The College of Veterinary Medicine at Cornell University strives to advance animal health through discovery - based research, the delivery of excellent clinical care, and continued vigilance against the spread of disease.

Sinovac Biotech Ltd. is biopharmaceutical company that focuses on research, development, manufacturing and commercialization of vaccines that protect against human infectious diseases including hepatitis A and B, seasonal influenza, H5N1 pandemic influenza and mumps, as well as animal rabies vaccine.

Even animals that are already on a good diet and do not exhibit any health problems will benefit from the correct mix of supplements, because in addition to their value as remedies, supplements can also be quite effective at preventing disease and providing extra measures of support against illness or factors that the owner or her vet may not be able to see.

Retailers can help by getting the word out that a few simple precautions can usually protect against zoonotic diseases — things such as washing hands with soap and water after handling animals, never using the same sink area for food - preparation as you do for cleaning your animals, their cages and toys, and thoroughly disinfecting immediately after any «accidents.»

If titers reveal that an animal has adequate immunity (that is, the animal is sufficiently «protected» against a particular disease), then there is probably little need for annual booster.

Animals vary in their ability to protect themselves against the damaging effects of copper and this natural variation is possibly responsible for the different forms the disease can take.

Adoptions include everything you'll need: all animals are spayed or neutered, examined by a veterinarian, vaccinated against disease, tested for FIV and FELV, microchipped in case they get lost, and are treated for worms and fleas.

There has not been substantial research on the impact that cashews have on hamster health, but even so, studies performed on other animals have found that cashews may protect against high blood pressure and high cholesterol, which can contribute to heart disease.

Vaccines are designed to protect animals against bacterial and viral diseases.

A responsible breeder will guarantee their puppies for any genetic diseases that may occur or against show - ring disqualifications in an animal intended for showing or breeding.

At University Animal Hospital we have a few different products we recommend to protect against heartworm disease.

By doing so, they can guard themselves against taking in animals with diseases, temperament problems, or other features that would make them unadoptable.

When a vaccine against a specific disease is started for the first time, even in adult animal, it is best to give at least two vaccinations.