Sentences with phrase «dog disease in»

The first, canine influenza H3N8, was identified as a contagious dog disease in 2004.

Parvovirus is one the most common infectious dog disease in the United States.

Not exact matches

«So to me it was sort of natural to put dog studies in the context of human disease.»

Of course, to put the human race down in its beginning — like a diseased dog — would have been far from glorious.

So, if you have dropsy, gout, or jaundice, by including some of your warm blood in the shell and white of an egg, which, exposed to a gentle heat, and mixed with a bait of flesh, you shall give to a hungry dog or hog, the disease shall instantly pass from you into the animal, and leave you entirely.

Out of the Earth ~ Natural Raw Diet for Dogs Many of the commercial dog food companies would have us believe that they actually use human grade meat in the production of their food, when in fact the sources of this «meat» are not even fit for animal consumption.In some areas of North America this list can also include euthanized companion animals from clinics and shelters, roadkill, zoo animals, livestock which die from disease or disability.The «meat» is purchased from a rendering plant which also receives material from slaughterhouses such as hair, feathers, hooves and any part of the mammal which is condemned for human consumtion.

Many of the commercial dog food companies would have us believe that they actually use human grade meat in the production of their food, when in fact the sources of this «meat» are not even fit for animal consumption.In some areas of North America this list can also include euthanized companion animals from clinics and shelters, roadkill, zoo animals, livestock which die from disease or disability.The «meat» is purchased from a rendering plant which also receives material from slaughterhouses such as hair, feathers, hooves and any part of the mammal which is condemned for human consumtion.

Veterinarian co-hosts Dr. Roger Welton and Dr. Karen Louis discuss the statistical increases in the incidence of certain infectious and parasitic diseases in dogs and cats during prolonged periods of standing water following major storms.

Your family and in particular baby will get vulnerable to diseases transferred from your dogs.

Insulin — used to treat type 1 diabetes - was discovered using dogs, which are also affected by the disease - there are 14,000 diabetic dogs alive in the UK as a result of insulin.

In 2015, the World Trade Health Organization classified processed meat as a Group 1 carcinogen, citing scientific evidence that processed meats such as bacon, ham, hot dogs, sausages, and some deli meats can increase risk of a variety of diseases, including diabetes, multiple cancers, and respiratory illnesses.

In addition to identifying deer ticks, dog ticks, lone star ticks and the diseases they may carry, TickReport makes data available to the public.

The study concludes that comprehensive screening for canine inherited disorders represents an efficient and powerful diagnostic and research discovery tool that has a range of applications in veterinary care, disease research, and dog breeding.

Through clinical follow up of dogs genetically at risk, the research team was able to confirm that several disorders cause the same disease signs also in other than previously described breeds.

In 1922, he tried to induce black - tongue disease — the canine analog of pellagra — in his laboratory dogs by feeding them a diet typical of poor Southerners, plus brewer's yeast purely to stimulate the dogs» appetitIn 1922, he tried to induce black - tongue disease — the canine analog of pellagra — in his laboratory dogs by feeding them a diet typical of poor Southerners, plus brewer's yeast purely to stimulate the dogs» appetitin his laboratory dogs by feeding them a diet typical of poor Southerners, plus brewer's yeast purely to stimulate the dogs» appetite.

In their always engrossing, often grotesque account, journalist Bill Wasik and veterinarian Monica Murphy trace the illness's history, detailing the many futile methods of combating the disease (including the original «hair of the dog:» binding into a patient's wound a hair from the animal that infected him) before Louis Pasteur's rabies vaccine became the first effective treatment in 188In their always engrossing, often grotesque account, journalist Bill Wasik and veterinarian Monica Murphy trace the illness's history, detailing the many futile methods of combating the disease (including the original «hair of the dog:» binding into a patient's wound a hair from the animal that infected him) before Louis Pasteur's rabies vaccine became the first effective treatment in 188in 1885.

Several species of mammal, including mice, rats and dogs, are able to sniff out disease in humans and other animals.

This is advantageous, since dogs provide new models to investigate the disease mechanisms and to plan new therapies such as gene therapy, successfully applied to blindness in dogs and human previously,» explains Lohi.

Just as it does in dogs and humans, the disease attacks a wolf's brain, causing aggressive behavior and, eventually, death.

Also, researchers find signs of the parasite that causes Chagas disease in U.S. government dogs working on the Texas - Mexico border.

In 1990, researchers tried to vaccinate some packs of endangered African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus) in Tanzania and Kenya against rabies, assuming the disease was behind a recent dip in numberIn 1990, researchers tried to vaccinate some packs of endangered African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus) in Tanzania and Kenya against rabies, assuming the disease was behind a recent dip in numberin Tanzania and Kenya against rabies, assuming the disease was behind a recent dip in numberin numbers.

Last month, a team of vets from the Institute of Zoology in London and the Tanzanian National Parks Service vaccinated dogs in a handful of villages to see what chance they have of getting rid of the reservoir of disease before it flares up again.

«Gene therapy leads to long - term benefits in dog model of devastating childhood disease.»

In much the same way as dogs can be trained to detect some diseases through their keen sense of smell, technology can help create electronic devices capable of performing this same task.

This viral disease is still devastating poor, rural regions mostly in Africa and Asia that lack the means to vaccinate dogs or provide treatment if infection is suspected.

That is the case in another rare contagious cancer, canine transmissible venereal tumor (CTVT), a sexually transmitted disease in dogs traced to a single animal now dead for millennia.

The findings suggest that although wild animals may be important for the transmission of new diseases to humans, humanity's oldest companions — livestock and pets such as cattle and dogs provide the vital link in the emergence of new diseases.

«Dogs naturally suffer complex diseases, including mental disorders that are similar to those in humans.

Among some large - sized dog breeds the disease is much more common, but otherwise osteosarcoma in humans and dogs is very similar.

Most inherited diseases are associated with inbreeding, so the diseases don't exist in wild canids and should be less common in feral dogs.

«While further research is needed to conclusively demonstrate a link, the dog may indeed be a sentinel for humans — it shares the same environment, exhibits the same range of diseases, many with the same frequency and responds in a similar way to therapies.»

While canine distemper has been known for many years as a problem affecting domestic dogs, the virus has been appearing in new areas and causing disease and mortality in a wide range of wildlife species, including tigers and lions.

In May, Columbia University Medical Center pathologist W. Ian Lipkin and his colleagues identified a hepatitis C — like virus in dogs for the first time, suggesting the disease may have jumped to humans through contact with man's best friend 500 to 1,000 years ago, long after dogs were first domesticateIn May, Columbia University Medical Center pathologist W. Ian Lipkin and his colleagues identified a hepatitis C — like virus in dogs for the first time, suggesting the disease may have jumped to humans through contact with man's best friend 500 to 1,000 years ago, long after dogs were first domesticatein dogs for the first time, suggesting the disease may have jumped to humans through contact with man's best friend 500 to 1,000 years ago, long after dogs were first domesticated.

Indeed, the countries that have invested most in dog vaccination are the ones where human deaths from the disease have been virtually eliminated.

«The work to characterize these diseases in two Nordic dog breeds drew from well - established international collaborations between clinicians, geneticists, and dog breeders.

«There's a lot of literature that points to chondrodystrophy in dogs as an exciting animal model for degenerative disc disease in people,» said Bannasch, who also holds the Maxine Adler Endowed Chair in Genetics.

Komáromy, the researchers from University of Helsinki, and collaborators from numerous institutions, took an investigative journey across three continents, examined 324 dogs in seven countries, described a new disease, and managed to identify a gene that causes the disease.

The teams» research on another, more common blinding disease in a Nordic dogs, is about the primary glaucoma in the Norwegian Elkhound.

Inherited retinal diseases are among the leading causes of incurable blindness in humans as well as in dogs, where most of these conditions are classified as progressive retinal atrophy (PRA).

Both dogs and boys with the disease typically succumb in early life due to breathing difficulties.

Beginning in the late 1990s, Swedish and Finnish eye panelists recognized the emergence of a new retinal disease in Swedish vallhund dogs.

«Unraveling the genetics of disc disease in dogs.»

Work on gene therapy is showing significant progress for restoring muscle strength and prolonging lives in dogs with a previously incurable, inherited neuromuscular disease.

Since the early 1900s, veterinarians have observed intervertebral disc disease — a common cause of back pain, rear limb paralysis and inability to walk — more frequently in dogs with short legs (dachshund, French bulldog, and Pekingese to name a few.)

Four collaborating research groups in the United States and France found a way to safely replace the disease - causing MTM gene with a healthy gene throughout the entire musculature of affected dogs.

Because dogs suffer from many of the same afflictions that can strike people — cancer, heart disease and diabetes, among them — the authors hope that Fidos genome will help narrow the search for disease - causing genes in his owner.

«The dog has a retina very similar to ours, much more so than mice, so when you want to bring a visual therapy to the clinic, you want to first show that it works in a large animal model of the disease,» said lead researcher Ehud Isacoff, professor of molecular and cell biology at UC Berkeley.

An outbreak of Guinea worm disease in dogs could thwart the anticipated eradication of the parasitic infection.

Once that goes public, which should occur in the next few weeks, finding disease genes in dogs will be even easier.

«The dog is an invaluable model for exploring hereditary copper - storage diseases, and observations made in this study will benefit both canine and human patient populations.»