Sentences with phrase «dogs studied every year»

Not exact matches

This year's new offering: dog beds that, according to Casper's website, resulted from 11 months of dog sleep studies.

It seems to me less arbitrary and more logical to go along with Jennings (quoted by Agar 1943, p. 153), who wrote after years of study on the behavior of amoebae: «I am thoroughly convinced, after long study of the behavior of this organism, that if Amoeba were a large animal, so as to come within the every day experience of human beings, its behavior would at once call forth the attribution to it of states of pleasure and pain, of hunger, desire, and the like, on precisely the same basis as we attribute these things to the dog.»

This number has more than doubled since last year, with a previous study on dog attacks wasby Guide Dogs published in Junely 2010 -LRB-?)

That's because the breeds — Portugal's Cão de Gado Transmontano, Bulgaria's Karakachan, and Turkey's Kangal — did better than local dogs at deterring wolves and coyotes on western U.S. ranches during the 4 - year, still - unpublished study.

The dogs saw a significant reversal of symptoms that lasted the span of the two - year study, paving the way for human trials.

Study co-author Andrew Blain of the University of Leicester says that a slow spin may be how this black hole has sustained its binge, which he calls the equivalent of «winning a hot - dog - eating contest lasting hundreds of millions of years.»

Study co-author Andrew Blain of the University of Leicester says that a slow spin may be how this black hole has sustained its binge, which he calls the equivalent of «winning a hot dog — eating contest lasting hundreds of millions of years.»

Researchers first discovered the metabolic switch in 2005, when a team headed by Oklahoma State University's Michael Davis — who has been investigating the metabolic, gastrointestinal, respiratory and blood systems of sled dogs for 10 years — did a controlled study at a professional racing kennel in Alaska.

Another study published last year concluded that dogs may have been domesticated in both Europe and East Asia.

Three concurrent studies, undertaken by ZSL, the Botswana Predator Conservation Trust, and the African Wildlife Conservation Fund, monitored a total of 73 wild dog packs at sites in Kenya, Botswana and Zimbabwe, over a combined 42 years of study.

«This regenerative technology, termed AAV gene transfer, provided long - lasting benefit to the entire musculature of affected dogs that would have otherwise perished, extending a healthy lifespan for more than 4 years,» said Dr. Martin Childers, senior author of the Muscle & Nerve study and a UW Medicine researcher in Seattle.

Dillon's team, which includes Perri, studied 71 complete mitochondrial genomes and seven nuclear genomes of dogs from more than 20 North American sites, ranging in age from 10,000 to 800 years ago.

In this latest study, investigators found that replacing the MTM1 gene, which is mutated in patients, leads to sustained preservation of muscle strength and neurologic function in dogs over 4 years.

As part of the study data was collected from 629 dog owners participating in the RESIDE study, a 10 - year study of 1813 residents in Perth, Western Australia.

Domesticating dogs from gray wolves more than 15,000 years ago involved artificial selection and inbreeding, but the effects of these processes on dog genomes have been little - studied.

«We have a 7,000 - year - old sample that was nearly indistinguishable from modern domesticated dogs,» says University of Michigan biologist Amanda Pendleton, a co-author on the study.

For the last 35 years, Hoogland has studied four species of prairie dogs living in grassland ecosystems within national parks or wildlife refuges in the western U.S..

Between 1988 and 1998, sperm motility declined by 2.5 per cent per year and following a short period when stud dogs of compromised fertility were retired from the study, sperm motility from 2002 to 2014 continued to decline at a rate of 1.2 % per year.

The research, published in the academic journal Scientific Reports, found that sperm quality in a population of stud dogs studied over a 26 - year period had fallen significantly.

According to the study, dogs were domesticated not once but twice, on opposite ends of the Eurasian continent at least 15,000 years ago.

The study, published today in Scientific Reports, spanned 26 years and five different dog breeds.

«We found a mother's exposure to dogs before the birth of a child is significantly associated with lower risk of eczema by age 2 years, but this protective effect goes down at age 10,» says allergist Edward M. Zoratti, MD, ACAAI member and a study co-author.

Reported dog attacks on guide dogs have risen significantly over a five year period, finds a study published online in the journal Veterinary Record.

That 2014 study followed more than one million people over 5.5 to 28 years and considered the association of processed meat (such as bacon, sausage, salami, hot dogs and ham), as well as unprocessed red meat (including uncured, unsalted beef, pork, lamb or game).

These studies were based on experimental work published earlier that year by Lloyd Old and Ted Boyse on the treatment of lymphosarcoma in dogs with L - asparaginase.

The scientists studied 70 dogs of 37 different breeds as they defecated (1,893 dumps, to be precise) and urinated (a whopping 5,582 times)-- data collected over two years.

The researchers studied between 42 and 97 dogs each year, collecting samples in order to measure the levels of healthy motile sperm, that is, sperm capable of reaching the egg.

Dog history has been studied recently using mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA), which suggests that wolves and dogs split into different species around 100,000 years ago.

Over 1,400 rock art panels showing almost 7,000 animals (ranging from lions and leopards to gazelle and wild donkeys) have been found during the study's three - year run, but these dogs might be the most exciting find because they give us clues to when and why dogs were domesticated by humans.

If your cat or dog seems too rotund, it can be an opportunity to get healthier yourself: A study conducted last year discovered that when dog owners heard that their pups were overweight or obese, the diagnosis spurred them to exercise more, and both they and their dogs slimmed down.

A study in Finland showed that babies who grew up in a home with cats and dogs were 44 percent less likely to develop ear infections and 29 percent less likely to receive antibiotics in their first year compared to babies from pet - free homes.

«Dr. Low Dog's exploration of natural medicine and role in modern healthcare began more than 35 years ago as she studied midwifery, herbal medicine, massage therapy, and martial arts.»

«A number of studies in the last 15 years, including our own work, have suggested that pets in the home, especially dogs, seem to lower the risk for allergic disorders,» said Lynch.

Tieraona Low Dog, M.D.'s exploration of natural medicine began more than 35 years ago as she studied midwifery, herbal medicine; massage therapy and martial arts before earning her medical degree from the University of New Mexico School of Medicine.

In one instance, a third - grade student, who has been enrolled in the school's gifted program for several years, has studied the subject of dogs, including how to assist in adoption efforts at shelters.

The study focused on Staffordshore Bull Terriers and Mastiff dogs aged seven months to eight years old, all needing a new home.

At just three years old, children already see cats as playing second fiddle to dogs, suggests a new study of kids» responses to animals.

During the Pet Industry Leadership Conference that was held earlier this year, attendees got a chance to learn the results of a dog population and supply study.

Older pets are also more susceptible to being overweight, according to the study, which said that 52 percent of overweight or obese dogs are over the age of 7 years.

The study examined 566 participants enrolled in the Detroit Childhood Allergy Study birth cohort during 1987 to 1989 to see if there was an association between exposure to dogs and cats during life and allergic sensitization to the specific animal at age 18 ystudy examined 566 participants enrolled in the Detroit Childhood Allergy Study birth cohort during 1987 to 1989 to see if there was an association between exposure to dogs and cats during life and allergic sensitization to the specific animal at age 18 yStudy birth cohort during 1987 to 1989 to see if there was an association between exposure to dogs and cats during life and allergic sensitization to the specific animal at age 18 years.

Earlier this year, a study conducted by the Association for Pet Obesity Prevention revealed that more than 44 percent of dogs are overweight or obese — a 1 percent increase from the previous year.

A new study has found that having a dog or cat as a pet at home during the first year of life may actually help prevent allergies later on in life.

A recent study shows that almost half of dogs are overweight or obese, and local veterinarians say it's the owners that need to take control if they want to keep Fido around for years to come.

«The study of nearly 400 children found that dogs were especially protective, and the babies who lived with dogs during their first year were about one - third more likely to be healthy during their first year, compared to babies who didn't have a pet in the home.»

In a recent study, the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) indicated that about 1.6 million dogs are euthanized a year by shelters.

The study documented the results of giving half doses of a bivalent distemper / parvovirus vaccine to 13 small breed adult dogs who hadn't been vaccinated in at least three years.

The topics and techniques discussed are the result of many years of the study of dog behavior and training.

Arks Neem Protect Spray is an environmentally friendly gentle and nondrying formula for pets including dogs cats and horses It is used for animals with skin and coat issues including insect bites and skin and coat irritation The active ingredients are Neem and citronella Neem is a tree native to the Indian subcontinent Neem has been used for thousands of years by the people of India Southeast Asia and Africa Scientific studies have found these plants contain compounds that have wound healing properties neem oils and extracts are antiinflammatory gentle and nondrying Regular use helps to soothe and reduce itching and dermatitis caused by insect bites

Some studies show that overweight or obese dogs will develop osteoarthritis an average of three years before healthy weight dogs.

This product was recently evaluated as a topical treatment for generalized demodicosis in a small study involving 16 dogs older than 1 year of age.16 Dogs were divided into two equal groups and treated with the spot - on at the proposed minimum dose rate (20 mg / kg of both metaflumizone and amitraz, 0.133 ml / kg) on days 0, 28, and 56 or days 0, 14, 28, 42, 56, anddogs older than 1 year of age.16 Dogs were divided into two equal groups and treated with the spot - on at the proposed minimum dose rate (20 mg / kg of both metaflumizone and amitraz, 0.133 ml / kg) on days 0, 28, and 56 or days 0, 14, 28, 42, 56, andDogs were divided into two equal groups and treated with the spot - on at the proposed minimum dose rate (20 mg / kg of both metaflumizone and amitraz, 0.133 ml / kg) on days 0, 28, and 56 or days 0, 14, 28, 42, 56, and 70.