Sentences with phrase «largest animal disease»

Ongoing class action on behalf of hundreds of businesses against the Commonwealth of Australia for the negligent operation of a quarantine facility which caused the 2007/2008 Equine Flu which was Australia's largest animal disease emergency.

Once you are in the program, you will study anatomy and physiology, terminology, nursing skills, small and large animal diseases, radiology, anesthesiology, parasitology, hematology, clinical skills, lab and exotic animals, birds, and behavior.

Not exact matches

PETA — whose motto reads, in part, that «animals are not ours to eat» — notes that going vegan reduces diners» chances of developing heart disease by a whopping 32 percent, according to a large - scale study conducted by Oxford University.

What you can learn on this website is that animal foods come in packages which are disease promoting for a number of factors in addition to their protein: the fat, the lack of fiber, the dearth of antioxidants, the large number of contaminants, and hormones to name a few.

If dozens of human and animal studies published over the past six years are borne out by large clinical trials, nicotine — freed at last of its noxious host, tobacco, and delivered instead by chewing gum or transdermal patch — may prove to be a weirdly, improbably effective drug for relieving or preventing a variety of neurological disorders, including Parkinson's disease, mild cognitive impairment (MCI), Tourette's and schizophrenia.

Most animals lack the gene to convert omega - 6 fatty acids — which, when eaten in large amounts, contribute to heart disease, cancer, diabetes, and arthritis in humans — into healthier omega - 3s.

As part of their work on nutrition and aging, they discovered that large doses of a vitamin called nicotinamide riboside were remarkably effective in countering the progress of the disease in animals.

«We report here a gene therapy dose - finding study in a large animal model of a severe muscle disease where a single treatment resulted in dramatic rescue,» said Childers.

«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.

The large number of lions in the park may have somehow compromised their immunity, or it may have simply made it easier for the disease to pass from animal to animal because they were in more frequent contact with each other.

«Large animal models of human disease, like cats, are really helpful for determining what's going to happen in a child when you're treating them,» Vite said.

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.

Because these large programs cut across diseases and institutes, they are «a different animal» from single - investigator grants and need to be managed differently, he says.

The team found that in large animal models, the capsule safely stayed in the stomach, slowly releasing the drug for up to 14 days, and potentially providing a new way to combat malaria and other infectious diseases.

These findings are promising for developing a preclinical, large animal model of Huntington's disease for assessing new therapeutics, which could ultimately provide better treatment options, including altering the course of the disease.

Our finding of similarity in clinical progression between human patients and Huntington's disease monkeys suggests monkeys could become a preclinical, large animal model for the development of new treatments.»

IDMIT is an infrastructure for preclinical research in infectious diseases and immunology which is certified ISO9001 and which includes 1) A large animal facility with capacity to host NHP in BSL2 and BSL3 containment, 2) State - of - the - art laboratories for cell biology, immunology, molecular biology, flow cytometry and mass cytometry (CyTof), cell - sorting and confocal microscopy in BSL3 containment; 3) A biological resources centre with high storage capacity; 4) Highly innovative technologies for in vivo imaging of large animals in BSL2 and BSL3 containment, including a two - photon microscope, a PET - CT facility, and several optic based technologies (fibered endo - microscopy, near infra - red imaging).

The CRISPR - Cas technology generates specific animal models of disease and is transforming model generation in mice, rats, rabbits, and larger animals.

Herpesviridae are a large and diverse family of dsDNA viruses which have been implicated in numerous animal and human diseases.

Ecosystem impacts include changes in basic processes such as photosynthesis; large - scale shifts in the distribution of plants and animals; and increased threats from fire, pests and disease.

COMPARE is a large EU project with the intention to speed up the detection of and response to disease outbreaks among humans and animals worldwide through the use of new genome technology.

Dr. Rocke is currently leading a large - scale field trial in 8 western states of the U.S. to determine if oral vaccination through consumption of vaccine - laden baits prevents plague in wild prairie dogs, thus reducing the risk of disease for the endangered black - footed ferret, other animals, and possibly humans.

Compared to the large majority of diets out there that often contain animal products in them including (Paleo diet, Atkins diet, South Beach), it is much better as it is all plant based and so can help people heal diseases, including cancer, heart disease and type 2 diabetes.

Conventionally raised poultry is contributing to an alarming increase in antibiotic resistant microbes, since these animals are fed large doses of antibiotics regularly to fend off diseases that would otherwise disallow birds to live in cramped, overcrowded conditions.

On their native diet they are free of disease and exceptionally hardy.17 An extensive study of diet and disease patterns in China found that the region in which the populace consumes large amounts of whole milk had half the rate of heart disease as several districts in which only small amounts of animal products are consumed.18 Several Mediterranean societies have low rates of heart disease even though fat — including highly saturated fat from lamb, sausage and goat cheese — comprises up to 70 % of their caloric intake.

While it is true that researchers have induced heart disease in some animals by giving them extremely large dosages of oxidized or rancid cholesterol — amounts ten times that found in the ordinary human diet — several population studies squarely contradict the cholesterol - heart disease connection.

While it is true that processed carbohydrates contribute to today's high incidence of chronic diseases the consumption of animal products and high fat foods are a much larger problem not only in due to health issues with cholesterol and saturated fats but due to all the chemicals (e.g. dioxins, mercury, other persistent organic pollutants) not to mention environmental degradation, animal suffering and worker safety issues.

It was also observed that in the 1960s the prevalence of coronary heart disease among the nomadic pastoralists in Xinjiang in northern China who consumed large quantities of animal fat from grass - fed, free - ranging animals was more than seven times higher than that of other populations both within Xinjiang and throughout China which consumed significantly less animal fat.33 These observations support the suggestion that cardiovascular disease was common among the Mongols of the 13th century who subsisted almost exclusively on a diet based on grass - fed, free - ranging animals.»

If scientists want to create the early signs of heart disease in animals, they need to feed them doses of cholesterol much larger than the total capacity of the body to make cholesterol.

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).

Given that, it seems likely that getting plenty of vegetables, fruits, nuts, seeds, legumes and whole grains, and avoiding animal products and processed junk, is by and large what is most important in order to avoid cardio vascular disease.

Dogs can develop heartworm disease by getting bit by a mosquito that has had contact with a heartworm infected mammal (which includes a large assortment of wild animals besides just dogs).

Ability to recognize symptoms of common animal diseases; ability to lift and handle cats and dogs (including large breeds).

Understanding and controlling animal diseases with veterinary drugs can help to prevent larger human outbreaks.

Dr. Liara Gonzalez, DVM, PhD, DACVS is a veterinarian, specialty trained in large animal surgery, with a clinical and research focus on intestinal disease.

Each of these dogs has been used to hunt small and large game and also to hunt for rodents and other pesky animals that carried disease.

As an accomplished equine internist, infectious disease specialist, and equine neonatologist, Madigan has spent his career devoted to research discovery of disorders and diseases affecting large animals, and developing equipment and methods for animal rescue while expanding the field of veterinary disaster medicine.

Due to the large number of animals residing at ACS, interns will likely gain exposure to and experience with a number of medical conditions and diseases, as well as assisting with spay / neuter surgeries.

D. congolensis can also cause skin disease to form, although it is seen far more often on larger domestic animals, such as horses.

Animal Genetics offers customers throughout the world a large number of tests for canine hereditary diseases, traits including color and parentage verification.

Probiotics are extensively used in large animals, and have also been advocated as a means of modulating gut flora in people with gastrointestinal disease.

Students are selected based on such criteria as academic success, interest in large animal medicine, interest in foreign animal diseases and their communication skills.

Her other interests, aside from shelter medicine, include large animal medicine, infectious disease outbreak investigation, clinical research, and wildlife rescue and rehabilitation.

The thrombus can be classified based on its location and the clinical signs it produces (eg, jugular venous thrombosis in large animals associated with prolonged venous catheterization, pulmonary arterial thromboembolism associated with heartworm disease in dogs).

During this two or three year residency program, they received extensive training in the diagnosis and treatment of allergic skin diseases, ear diseases, skin cancer, infectious skin diseases, endocrinopathies and immune - mediated skin diseases in dogs, cats, pocket pets and large animals.

«someone who accumulates a large number of animals; fails to provide minimal standards of nutrition, sanitation and veterinary care; and fails to act on the deteriorating condition of the animals (including disease, starvation and even death) or the environment (severe overcrowding, extremely unsanitary conditions), or the negative effect of the collection on their own health and well - being and on that of other household members.»

For small - animal practitioners, leptospirosis has long been considered a disease of large dogs and, in particular, of the hunting breeds, which are most active swimming and running in wild outdoor settings.

The Veterinary Genetics Laboratory, established in the 1950s as a blood - typing laboratory to verify parentage for cattle registries, has pioneered DNA - based identification techniques to provide pedigree validation, forensic services, diagnostic tests and genetic disease research in large animals, pets and wildlife species.

During our dinner I was surprised to learn that although MAF is the largest recipient of funds to find cures for many diseases in all types of animals, their contributions pale in comparison to what the ASPCA and Humane Society of the United States brings in.

Winners of best award presentations from the event included: Best Avian / Exotics Presentation Dr. Mary Thurber - «Detection of Avian Boravirus in Captive Thick - billed Parrots (Rhynchopsitta Pachyrhyncha) by RT - PCR and ELISA» Best Large Animal Presentation Dr. Lisa Gamsjaeger - «Sodium Iodide as a Preventative Strategy for Respiratory Disease in Preweaned Dairy Calves» Best Small Animal Presentation # 1 Dr. Catherine Belanger - «High - Pressure Balloon Valvuloplasty for Severe Pulmonic Stenosis: A Prospective Observational Study in 25 Dogs» Best Small Animal Presentation # 2 Dr. Chai - Fei Li - «Exosome - Associated Integrins as Liquid Biopsy Biomarkers for Canine Glioma» Chris Smith Award Dr. Fauna Smith - «Eosinophilic Peritonitis in 8 Horses (1995 - 2015)» Gerald Ling Award Dr. Kate Farrell - «Evaluation of Pulse Oximetry as a Surrogate for Pao2 in Awake Dogs Breathing Room Air and Anesthetized Dogs on Mechanical Ventilation» UC Davis, with the largest resident training program of any veterinary hospital in the country, is able to offer unique research and publishing opportunities not available elsewhere to veterinarians pursuing advanced training at teaching hospitals.