Sentences with phrase «senior dogs in a study»

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I am a Senior at NAU studying biomedical science and my biggest goal in life is to be the first person in a group that a dog goes to.

«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.

Mark Blumberg, a psychology professor at the UI and senior author of the study, says this latest discovery is further evidence that sleep twitches — whether in dogs, cats or humans — are connected to brain development, not dreams.

«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.

«The study adds to a growing body of evidence suggesting that for dogs, human attention is important during social interactions,» said Juliane Kaminski, senior lecturer at England's University of Portsmouth and the study's lead author in a statement to HuffPost.

Numerous studies have shown pets have all kinds of positive benefits in the lives of seniors, but a wild, young dog is probably not the best place to start.

Tove Fall, a senior author of the study and a professor at Uppsala University, added, «Other explanations include an increased well - being and social contacts or effects of the dog on the bacterial microbiome in the owner.»

As soon as those who have recently contacted Dr. Leigh Anne Clark and is sending in their samples please be sure to send in your samples by May 15, 2009... Texas A&M University (TAMU) will have completed collecting blood samples from senior (8 years old or older) normal (dogs that DO NOT have EPI) German Shepherd Dogs (GSDs) for Phase III of the EPI Research Study with SNP technology in an effort to identify the complex genetic markers to dogs that DO NOT have EPI) German Shepherd Dogs (GSDs) for Phase III of the EPI Research Study with SNP technology in an effort to identify the complex genetic markers to Dogs (GSDs) for Phase III of the EPI Research Study with SNP technology in an effort to identify the complex genetic markers to EPI.

While most of the studies and general consensus of dog ownership as a senior is positive — as with anything in life their are some risks and downsides to owning a dog as a senior.

Other studies with S - Adenosyl - l - methionine (SAMe), a liver supplement, have resulted in improvement in activity and awareness in senior dogs.

Purina research scientist Dr. Brian Zanghi points out, «Nutrition studies have shown that properly feeding to ideal body condition can play a big role in an older dog's wellness and longevity, but estimating a senior's dog body condition score to its estimate body fat condition and lean mass is difficult and not well defined.

«Our canine companions are not only man's best friend, but our study shows that dogs also can help human patients pursue battles against various types of cancer,» says Jeffrey Trent, Translational Genomics Research Institute president and research director and the study's senior author, in a release about the study.

Studies indicate that 36 % of senior dogs suffer from osteoarthritis, 18 % show signs of Cognitive Dysfunction Syndrome, and the number one diagnosed disease of dogs in all age groups is dental disease.

In a recent study of 69 senior dogs completed at UC Davis, College of Veterinary Medicine, it was determined that 32 % of dogs over the age of 11 had signs of senility, while 100 % of dogs over the age of 16 years had confirmed senility.

Though the studies performed on dogs are limited, one canine study discovered that senior dogs suffering from osteoarthritis experienced moderate improvements in their symptoms after they received omega - 3s from fish sources.

In the study, senior research fellow Dr. June Nicholas conducted her daily routine for ten days — five with a dog, five without — and recorded how many people stopped to talk to her every day.