Sentences with phrase «tests of affected animals»

Aminopterin was (and is) illegal in China and further tests of affected animals ruled out aminopterin.

Not exact matches

Stress can affect a wide range of physiologies and behaviors, and researchers are beginning to test whether the additions make the animals better models for depression — and, in the case of these particular fish — retinal regeneration.

Likewise, instead of researching how alcohol exposure affected the developing rat fetus, I daydreamed about a career that didn't involve microscopes, animal colonies, or behavioral testing.

She also speculates that interspecies transmission of microbes — from dogs to humans, say, or the other way around — could affect interspecies altruism, another prediction that could be tested using animal models.

Our platform is designed to emulate human biology more accurately than current cell culture or animal models, and we are currently working with a diverse group of partners to test the way drugs, foods, and chemicals affect human health.

While the diagnosis of retinal degeneration is made by ophthalmoscopy and / or electroretinography, genetic testing for PRA can be useful for breeders to identify not only affected animals, but those that are genetic carriers for the disease.

Currently a Biological Scientist with the Shelter Medicine Program at UF, Sylvia performs disease testing for animal shelters, works closely with veterinary student and graduate student researchers to solve problems affecting animal health and welfare, and was honored with a Staff Appreciation Award from Student Chapter of the AVMA.

A small number of dogs that had close contact with the affected dogs also have mild respiratory disease, but test results from those animals are not yet available.

The preventative won't affect antigen test results and it can prevent the spread of heartworm in the shelter and prevent infection in an animal, even if microfilaria (heartworm larvae) are already present in the bloodstream.

Testing the parents and making sure two carriers are never bred can rule out the possibility of producing affected animals.

Some time ago, thanks to the generosity of Terry Heath (Holloville) and a number of supporters, funds have been lodged with the Animal Health Trust to develop a DNA test for the condition, A successful DNA test will not only identify those animals that are affected but should also identify animals that are clear as well as those which are carriers.

Even when there is no test, or a known mode of inheritance, much can still be done to reduce the incidence of affected and carrier animals.

These tests may allow identification of both affected animals and genetic carriers to aid further in making informed breeding decisions.

Dozens of drugs affect thyroid function and thyroid function tests in people, so many others likely affect animals as well.

«A reliable, affordable, fast - acting heartworm antigen test is an important tool for our clinic,» said Christopher Alvey, BS, DVM, of Bridge Mill Animal Hospital in Canton, Ga. «When clients can receive the results of their pets» test while still in our clinic, it makes it easier for us to dispense a heartworm preventative or to begin treatment for affected animals.