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NIH awards $17M to research emerging infectious diseases
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases announced in August the creation of the Centers for Research in Emerging Infectious…
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APHIS urges disease control around all poultry
Preventing disease in poultry requires daily work from every poultry owner, said Dr. Alan Huddleston,
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US to miss foodborne disease reduction goals
Numbers of confirmed illnesses in humans resulting from common foodborne pathogens have risen or remained level for several years, putting the U.S. on…
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APHIS announces $16M in funding to protect animal health
The 2018 Farm Bill provided funding for programs to help prevent animal pests and diseases from entering the United States and to reduce the spread…
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Fire may help control chronic wasting disease
The prion proteins that cause chronic wasting disease survive for years in soil and are taken up by plants.
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Exotic Newcastle disease strikes game birds in California
Several premises in metropolitan Los Angeles were quarantined in early October after exotic Newcastle disease
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Canine heart disease may relate to legumes, potatoes
Federal authorities are studying possible links between heart disease in dogs and diets containing legumes or potatoes.
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Global Health Summit to focus on infectious diseases, biodiversity
Infectious diseases and the importance of biodiversity is the theme for the 2023 Global Health Summit (GHS), slated for Monday, July 17, during AVMA…
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Genetic markers could help avoid cattle disease
Cattle owners may eventually use a genetic marker to breed cattle resistant to bovine respiratory disease, pinkeye, and foot rot.
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Unusual pet diets may be linked to heart disease
Some specialty diets may be causing heart disease in dogs, and researchers are trying to identify the connection.
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Rabbit, hare populations recovering from viral disease
Rabbit and hare populations appear to have largely recovered from a viral disease that caused die-offs in the Western U.S., although the pathogen…
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Virulent Newcastle disease hits small flocks in California
A viral poultry disease sickened and killed birds in at least 15 Southern California backyard flocks in May and June.
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Nine veterinarians to aid USDA on animal health issues
Nine veterinarians are part of a 20-member committee that will advise the Secretary of Agriculture on animal disease
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Experts to teach summer course in foreign diseases
The University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Veterinary Medicine, in collaboration with the Department of Agriculture's
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Federal funding intensifies prion disease research
A team of researchers at Colorado State University has received a grant from the National Institutes of Health
SARS-CoV-2 in animals
Learn about how the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 affects animals, and how to keep pets safe during the pandemic.
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GAO criticizes plan for mainland research on foot-and-mouth disease
The U.S. Government Accountability Office released a report July 30 criticizing the Department of Homeland Security's analyses that concluded…
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Study: chronic wasting disease spread through blood, saliva
Chronic wasting disease might be passed in the blood and saliva of infected deer
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AVMA Answers: Zoonoses resources for the companion animal practitioner
You have expressed some concern about companion animal practitioners' awareness of zoonotic diseases. Why are you concerned?
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Canine study challenges assumptions about joint disease
A study by an interdisciplinary team of researchers at Cornell University is challenging conventional assumptions about the lubricin protein and…
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Modified pigs may be safe from deadly disease
By disabling a cell receptor, geneticists have produced pigs resistant to a disease that has killed millions of pigs and cost pork industries billions…
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Rabbits across US likely vulnerable to deadly virus causing disease in the West
Rabbits and hares across the continent are susceptible to rabbit hemorrhagic disease virus serotype 2, which was first discovered spreading among…
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USDA requires new test for tickborne horse disease
Posted on May 15, 2003 In May, the Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service started requiring horses imported into…
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OSU selects animal-borne disease expert as dean
The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine has selected a distinguished alumnus to fill its top post.