In the yards behind the slaughterhouses—also called abattoirs—of Ethiopia, an ecological shift is unfolding that has echoes of similar crises all over the world. Species…
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A Guinea worm emerging from a dog’s leg. Credit: Jared Wilson-Aggarwal Efforts to eradicate a human parasitic disease are being hampered by dogs eating infected…
UC Davis study finds even common household items like a vacuum cleaner can cause stress and anxiety for dogs. Common household noises can cause dogs…
A new study in the Veterinary Record reveals that pets can be infected with the alpha variant of SARS-CoV-2Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is…
Dogs extract words from continuous speech using similar computations and brain regions as humans do, a new study combining EEG and fMRI by researchers from…
Hookworms have evolved to evade all FDA approved medications veterinarians use to kill them. Hookworms are one of the most common parasites plaguing the companion…
The following quote is attributed to Steven M. Solomon, M.P.H., D.V.M., director of the FDA’s Center for Veterinary Medicine: “The FDA is dedicated to taking…
New research being presented at the European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases (ECCMID), held online this year, reveals raw dog food to be…
COVID-19 is common in pet cats and dogs whose owners have the virus, according to new research being presented at the European Congress of Clinical…
The study involved 375 budding service dogs from the Canine Companions service dog organization. Credit: Courtesy of Emily Bray/University of Arizona Dogs may have earned…
A surveillance study by Duke Global Health found a dog coronovirus in a human patient. Researchers have discovered a new coronavirus, found in a child…
Poncho, a two-and-a-half year old yellow Labrador retriever, was one of the dogs trained in a Penn Vet-led study to see if his and his…
Vets were asked for help in collecting data. Credit: Lancaster University An outbreak of vomiting among dogs has been traced back to a type of…
Anastasia Vlasova (right) did the genetic analysis of a newly discovered coronavirus. Credit: Ken Chamberlain Discovery shows need to monitor animal viruses, researchers say. Researchers…
Shorter headed dogs, visually cooperative breeds, younger and playful dogs form eye contact faster. Credit: Eniko Kubinyi This research emphasizes the fact that many factors…
This burial site in a badlands area of AlUla in north-west Saudi Arabia is currently rare for Neolithic-Chalcolithic Arabia in being built above-ground and meant…
Genomic study finds cancer-linked variants in Bernese mountain dogs, Rottweilers, and retrievers. Six genetic variants add up to determine the risk of several blood cancers…
A wild mink in Utah was the first wild animal in the U.S. found with COVID-19. Credit: Peter Trimming, CC BY-SA Over the course of…
Early settlers in the Americas were accompanied by their dogs. Credit: Ettore Mazza The first people to settle in the Americas likely brought their own…