and veterinarian supplies in Karura, a lush farming area of central Kenya, wasn't doing so well.
and I used to have problems with working capital, Â recalls Wainaina, the 27-year-old entrepreneur and professionally trained veterinarian."
and Ryder imagined that his repository of animal cells could be used long after their donors died to help zoo veterinarians manage captive populations.
and veterinary medicine, and that is just to surmount the challenges that scientists know about. What is more, the technologies that scientists are hoping to use have mostly been developed for use in laboratory animals and valuable livestock only.
The Masvingo Provincial Veterinary Officer, Dr Ernest Dzimwasha, said there was nothing unusual about the incident
the 29-year-old veterinary said. The lambs head had human features on the eyes,
#said Laurence Tiley, of Cambridges department of veterinary medicine, one of the lead researchers on the study.
Connecticut s students choose majors such as animal sciences and human nutrition in hopes of becoming veterinarians and dieticians at hospitals or corporations
#Why pet owners are skipping the pet food aisle in favor of homemade pet food Veterinarians say these pet food home chefs do it for different reasons.
Veterinarians say these pet food home chefs do it for different reasons. For some people it s the human-animal bonding.
a board-certified veterinary nutritionist who co-authored a textbook on pet nutrition. Delaney founded Balanceit, a website with tips on preparing pet food and other finer points of pet nutrition, in 2005.
which makes Joni Scheftel, state public health veterinarian at the Minnesota Department of health in St paul, nervous because it may increase human exposure to salmonella and other foodborne illnesses.
as reported in a review published in the Journal for American Veterinary Medical Association in 2012.
And there was even some confusion among veterinarians an unimpressive majority of vets (62 percent) polled by the researchers knew where bully sticks came from.
and veterinarians have with pet foods and many of the popular raw animal-product based pet treats currently on the market said Freeman in a statement.
The research is detailed in this month's issue of the Canadian Veterinary Journal. Follow Livescience on Twitter@livescience. We're also on Facebookâ & Google+.
I would not rule it out Dr. Montserrat Torremorell of the University of Minnesota's College of Veterinary medicine told Reuters. There is a chance that airborne contaminated feces may have played a role in the rapid dissemination of the disease she said.
I am Ray Powell a veterinarian and New mexico's land commissioner told the AP . If they had the dexterity they'd be driving vehicles around.
but they don't always use it said study lead author Alan Wilson a professor in the department of comparative biomedical sciences at The Royal Veterinary College in the United kingdom. oewhat was more remarkable was the maneuverability
Pedrono's team plans to do thorough veterinary checks to make sure the new tortoises aren't bringing invasive plants or exotic diseases with them to Madagascar.
and enforced by FDA said Michael R. Taylor deputy FDA commissioner for foods and veterinary medicine.
A 2007 case study in the Journal of Veterinary Medical science reported that a switch to a high-fiber diet stopped a miniature poodle from regularly eating grass.
Indeed a 2009 dog study in the Journal of Veterinary Behavior found that puppies were more likely to eat grass
It adds to a bit of evidence of the effects of these early life experiences in the long-term said study researcher Michael Mendl a professor of veterinary science at the University of Bristol in the United kingdom. 11 Facts Every Parent Should Know About Their Baby
See Photos of the World's Cutest Baby Wild Animals I don't know that they actually think of us as whooping cranes said Glenn Olsen a veterinarian at the U s. Geological Survey's (USGS) Patuxent Wildlife Research center in Maryland who said he spends much of May through July
Hamsters were brought to the United states in 1936 from Syria according to the Louisiana Veterinary Medical Association.
Turtle owners should speak with a veterinarian or other professional when planning a diet for their pet as the diets of captive turtles also vary by species. Follow Elizabeth Palermo on Twitter@techepalermo Facebook or Google+.
This announcement from Cargill is the latest in a series of triumphs for animal protection advocates veterinarians food companies
#After the Pew Commission on Industrial Farm animal Production a panel including farmers veterinarians and former Agriculture secretary Dan Glickman studied the issue it recommended the phase out within 10 years of all intensive confinement systems that restrict natural movement
Scientists veterinarians and the world's largest food brands not to mention several top producers like Cargill have made it clear that gestation crates are outdated and on their way out.
Last year the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary medicines Authority banned the use of the pesticides dimethoate
Chinchilla fur was mottled originally yellow-gray in the wild according to The Merck Veterinary Manual. Through selective breeding however other colors have become common including silver yellow-gray bluish-gray white beige and black.
Dr. Kevin Lindell a veterinarian from Tufts University evaluates and cryopreserves embryos at SVF. The two organizations have enjoyed a close collaboration
and veterinary medicines given to livestock subsequently consumed by the obligate scavengers have reduced dramatically vulture populations in Asia
Last week, a joint mission of 22 international health and veterinary experts returned from investigating the outbreak with more questions than answers about the virus's pathology and epidemiology.
says Juergen Richt, a veterinary surgeon at Kansas State university in Manhattan. For a decade, breeders who want to locate the best bull have the animals'semen tested for its DNA,
Scientists at the Veterinary Laboratories Agency in Weybridge, UK, have shown that pigs can easily become infected with the virus,
and former chief executive of the Veterinary Laboratories Agency. But we should not assume it is there until we have evidence to say so,
and will mark a massive achievement for the veterinary community, says Chris Oura, head of the Non-Vesicular Disease Reference Laboratory Group at the Institute for Animal health in Pirbright,
chief veterinary officer for the Food and Agricultural organization of the United nations (FAO) in Rome. Just as smallpox ripped through human populations for centuries,
The world's first veterinary science school was established in France in 1762 to train specialists to deal with rinderpest.
chief veterinary officer for the Food and Agricultural organization of the United nations (FAO) in Rome. It not only kills cattle and other wildlife,
Eradication of the disease would be a massive achievement for the veterinary community, says Chris Oura, head of the Non-Vesicular Disease Reference Laboratory Group at the Institute for Animal health in Pirbright, UK.
Nature Newsthe chief veterinary officer of The netherlands has defended the country's decision to cull thousands of goats in an effort to control an unprecedented outbreak of Q fever.
project leader on Q fever in goats for the Central Veterinary Institute (CVI) in Wageningen, The netherlands.
Roest says that CVI researchers and veterinary pathologist Annie Rodolakis of INRA, The french agricultural research institute, will start by looking at how the bacteria spreads in mice.
Nearly all of the current drugs to treat nematode diseases were invented for veterinary purposes, he says,
Lothar Wieler, a veterinary microbiologist at the Free University of Berlin, cautiously agrees with this theory.
says James wood, a veterinary researcher at the University of Cambridge, UK, who co-leads the project with Cunningham.
drug firms and veterinary surgeons. The new order is less strict than the 2008 rule. See page 125 for more.
restrict veterinary surgeons to using the two cephalosporin drugs specifically approved for food-producing animals ceftiofur and cephapirin and ban prophylactic use.
"We would support greater veterinary oversight of antimicrobial drugs, says Christine Hoang, assistant director of scientific activities at the American Veterinary Medical Association in Schaumburg, Illinois. The European union (EU),
which already forbids the use of antimicrobials to promote growth, plans to strengthen its own rules.
and the World health organization to help developing countries to improve their legislation covering the control, distribution and use of veterinary antimicrobials.
lack of data, says Ian Brown, head of avian virology and mammalian influenza at the Animal health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency lab in Weybridge, UK.
says Ilaria Capua an avian-flu researcher at the Veterinary Public health Institute in Legnaro, Italy, who champions greater availability of sequences5.
Countries that have developed well veterinary services and a well-structured and hygienic farming industry inevitably have fewer flu sequences to report,
or no sequences have poor veterinary systems and flu-prone farming systems, such as backyard farms and mixed poultry and pig farms,
an immunologist  at the Royal Veterinary College in Hatfield says there could be implications beyond cattle.
and frequent veterinary attention from the staff at Exemplar Genetics in Sioux Center, Iowa. Their muscles already show the signs of deterioration that they were bred for.
Mark Thurmond, a committee member and veterinarian at the University of California at Davis. Deciding the ultimate fate of the NBAF falls to policy-makers,
a veterinary surgeon who is the coordinator of Agrocalidad in Galapagos, the government agency that oversees agriculture and biosecurity on the islands."
says Delia Grace, a veterinary epidemiologist at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) in Nairobi,
and surveillance networks and training for farmers and veterinarians in spotting and reporting incidents of disease,
the chief veterinary officer at the Food and agriculture organization of the united nations (FAO) in Rome, who is in charge of the organization s response to the outbreak.
Denis Kolbasov, director of the National Research Institute for Veterinary Virology and Microbiology of Russia in Pokrov, says that officials often have little appetite for expensive countermeasures such as widespread culling
liaised with ministries of agriculture and veterinary services worldwide, and wrote"to virtually everyone they could think of,
Geneticist and veterinarian Eckhard Wolf at the Ludwig-Maximilian University in Munich, Germany, has exploited the similarity between the human
the Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory at Iowa State university in Ames confirmed that PEDV had infected pigs in Iowa, the leading producer of US pork.
US Department of agriculture"It s a real threat, says Lisa  Becton, a veterinary surgeon and director of swine health information at the National Pork Board, an industry group in Des Â
The USDA s National Veterinary Services Laboratories in Ames is one of just a few US facilities to have grown the virus successfully.
a scientist at the University of Minnesota s Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, will publish the sequence of a virus genome taken from a Colorado farm.
one or two in Asia and one in Europe, says Juan Lubroth, the FAO s chief veterinary officer."
and resistance, says study co-author Stuart Reid, a veterinary epidemiologist at the Royal Veterinary College in Hatfield, UK.
including boosting the number of veterinary surgeons and improving diagnostic facilities. To specifically address the risk of H7n9 flu,
As a veterinarian and advocate for increased protection for wolves in Minnesota I was glad to see an article that decries the state of wolf conservation and management here.
and Drug Administration is asking veterinary drug companies to voluntarily agree to make it illegal to feed healthy animals some antibiotics.
and veterinary medicine said in a conference call for reporters. Scientists have warned long that the constant use of antibiotics in farm animals is a threat to human health
Farmers and farming companies don t need prescriptions from veterinarians to get drugged feeds; they get them from feed stores.
when companies agree to the new FDA program non-growth uses of antibiotics should require the equivalent of a prescription from a veterinarian.
Others are not so sure veterinarians will act as good gatekeepers to reduce unnecessary antibiotic use.
but unless these veterinarians believe these uses are creating a public health problem they have no incentive to do thatã¢Â# says Steven Roach a program director for public health at the Food Animal Concerns Trust a farm animal welfare
They keep telling you that you need to provide adequate veterinary care for your goats and that the animals'facilities must be maintained in good care
In issuing this statement the academy takes the same position as the American Medical Association the American Veterinary Medical Association the International Association for Food Protection the National Environmental Health Association the U s
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Master of Aquatic Medicine Elvis Chikwati defended his doctoral research on 3rd december 2013 at the Norwegian School of Veterinary Science (NVH) with a thesis entitled Diet-induced physiological and pathophysiological responses
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Fish of Colorado College in Colorado springs Colo. and Marni Lafleur of the University of Veterinary medicine in Vienna.
and tested from 1998 to 2005 by UPM scientists led by Prof Dr Mohd Zamri Saad of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine.
and sheep at present and the figure is expected to increase to 1 million by 2015 a growth rate of 12.1%as projected by the Veterinary Services Department.
This was proven to be said better protection Prof Zamri who graduated with his Doctor of Veterinary medicine degree from UPM before obtaining his Phd from Liverpool.
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John Middleton a professor in the MU College of Veterinary medicine says these higher levels of fat are often precursors to future health problems in cows.
This novel composition can be used as a medicine for clinical or veterinary use for the treatment and/or prevention of fungal infections by pathogenic yeasts and filamentous fungi such as Candida spp.
The research group Viral infections in cattle at the Norwegian School of Veterinary Science which carried out this study is engaged currently in projects that seek to identify the most effective ways of preventing new infections in herds.
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#Veterinary Scientists Track the Origin of a Deadly Emerging Pig Virus in the United Statesveterinary researchers at the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary medicine at Virginia Tech have helped identify the origin
and a former research assistant professor at the veterinary college who is now a professor at Zhejiang University
Veterinarians need to recognize the symptoms of the disease and with the lack of a vaccine in the United states practicing strict biosecurity and good sanitation procedures on the farm are important for prevention and control of this deadly disease Meng added.
The agency passed the carcasses along to researchers at the Illinois Natural history Survey for analysis and the University of Illinois Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory conducted autopsies.
As part of this effort the research team led by wildlife technical assistant Samantha Carpenter and wildlife veterinary epidemiologist Nohra Mateus-Pinilla both with the natural history survey and U. of
A method to detect different trypanosomeskatja Silbermayr from the Institute of Parasitology of the University of Veterinary medicine Vienna (Vetmeduni) together with an international research team collected blood samples from three cattle types.
The information is extremely valuable to veterinarians and farmers as each type of trypanosome causes a slightly different disease progression
The research was lead by a team of researchers at the University of Glasgow in collaboration with the University of Edinburgh the Royal Veterinary College Scotland's Rural College Health Protection Scotland and the Scottish E coli O157/VTEC
The study published in the online journal PNAS used veterinary human and molecular data to examine the risks of E coli O157 transmission from cattle to humans
because medicines for veterinary use must show that animal health is improved. This is problematic because E coli O157 does not harm cattle
and assessing the impact of treatment involves coordination between human and veterinary health practitioners. Senior author Professor Stuart Reid of the Royal Veterinary College added:
We increasingly recognize the fact that we share a common environment with the animals we keep
This study is an excellent example the interface between veterinary and human medicine and of the concept of'One Health'in action--controlling infections in animals can have a major impact on public health.
and gulls were analysed at the Norwegian Veterinary Institute. Samples collected from Rogaland County in the Southwest of Norway during the hunting seasons (August-December) of 2005-2007 and 2009-2010 were studied.
Ragnhild Tønnessen defended her doctoral research on 27th august 2013 at the Norwegian School of Veterinary Science with a thesis entitled Epidemiology and Host Adaptation of Influenza a viruses in Gulls#.
#The research was conducted at the Department of Food safety and Infection Biology at the Norwegian School of Veterinary Science and at Section for Virology at the Norwegian Veterinary Institute.
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and other types of parasitic worms#says Professor Neil Sargison author from the University of Edinburgh Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies.#
but from 1968 to 2004 veterinary fences prevented zebras from making the migration. The veterinary fences--which had been built to keep wild buffalo from transferring diseases to cattle--were taken down in 2004.
Within three years of the removal of the veterinary fences zebra began making movements on the migration path toward the Makgadikgadi Salt Pans.
These movements were recorded by GPS collars that were fitted to zebra mares allowing researchers to accurately record their movements.
Undergoing a novel care plan he became a teaching case for veterinary oncologists at the Cornell University Hospital for Animals paving the way to combat cancer in large animals.
Though little is known about the prognosis for pigs with cancer Nemo has the notable distinction of establishing a precedent giving veterinarians valuable information for helping large animals.
But Veterinarian David Burch argues that medicated animal feed poses no additional risk of resistance development than giving a human patient an oral antimicrobial.
All the unknowns surrounding the virus make a strong case for enhancing basic and applied research into the evolution of influenza viruses and for better integration of influenza virology within human and veterinary public health efforts.
#Survey shows increase in resistance to drug therapies among bovine respiratory disease casesa survey of records of bovine respiratory disease cases at the Kansas State Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory showed that drug resistance in one of the primary
The results of the study were published by the Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation. Antimicrobial resistance in veterinary medicine has received a considerable amount of recognition as a potential factor leading to antimicrobial resistance in human medicine Lubbers said.
However the contribution of multidrug resistance to limited or failed therapy in veterinary patients has received much less attention.
Because there are a limited number of antimicrobial drugs that can be used for treatment of BRD pathogens Lubbers said multidrug resistance in those pathogens poses a severe threat to the livestock industry.
Madslien carried out his doctoral research at the Norwegian Veterinary Institute (VI) but researchers engineers and students at VI the Norwegian School of Veterinary Science (NVH) the University of Oslo (Uio) Hedmark Univeristy College (Hihe) the Norwegian Institute for Nature Research
(NINA) Sweden's National Veterinary Institute Uppsala University Hospital Sweden and the University of Oulu Finland were key collaborators.
Cand. med. vet. Knut Madslien defended his doctoral research on 4th june 2013 at the Norwegian School of Veterinary Science with a thesis entitled Deer ked (Lipoptena cervi) and moose (Alces alces) in Norway--interactions
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#Iberian lynx attacks on farm animals are on the risescientists working on the LIFE IBERLINCE project have spent six years studying the hunting behaviour of the Iberian Lynx lynx pardinus) registering a total of 40 attacks with 716 farm animals killed.
Herbert Hoi and colleagues of the University of Veterinary medicine Vienna together with scientists from the Slovak Academy of Sciences Bratislava carried out experiments with reed warblers to see how a situation of potential infidelity affects later paternal investment in the chicks
A group of scientists led by Professor Chen Hualan of the Harbin Veterinary Research Institute at the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences has investigated the origins of this novel H7n9 influenza virus
and veterinarians is required. Interviews with the local population identified the main risk factors for transmission;
Swanson stresses the importance of educating consumers veterinarians pet food professionals everybody. They're being fed as
The research was funded by The Wellcome Trust and involved researchers from The University of Leeds The University of Alabama at Birmingham The University of St andrews The Veterinary Laboratories Agency and the University of Liverpool.
The paper Idiopathic brood disease syndrome and queen events as precursors of colony mortality in migratory beekeeping operations in the eastern United states is published in the February issue of Preventive Veterinary medicine.
The provision of an uncontaminated supply of food research into veterinary practices and education for farmers could all be part of a future solution
The study published in the January 2013 issue of the Canadian Veterinary Journal examined 26 bully sticks purchased from retailers in the United states
or most pet foods these findings reinforce that veterinarians and pet owners need to be aware of pet treats like these bully sticks as a source of calories in a dog's diet said Lisa M. Freeman DVM Phd DACVN professor of nutrition at TCSVM
who is certified board by the American College of Veterinary Nutrition. Freeman was first author on the paper.
To learn more about veterinarian and pet owner perceptions of dog foods and treats the research team developed a 20-question Web-based survey.
and veterinarians have with pet foods and many of the popular raw animal-product based pet treats currently on the market said Freeman.
A higher proportion of veterinarians (62 percent) were able to correctly identify the source of bully sticks as bull penis compared to general respondents (44 percent.
This work was conducted in collaboration with scientists in Italy at the Istituto G. Caporale and Germany (University of Veterinary medicine in Hannover and the Friedrich Loeffler Institut.
However companion animals account for nearly 40%of the combined veterinary consumption of fluoroquinolones. While it is unfortunate that we continue to see an increase in the total use in companion animals it is encouraging to see a drop in the use of antimicrobials that are critically important to humans.
This suggests that the treatment guidelines put out by the Danish Veterinary Association in November 2012 has had some effect.
The U s. Food and Drug Administration Center for Veterinary medicine regulates animal feed and pet foods. While the U s. Department of agriculture regulates the interstate transportation and processing of animal products as well as the inspection of animal product imports and exports.
First author Lorenz Khol of the Clinic for Ruminants at the Vetmeduni Vienna in cooperation with the College of Veterinary medicine at the University of Florida developed a possible alternative method for early diagnosis of the infection.
and sheep industries in the United states an estimated $125 million annually manages to survive the winter by reproducing in the insect that transmits it report veterinary scientists at the University of California Davis. The findings solve a century-old mystery
By conducting this epidemiological study on a commercial dairy farm in Northern California we were able to demonstrate that the virus overwinters in female midges that had fed on an infected animal during the previous season said lead author Christie Mayo a veterinarian
and we hope for eventually developing controls for the disease said co-author James Maclachlan a UC Davis veterinary professor and viral disease expert.
A better understanding of the immune response to intestinal parasitesparasitologists from the University of Veterinary medicine of Vienna are closer to understanding the disease process behind porcine neonatal coccidiosis.
Sows don't usually start their oestrous cycles again during lactation only coming on heat after their piglets have been weaned says Ms Alice Weaver Phd candidate with the School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences.
and a sheepdog with backpacks containing extremely accurate GPS devices designed by colleagues at the Royal Veterinary College London.
Benjamin Hause an assistant research professor at the Kansas State Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory at Kansas State university recently published an article about one of his discoveries porcine enterovirus G
Hause has mapped these viruses at the Kansas State Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory as a way to ensure the reliability of the next-generation sequencing methods he uses to identify
and applied to veterinary diagnostics. Hause's most recent work has led to the discovery of an influenza virus in cattle.
He worked on his porcine enterovirus G paper with Richard Hesse a diagnostic virologist at the Kansas State Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory who helped recruit Hause to the university to further develop his next-generation sequencing methodology
Scott Nichols institutional veterinarian at NAU and another key player in the preservation efforts drew blood samples from 11 gartersnakes from Oak Creek in order to establish a baseline for the blood levels in the animals.
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