Since canine arthritis can’t be cured, the goal of treatment in dogs is to reduce inflammation to increase comfort and improve a dog’s quality of life.
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Fireworks can be frightening to pets: here’s how to help them stay calm and happy.
Top tips to keep your canine friends safe and happy at Halloween.
The presence of multi drug-resistant bacteria in goats and sheep in southwest Nigeria may be due to regular use of antibiotics and unhygienic practices by farmers.
Nigeria needs more veterinary doctors to improve agricultural production, disease prevention, wildlife conservation and the health of animals in the security sector
A new study reports that baby Florida sea turtles are consuming large quantities of plastic waste during a critical early life stage at sea.
The current outbreak of African swine fever is a blow to food supply in Nigeria as pork is an affordable animal protein for many Nigerians.
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, some critics say livestock farms promote diseases that spread from animals to humans. An animal scientist explains how well-run farms work to keep that from happening.
Can your canine give you coronavirus?
Have a cat who just loves to scratch? Declawing is a major surgery that comes with serious long-term side effects – and it might not solve the problem anyway.
Backyard burial for your beloved animals raises some surprising problems.
How do you pack butterflies for shipping, or frogs for an overland hike to a new habitat? Three scientists explain how they keep threatened species safe on the road and in the air.
Lung plague attacks cattle causing disease and death, and more than US$60 million in losses annually in Africa. A new vaccine could prevent the disease.
Based on his age in ‘dog years,’ could your animal pal legally buy alcohol? Or would he be cashing in on his senior discount? Veterinarians are more interested in life stage than a particular number.
More than half of dogs and cats around the globe are overweight. Are well-intentioned owners to blame?
Advent calendars, chocolate Santa decorations … there are lots of tempting treats that could make your pooch very ill this Christmas.
Students aspiring to veterinary education are investing in the hope that it will return value. The reality, however, is different.
There has been mounting excitement in recent years around the potential for improving treatments by giving people medicines at the right time of day. Turns out it works for fish too.
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Senior Lecturer in Animal Science, Nottingham Trent University
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Impact Fellow, University of Stirling
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Associate Dean for Professional Academic Programs and Student Success, Professor, Michigan State University
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Clinical Research Fellow in Viral Immunology and Veterinary Surgeon, University of Cambridge
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Head of Tufts Obesity Clinic for Animals, Tufts University
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Professor of Veterinary Health Informatics, University of Liverpool
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Clinical Instructor of Veterinary Medicine, Mississippi State University
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Research Scientist - Program Manager, University of Saskatchewan
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Researcher, Department of Animal Science, University of California, Davis
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Research Biologist, Earth Research Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara
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Associate Professor of Entomology; Associate Curator and Program Director, Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida
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Adjunct Assistant Professor of Veterinary Medicine, Tufts University
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Associate Professor, The University of Queensland
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Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor in Community Practice, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis
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Lecturer, Swine Medicine Unit, University of Ibadan
