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A new Virginia Tech study published in PLOS One establishes a crucial baseline for understanding dog behavior on a large scale.This post was originally published on this site

In a world first, a vaccine has been approved to protect Australia’s endangered koalas from infection and death caused by chlamydia.This post was originally published on this site

Australian regulators have approved a chlamydia vaccine for koalas, researchers said Wednesday, as they seek to stamp out a sexually transmitted disease responsible for about half of all deaths of the fluffy marsupial in the […]

A new study from the University of Missouri is helping veterinarians and pet owners better understand how to treat thyroid cancer in dogs by studying how to improve treatment with a type of therapy called […]

Federal health officials are warning cat owners about certain lots of RAWR Raw Cat Food Chicken Eats after a pet cat in San Francisco became infected with the H5N1 bird flu virus and had to […]

Because there is a lack of rigorous long-term studies on declawing cats, the consequences of this practice have been long underestimated. Yet research we conducted in Quebec shows that declawing causes irreversible nerve damage and […]

Hungarian ethologists have developed the first diagnostic system capable of screening family dogs with suspected ADHD, following the diagnostic principles of human ADHD (Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder).This post was originally published on this site

Losing weight is hard. Anyone who has tried to lose weight and keep it off will describe how difficult it can be. If your pet is a little more rotund than is healthy, then helping […]

In a study of dog foods sold in the U.K., plant-based foods did not fully meet nutritional guidelines—but meat-based and veterinary foods also fell short of being nutritionally complete. Rebecca Brociek of the University of […]

Many cat owners don’t realize that just like humans, cats can suffer from dementia. A recent paper has even found many similarities between feline and human dementia, finding that cognitive impairment may develop in similar […]