animal health

Galloping And Breathing At High Speed

harminka — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 00:44:24 -0500

Equine research into movement and breathing may translate into help for other horses and humans

Treatment corrects severe insulin imbalance in animal studies

harminka — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 15:01:41 -0500

Researchers have used a drug to achieve normal levels of blood sugar in animals genetically engineered to have abnormally high insulin levels. If this approach succeeds in humans, it could become an innovative medicine for children with congenital hyperinsulinism, a rare but potentially devastating genetic disease in which insulin levels become dangerously high.

Boy Initiates Fund Raising For Tasmanian Devils

admin_huliq — Tue, 20 May 2008 10:25:14 -0500

A nine-year-old Tasmanian boy is hoping for a big response to 'Black-and-White, Save the Tasmanian Devil Day' project, which aims to raise funds to save endangered Tasmanian Devil.

Pamela Anderson Defends Animal Rights In Capitol Hill

admin_huliq — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 15:52:28 -0500

Canadian born actress Pamela Anderson, who is now a US citizen, is using her citizenship to crack the whip on Capitol Hill. Anderson headed to Washington D.C. yesterday to hand deliver a report to politicians pertaining to animal testing.

Researchers link master regulator of innate immunity to hypoxic response

harminka — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 12:48:23 -0500

Survival of all animals depends on their ability to withstand microbial infections and adapt to fluctuations in oxygen concentrations. These abilities depend on two ancient, evolutionary gene expression responses called the innate immune response and the hypoxic response.

Jackie Chan kicks up awareness of animal suffering

admin_huliq — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 15:49:39 -0500

A passionate advocate for animals, Jackie Chan has once again teamed up with the World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA) to create awareness of a little-known example of appalling cruelty to animals – bear farming in Asia. Chan and WSPA have filmed a powerful 30-second PSA calling for an end to the cruel practice and showing the intense suffering and deplorable conditions bears on farms are forced to endure.

Alligator blood may put the bite on antibiotic-resistant infections

harminka — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 10:31:03 -0500

Despite their reputation for deadly attacks on humans and pets, alligators are wiggling their way toward a new role as potential lifesavers in medicine, biochemists in Louisiana reported today at the 235th national meeting of the American Chemical Society.

Combination vaccine protects monkeys from ebola and Marburg viruses

harminka — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 12:27:43 -0600

An experimental, combination vaccine against Ebola and Marburg viruses using virus-like particles (VLPs) provides complete protection against infection in monkeys. Researchers from the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID) report their results today (Feb. 26) at the 2008 ASM Biodefense and Emerging Diseases Research Meeting in Baltimore, MD.

New bird flu outbreak?

seher — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 10:00:55 -0600

"In recent days the Animal Health Department has received many reports about poultry dying in large numbers in provinces," the Agriculture Ministry-run department said in a report on its Web site (www.dah.gov.vn).

Swine flu monitoring needed for farm workers, study says

harminka — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 08:48:02 -0600

A University of Alberta study recommends that workers on pig farms be monitored as part of influenza pandemic preparedness, after a child on a communal farm in Canada was diagnosed with swine flu in 2006.

Progeny of blind cavefish can regain their sight

harminka — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 14:02:24 -0600

Blind cavefish whose eyes have withered while living in complete darkness over the course of evolutionary time can be made to see again, according to a report in the January 8th Current Biology, a publication of Cell Press.

Hybridization partially restores vision in cavefish

harminka — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 13:59:33 -0600

Hybridizing blind cave fish from different cave populations can partially restore the vision of their offspring, biologists at New York University have found. The study suggests that genetic engineering can override, at least in part, half a million years of evolutionary change in one generation.