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26 de Setembro de 2019
Neurotoxocarosis (NT) occurs in humans when larvae of the Toxocara roundworm migrate into the central nervous system.
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26 de Setembro de 2019
The World Health Organization has made it a goal to eliminate human rabies deaths due to dog bites by the year 2030.
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24 de Setembro de 2019
An evolutionary biologist has spent more than three decades studying the skulls of many species of large carnivores -- including wolves, lions and tigers -- that lived from 50,000 years ago to the present.
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24 de Setembro de 2019
Dog welfare campaigns that tell people to be 'responsible owners' don't help to promote behaviour change, a new report suggests.
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23 de Setembro de 2019
Researchers have found that dogs can suffer from the same type of autoimmune encephalitis that people do.
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23 de Setembro de 2019
Cats have a reputation for being aloof and independent. But a study of the way domestic cats respond to their caregivers suggests that their socio-cognitive abilities and the depth of their human attachments have been underestimated.
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19 de Setembro de 2019
A new study reports that the prevalence of overweight dogs is markedly larger among overweight owners than among normal weight owners.
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09 de Setembro de 2019
A change in diet is a go-to strategy for treating inflammatory bowel diseases like Crohn's. In dogs with a similar illness, researchers tracked specific changes in the microbiome as the pets went into remission.
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09 de Setembro de 2019
Researchers have detected a potentially human-infective microbe in pet dogs in Nigeria.
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06 de Setembro de 2019
An extensive international survey indicates that pet owners do not consider raw food to considerably increase infection risk in their household.
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05 de Setembro de 2019
Researchers have found the companionship of a pet after the loss of a spouse can help reduce feelings of depression and loneliness in older adults.
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02 de Setembro de 2019
Dog brain structure varies across breeds and is correlated with specific behaviors, according to new research.
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22 de Agosto de 2019
Animal-assisted therapy has many benefits in health care. Yet, its biological and psychosocial effects in the military are unknown, especially for injured, airlifted patients.
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21 de Agosto de 2019
We are all familiar with the sounds of a cat or dog vying for human attention, and for pet-owners, these sounds are particularly evocative.
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20 de Agosto de 2019
Like many women who develop a particular type of breast cancer, the same gene -- HER2 -- also appears to be the cause of lung cancer in many dogs.
