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01 de Maio de 2019
In a touchscreen-based task that allowed individual animals to provide food to others, wolves behaved more prosocially toward their fellow pack members than did pack dogs.
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18 de Abril de 2019
Researchers recently investigated levels of methylmercury in a small sampling of commercial dog foods and found good news for dog owners.
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08 de Abril de 2019
Pet cats can recognize their own names if their names are used regularly by their owners, according to new results. Projects to understand simple social behaviors like name recognition in cats may give clues to how we humans became social.
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05 de Abril de 2019
What do you think of the idea?
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05 de Abril de 2019
Meet Stella, the undisputed Queen of Fall.
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05 de Abril de 2019
Veterinary professionals have sounded the alarm in this week's Vet Record after treating the first UK case of a dog with the potentially fatal infection, leishmaniosis, that is thought to have been passed on by another dog, rather than by travel to an area where the infection is endemic.
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03 de Abril de 2019
Pets help older adults cope with mental and physical health issues, according to a new national poll. But pets can also bring concerns, and some people may even put their animals' needs ahead of their own health, the poll finds.
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01 de Abril de 2019
Foster care provides valuable information about dog behavior that can help homeless dogs living in shelters find forever homes. Researchers found short-term fostering benefited shelter dogs in Arizona, Utah, Texas, Montana and Georgia.
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01 de Abril de 2019
Hairlessness in dogs can be the result of deliberate breeding or, in certain breeds, a defect. A recent study describes a gene variant in the SGK3 gene, which causes hairlessness in Scottish deerhounds.
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29 de Março de 2019
In addition to humans, hereditary disorders of enamel development occur in dogs, greatly impacting their dental health and wellbeing.
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26 de Março de 2019
Elk roam the winter range that straddles the northern boundary of Yellowstone National Park with little regard for wolves, according to a new study illustrating how elk can tolerate living in close proximity to the large predator.
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21 de Março de 2019
The world's smallest bears can exactly mimic another bear's facial expressions, casting doubt on humans and other primates' supremacy at this subtle form of communication.
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19 de Março de 2019
A growing number of pet owners is interested in feeding their pets plant-based diets.
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18 de Março de 2019
As states around the country move to stiffen punishments for animal cruelty, researchers have found a correlation between the types of animal abuse committed and the perpetrator's relationship to an animal and its owner.
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14 de Março de 2019
The statement is a bold one, especially as wolves have received a lot of negative attention in recent years. A recent study conducted by behavioral researchers, however, shows that dogs and wolves both work equally well with humans, albeit in different ways.
