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08 de Outubro de 2019
Border collies are highly trainable, greyhounds love to chase, and German shepherds make good guard dogs. While the environment plays a role, traits like these are highly heritable, according to a study of 101 dog breeds.
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08 de Outubro de 2019
Dog ownership was associated with a 33% lower risk of early death for heart attack survivors living alone and 27% reduced risk of early death for stroke survivors living alone, compared to people who did not own a dog.
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07 de Outubro de 2019
New research finds dog owners are often inaccurate when measuring out kibble using a scoop, putting the dogs at risk of under-nourishment or weight gain.
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03 de Outubro de 2019
Researchers have identified the gene mutation responsible for a form of night blindness in dogs.
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01 de Outubro de 2019
Lop (floppy) eared rabbits are more likely than erect ('up') eared breeds to have potentially painful ear and dental problems that may ultimately affect their ability to hear and eat properly, finds a small observational study.
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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.
