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Latest Veterinary News & Clinical Insights
Neutralizing smelly dog breath with plant extracts
Pet owners love their dogs but may not always love the smell of their breath. Because this bad odor can signal oral disease, veterinary clinics will prescribe daily tooth brushing, antibiotics or chemical rinses as treatment. Now, researchers reporting in ACS’ Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry propose an alternative: polyphenols from molasses. They developed a spray that reduced stinky breath and harmful oral bacteria in dogs.
Cornell Veterinary Researchers Just Made Embryo Freezing 30 Times Faster — and It Works Better
Cornell researchers developed a cryopreservation method that freezes embryos 30 times faster, preventing ice damage and producing embryos that develop nearly as well as unfrozen ones. Here's what it means for livestock reproduction, conservation, and vet science.
More Than 84% of Dogs Show Signs of Fear or Anxiety. New Research Says We're Not Talking About It Enough.
A study published in Veterinary Research Communications analyzed behavioral data from more than 43,000 dogs enrolled in the Dog Aging Project, one of the largest and most geographically diverse canine research initiatives in the United States. The finding that stands out most is also the one most likely to change how veterinary professionals approach routine wellness visits: more than 84 percent of dogs showed at least mild signs of fear or anxiety in everyday situations, excluding learned fears associated with grooming activities like nail trimming and bathing.
The CDC Just Documented Cat-to-Human H5N1 Transmission. Every Veterinary Professional Needs to Read This.
For the first time, public health investigators have documented serologic evidence of H5N1 transmission from a domestic cat to a human. The person infected was a veterinary professional. They were not wearing PPE over their mouth or eyes during the exposure. They never developed symptoms. And they almost certainly did not know it happened until a serosurvey months later confirmed it had.
An AI Model Just Diagnosed Dog Bone Fractures With 99.76% Accuracy. Here's What That Means for Veterinary Practice.
A research team publishing in Scientific Reports has developed a deep learning model that classifies long bone fractures in dogs with an accuracy of 99.76 percent. For context, that is not a marginal improvement over existing tools. That is near-perfect automated diagnostic performance on a task that currently requires a trained clinician, takes time, and is subject to the kind of variability that comes with any human interpretation of radiographic images.
Texas Tech Just Got $650K to Study Why Some Pigs Get Sick and Others Don't.
Texas Tech University's School of Veterinary Medicine has received a $650,000 grant from the USDA's National Institute of Food and Agriculture to study Streptococcus suis, a bacterial pathogen in swine that causes serious illness, significant animal welfare concerns, and real economic losses for producers. T
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