Having a Pet Dog Could Protect You Against Crohn’s Disease and Improve Your Intestinal Health
According to a new study, growing up in a big family or living with dogs may reduce the risk of inflammatory bowel disease According to…
According to a new study, growing up in a big family or living with dogs may reduce the risk of inflammatory bowel disease According to…
Likely to be especially valuable in the early stages of any pandemic, suggest researchers. Trained sniffer dogs can accurately detect airport passengers infected with SARS-CoV-2,…
Cornell scientists have identified a shift that occurs in canine coronavirus that points to a possible pattern of change found in other coronaviruses and which…
Survey findings may support nutritionally complete vegan dog diets over raw or conventional meat diets. A survey study of the guardians of more than 2,500…
Differences in facial musculature between wolves and dogs suggests facial expressions played a role in selective breeding and domestication of dogs. Can’t resist your pup’s…
A study involving some 11,000 dogs carried out at the University of Helsinki demonstrated that the gender, age, and breed of the dog, as well…
What is your dog’s lifespan? A Princeton geneticist is seeking the keys to canine health and longevity. How old is your dog in human years?…
In the yards behind the slaughterhouses—also called abattoirs—of Ethiopia, an ecological shift is unfolding that has echoes of similar crises all over the world. Species…
Dog brains can detect speech, and show different activity patterns to a familiar and an unfamiliar language, a new brain imaging study by researchers from…
Scientists have identified a series of molecular candidates for those parts of dog allergens that cause immune reactions in people—the first step in developing a…
Efforts to eradicate a human parasitic disease are being hampered by dogs eating infected fish, new research shows. Guinea worm disease is usually caught by…
Common household noises can cause dogs stress, anxiety High-frequency, intermittent noises more likely to cause anxiety Many dog owners underestimate their dog’s fearfulness to noise…
A new study in the Veterinary Record reveals that pets can be infected with the alpha variant of SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19 in humans),…
Dogs extract words from continuous speech using similar computations and brain regions as humans do, a new study combining EEG and fMRI by researchers from…
Hookworms have evolved to evade all FDA-approved medications veterinarians use to kill them. Hookworms are one of the most common parasites plaguing the companion animal…
Genomic study also identified genetic variants linked to a common heart condition in the breed. Recent dog breeding practices have loaded up cavalier King Charles…
Dogs Can Tell the Difference Between Intentional and Unintentional Human Actions Over our long shared history, dogs have developed a range of skills for bonding…
The following quote is attributed to Steven M. Solomon, M.P.H., D.V.M., director of the FDA’s Center for Veterinary Medicine: “The FDA is dedicated to taking…