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Researchers collecting samples from bats. El Malpais National Monument, Grants, New Mexico

Understanding the Human-Animal Interplay of COVID-19 and Other Diseases

Posted on March 30, 2022

Tony Goldberg knows that most human diseases, like COVID-19, don’t start — or end — with our species. These diseases are really a part of our whole ecosystem, and that includes the animals we interact …

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Canine TV Preferences Could Lead To Answers in Protecting Dogs’ Eyesight

Posted on March 24, 2022

Television: It’s not just for people anymore. These days, programming created specifically for dogs is more frequently popping up on our screens. YouTube offers a nearly endless supply of dog-centered videos, and there’s a growing …

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Researchers Work to Develop Bird Flu Vaccine to Contain Future Outbreaks

Posted on March 16, 2022

Since being detected in South Carolina in mid-January, highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) has spread through commercial and backyard flocks along the East Coast and in the Midwest. On March 14, the first case of …

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Canine Solution: How Dog Genetics Is Influencing Human Medicine

Posted on March 11, 2022

It is much more likely for a Labrador Retriever to experience anterior cruciate ligament rupture than Greyhounds. While both breeds are Canis lupus familiaris, different dog breeds have different predispositions to disease, and this may …

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Antivirals, Some Antibodies, Work Well Against BA.2 Omicron Variant of COVID-19 Virus

Posted on March 10, 2022

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Emma Sweet DVMx’22, left, and Keegan Lim DVMx’24, right, conduct molecular biology experiments in the lab of School of Veterinary Medicine associate professor Rob Lipinski.

Grant Promoting Clinician-Scientist Training Propels SVM as Leader in Field

Posted on March 2, 2022

The University of Wisconsin School of Veterinary Medicine is bolstering the veterinary clinician-scientist workforce through a five-year, $3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Clinician scientists are those with training in clinical …

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In Animal Studies, Maternal Sleep Apnea Risks ‘Constellation of Deficits’ in Male Offspring

Posted on March 1, 2022

Sleep apnea, a common disorder in which a person repeatedly stops and starts breathing while they sleep — often hundreds of times per night — is a growing problem in pregnancy. Researchers at the University …

Thirteen-lined ground squirrels curled up for seasonal hibernation can slow their metabolic rates to as little as 1 percent of their waking activity

Microbes Help Hibernating Animals Recycle Nutrients, Maintain Muscle Through Winter

Posted on January 27, 2022

To get through a long winter without food, hibernating animals — like the 13-lined ground squirrel — can slow their metabolism by as much as 99 percent, but they still need important nutrients like proteins …

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Current Anti-COVID Pills Work Well Against Omicron, but Antibody Drugs Are Less Effective

Posted on January 26, 2022

The drugs behind the new pills to treat COVID-19 remain very effective against the omicron variant of the virus in lab tests, according to a new study. However, lab tests also showed that the available …

Colorized scanning electron micrograph of an apoptotic cell (blue) infected with SARS-COV-2 virus particles (red), isolated from a patient sample. Image captured at the NIAID Integrated Research Facility (IRF) in Fort Detrick, Maryland. Credit: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH

Omicron Causes Less Severe Illness in Animal Models Than Previous Variants

Posted on January 21, 2022

A new study confirms that, compared to earlier versions of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, the omicron variant causes less severe disease in mice and hamsters, which are reliable models for understanding COVID-19. The findings, previously available as …

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