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Research reduces guesswork of ape transfusions
As a newly minted zoo clinician in the early 1990s, Dr. Kathryn Gamble twice faced the possibility of transfusing gorillas.
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AVMF, VPRF pharmacology grant recipients undertake research projects
The American Veterinary Medical Foundation (AVMF) and the Veterinary Pharmacology Research Foundation (VPRF) selected three veterinary researchers as…
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AVMA supports bills on horse trailers, research
The AVMA will push Congress to pass legislation that would forbid transporting horses across state lines in double-deck trailers.
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Wild Animal Health Fund awards 13 grants for zoo animal, wildlife research
The Wild Animal Health Fund has awarded 13 grants for research on zoo animals and wildlife for 2018 totaling $105,407.
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Mississippi veterinary college to further study Gulf
Mississippi State University College of Veterinary Medicine will work more closely with a local research institution to study
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A better way
Researchers develop a humane and environmentally safe method for euthanizing stranded whales
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Studies ongoing into effects of SARS-CoV-2 variants on animals
As the SARS-CoV-2 delta variant spreads in the U.S., researchers continue work to understand the effects on animals of such human variants of concern.
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Herpesvirus claims another elephant as search for answers continues
This past May the Berlin Zoo announced that Ko Raya, a 2-year-old female Asian elephant, had died of an infection caused by a particularly virulent…
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Pandemic H1N1 influenza virus discovered in elephant seals
Researchers have identified the H1N1 influenza virus that killed thousands of people between 2009 and 2010 in more than two dozen wild northern…
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Veterinary scientist advocates for endangered whales
Dr. Michael Moore has spent his career publicizing how human activities are harming whales and other marine mammals that would otherwise remain hidden…
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Multi-institutional study dives deep into cetacean welfare
Some bottlenose dolphins are wearing superhero capes at Brookfield Zoo in Brookfield, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago.
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After the circus
The Asian elephants that performed in the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circuses gave their last performances May 1.
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Farewell to ‘a giant among giants’
Dr. Murray E. Fowler is widely recognized as the father of zoological medicine.
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Hidden wildlife
Nobody knows how many privately owned wild animals are living in captivity in Ohio.
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Captive elephant welfare study under way
A three-year, first-of-its-kind study commenced in December for the purpose of producing data that will be used to determine best practices in zoo…
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Flu virus identified in "unusual" New England seal deaths
NOAA is stepping up an investigation into 146 harbor seal deaths along the New England coast after influenza A virus was identified in five of the…
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Seal disease investigation intensifies
The investigation into a fatal disease among ringed seals in the Arctic and Bering Strait regions of Alaska has intensified following a federal…
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Center takes integrated approach to zoo animal welfare
The Chicago Zoological Society has established a program of study at the Brookfield Zoo bringing together a range of sciences to
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Do manatees hold the key to understanding papillomaviruses?
Veterinarians team up with physicians to study emergent papillomaviruses in manatees
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Sea otter recovery act an AVMA priority
The Executive Board has made it a high priority of the AVMA to see that legislation designed to preserve and study the southern sea otter
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Uncharted waters
The U.S. Navy Marine Mammal Program started more than 50 years ago as a means to improve torpedo and ship designs.
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Animal sentinels sounding the alert
Veterinarians are accustomed to protecting animal health, but in some instances, animals end up protecting human health.