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Editing Animals
Recent gene-editing technologies are being used to create mice that model human genetic diseases, Holstein cattle lacking horns, and current research…
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In Short
Scientists find a dog aggression–gut microbe link, Airvet and VSG partner together on telemedicine, and more
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Further research on horse genome receives funding
The Morris Animal Foundation has awarded a grant to researchers to build a new reference genome sequence for the domestic horse
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$21M research grant to help improve swine’s immune defenses
In a $21.2 million collaboration, scientists from five institutions will try to find ways to reduce antimicrobial administration by aiding pigs’…
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Tailoring medicine by reading the code for life
Researchers in animal genetics indicate they have seen a profound influence of the Human Genome Project on animal medicine and comparative medicine in…
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Gene therapy shows promise as feline spay alternative
Long-term contraception was witnessed in female cats injected with a single dose of a feline anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) transgene, a development…
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American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians
63rd annual meeting, held virtually, Oct. 5-21, 2020
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Federal complex to expand animal disease studies, diagnostics
Dr. Kenneth R. Burton, coordinator of the National Bio- and Agro-Defense Facility, talked with JAVMA News about progress on the facility and how he…
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Robertson honored for achievements in microbiology
The 95th annual meeting of the Conference of Research Workers in Animal Diseases, Dec. 7-9, 2014, in Chicago honored Donald C. Robertson, PhD
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Academic groups seek easier approval path for gene-edited food animals
Two academic groups argue that the amount of regulatory oversight for genetic changes in food animals should depend on the nature of the changes, and…