Effective management of feline oral health requires a dual approach: rigorous home hygiene and professional veterinary ...

Animals, as cute as some of them may be, can be a source of illness for humans. These so-called zoonotic diseases can originate from bacteria, viruses, parasites or fungi. In fact, most infectious ...

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Disease epidemics transmitted from animals to humans could kill at least 12 times more people in 2050 than they did in 2020, according to a recently published study. These zoonotic diseases are known ...

Zoonoses are diseases and infections including viruses, bacteria, parasites and fungi that are transmitted between animals and people. Innumerable case reports and epidemiologic studies have ...

Combined with globalized trade, the overall rise in temperatures driven by human-induced climate change has allowed insects ...

PULLMAN, Wash. — Earlier this year, Washington State University's Animal Disease Diagnostic Lab (WADDL) confirmed the state's first case of chronic wasting disease, then a rare case of plague in an ...

From dogs and cats to dairy cows and sea turtles, animals around the world are suffering from various cancers, obesity, diabetes, and degenerative joint disease. Understanding the forces driving an ...

Dogs are believed to have been the first domesticated animal species, likely occurring in many locations around the world at least 20,000 years ago to help humans track and hunt wild animals for food.

The red meat and livestock industry contributes more than $18 billion a year (or about 1.4 per cent) of the gross domestic product in Australia and employs directly and indirectly almost half a ...

This year, European farmers have faced the emergence of previously unknown animal diseases and the return of others once ...