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PublicationsNew Issue of Healthy Animals Now OnlineBy Chris Guy Each quarter, one article in Healthy Animals focuses on a particular element of ARS animal research. The current issue discusses ARS research on ways to help cattle producers protect their animals against heat stress. Research highlighted in this issue includes: Professionals interested in animal health issues might want to bookmark the site as a resource for locating animal health experts. An index lists ARS research locations covering 70 animal health topics. These range from specific diseases, such as Lyme disease to broad subjects such as nutrition or parasites. The site also provides complete contact information for the 25 ARS research groups that conduct studies aimed at protecting and improving farm animal health. To receive an email alert about each issue's online posting, contact Chris Guy, ARS Information Staff, or sign up on line. ARS is the principal intramural scientific research agency for the U.S. Department of Agriculture Read more ...
Vet Rec. Table of Contents for 24 July 2010; Vol. 167, No. 4Source: Reallocating responsibilities for food ----------------------------------------------------------------- Use of a web-based questionnaire to explore cat owners' attitudes towards vaccination in cats Height measurement in horses and ponies: optimising standard protocols Initial observations of cheek tooth abnormalities in sheep in Slovenia Molecular typing of Mycobacterium bovis isolated from tuberculosis lesions of cattle in north eastern Ethiopia ----------------------------------------------------------------- Use of hysteroscopy for the diagnosis of postpartum clinical endometritis in dairy cows ----------------------------------------------------------------- Comparison of 5-minute ECG and Holter examination to detect arrhythmias in dobermanns Detection of antibodies against avian Borna virus using a Western blot assay Use of a modified Vinsot technique for partial phallectomy in horses
A New Chapter on IVIS: Collection of Hair, Crusts, and SkinSource: A new chapter has been published in the A Manual of Equine Diagnostic Procedures, by Schumacher and Moll. Collection of Hair, Crusts, and Skin by J. Schumacher and H.D. Moll. All of Teton NewMedia books can also be purchased in printed format. Click here to order on line. IVIS members get a 10% discount! Access to this page is free but restricted to animal health professionals only. Please sign in ... ...
The Veterinary Record - 17 July 2010; Vol. 167, No. 3Source: Living with uncertainty ----------------------------------------------------------------- Papers Association between Neospora caninum seropositivity and perinatal mortality in dairy heifers at first calving Induction of anaesthesia with alfaxalone or propofol before isoflurane maintenance in cats Case study of equine welfare on an Irish farm: 2007 to 2009 Comparison of a PCR assay in whole blood and serum specimens for canine brucellosis diagnosis ----------------------------------------------------------------- Bibersteinia trehalosi necrotising hepatitis associated with sudden death in an adult cow Isolation of Streptococcus zooepidemicus from three dogs in close contact with horses
Journals step up plagiarism policingSource: The move follows pilot tests of the software that have confirmed high levels of plagiarism in articles submitted to some journals, according to an informal survey by Nature of nine science publishers. Incredibly, one journal reported rejecting 23% of accepted submissions after checking for plagiarism. Over the past two years, many publishers (including Nature Publishing Group) have been trialling CrossCheck, a plagiarism checking service launched in June 2008 by CrossRef, a non-profit collaboration of 3,108 commercial and learned society publishers. Read more ...
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The Veterinary Record - 10 July 2010; Vol. 167, No. 2Source: Anyone for medicines? ----------------------------------------------------------------- Preparing for a medicines inspection ----------------------------------------------------------------- Predisposition to repeat breeding in UK cattle and success of artificial insemination alone or in combination with embryo transfer Repeatability and reproducibility of the Obel grading system for equine laminitis Relationship between pharyngeal conformation and otitis media with effusion in Cavalier King Charles spaniels Mortality in red squirrels (Sciurus vulgaris) associated with exudative dermatitis ----------------------------------------------------------------- Efficacy of weekly oral doramectin treatment in canine demodicosis Enterotoxaemia-like syndrome and Clostridium perfringens in veal calves Invasion of fat into the brain case in a cat
The Veterinary Record - 3 July 2010; Vol. 167, No. 1Source: Getting back together ----------------------------------------------------------------- Cattle enterotoxaemia and Clostridium perfringens: description, diagnosis and prophylaxis Reproducibility of ear cytology in dogs with otitis externa ----------------------------------------------------------------- Salmonella infections in garden birds and cats in a domestic environment Risk of escape of prions in gaseous emissions from on-farm digestion vessels Conjunctival flora of clinically normal captive green iguanas (Iguana iguana)
One Health Book Reviewed Favorably in the Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association (JAVMA)Source: This landmark One Health book was co-edited/written by a prominent physician and veterinarian, Drs. Peter M. Rabinowitz of Yale Medical School and Lisa A. Conti, DVM, MPH, director of the Florida Department of Health’s environmental health division, respectively. It was a co-equal, collaborative production.
The Veterinary Record - 26 June 2010; Vol. 166, No. 26Source: Telling tails ----------------------------------------------------------------- Feature Getting clients to comply ----------------------------------------------------------------- Equine disease surveillance, January to March 2010 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Risk factors for tail injuries in dogs in Great Britain Development and use of an indirect ELISA in an outbreak of bovine besnoitiosis in Spain Reduction of workplace contamination with platinum-containing cytostatic drugs in a veterinary hospital by introduction of a closed system ----------------------------------------------------------------- Sequence type 398 meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection and colonisation in dogs Detection of Mycoplasma bovis in cattle with mastitis and respiratory problems in eastern Turkey ----------------------------------------------------------------- Assessing ease of administration of different oral formulations to cats Antimicrobial resistance in commensal bacteria isolated from hospitalised horses Modelling control methods for Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis infection in sheep flocks
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