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...logy implicates ticks in other maladies, including cat scratch fever. Members of a family of bacteria kno...nown as trench fever. Scientists had thought that cat scratch fever, which is caused by Bartonella henselae, was passed to humans from cat bites or scratc...
Cats to protect children from asthma
... looked at the immune reactions of 226 children to cat allergens in their hormones. They found that 1 in 5 of the children showed an immune response to cat dandruff without having any allergic reaction. These children's immune system produced an antibody c...Some pets found to be SARS carriers
...f it's been shown that the virus can transmit from cat to cat, it doesn't take much of a leap of faith that it will transmit to humans." Other scientists who have studied SARS say pet owners shouldn't overreact, however. "These animals in all likelihood did not play a significant role in spread of (SAR...New Treatment For People Allergic To Cats
...ed against allergic reactions. A protein found in cat saliva and dander, called gamma Feline domesticus ...new treatment consists of a new protein containing cat allergen that may be injected along with a human antibody taken from patients suffering from cat all...Oral Edible vaccine for Allergy Vaccines
...ctions against allergy diseases such as hay fever, cat and venom allergies requires continuous monitoring after antibody therapy as the patients may develop adverse immune reactions. Researchers jointly from University of Tokyo and Shimane University team of Japan developed the new edible vaccines. The...Pet Dogs Also Require Exercise
...hat the ideal, or optimal body weight for a dog or cat is the weight they were when they first reached adulthood. Corriveau says it's important to remember that even within a specific breed of a dog, the optimal weight can vary by 25% or more. 'Consult a veterinarian to find the correct weight-managem...Diseases in Marine Animals Could Portend Unhealthy Prognosis for Humans
...e, Toxoplasma, with further links to the cats. The cat feaces gets into the environment from the lawns, sidewalks and then into the rivers, and the ocean, according to her. Otters in the fresh waters area, as a result of this pollution stand a chance to be infected with Toxoplasma. Sea otters share the ...Bird Flu attacks the feline community
Bird flu has been found in a cat in Germany. Health officials have now urged cat owners to keep pets indoors. The dead cat was found near the Baltic Sea island// of Ruegen. Initiall...A warning and wake up call: German cat infected with deadly bird flu strain.
As a whiff of strong air comes the news that a cat that was found dead in Northern Germany was the ca...h. The logical explanation behind the death of the cat is that since the cat also found on Ruegen contracted the disease by eating infected birds. Germa...Bird Flu Confirmed in Sixth German State
...aria and Baden-Wuerttemberg. Earlier this week a cat on Ruegen died of bird flu in the first case of a mammal in Europe in which the lethal strain was positively identified. Experts believe the animal might have died after eating an infected bird, following similar cases in Asia, where the disease su...Germany Institutes Tough Measures To Tackle Bird Flu
...Germans had panicked after it was confirmed that a cat had died of bird flu. Since then the country has instituted a series of measures to ward off the disease. // Federal Agriculture and Protection of Consumer Minister Horst Seehofer has said that cats in the region of the bird flu will be kept inside h...Strengthen Your Childs Immunity Give Him A Cat
...kely to develop allergies than those who live in a cat free house. // The studies conducted on 500 childr...ith no cats as pets, found that if they acquired a cat in their first five years of life they were unlikely to test positive in allergy skin-prick tests. ...Trial To Create Childhood Asthma Vaccine Launched
...ue. These drops consist of house dust, grass and cat allergens. The vaccine if developed will be given to children who are at an increased risk for developing asthma. "There's a 12-month treatment period and then we're following the children through until the age of five, so there is a four- to five-ye...Another contender for bird flu besides poultry; cats!
...where there was an outbreak of the virus. A dead cat was also found in Germany in March after the H5N1 ...ps. It's not easy for a person to be infected by a cat but where a child is in close contact with a sick animal or it has diarrhoea or is licking someone, ...Effective Vaccine Found For Dust Mite Allergy
...lop ones which are effective against grass pollen, cat hair and tree pollen. The current treatments for hay fever allergy such as antihistamines and inhaled steroids, suppress symptoms temporarily. The Cytos vaccine is thought to give a permanent cure as it consists of an empty virus filled with DNA de...Anti-Parasitic Drugs Useful in Reducing Damages of Congenital Toxoplasmosis
... infected meat; through T. gondii oocysts found in cat litter; or when a newly infected pregnant woman transmits the parasite to her fetus. Most people have no recognized symptoms. The immune system usually keeps the parasite from causing acute illness. If the infection is acquired for the first time w...Placental Protein Leads To The Onset Of Preeclampsia - Researcher Finds
...or S. Ananth Karumanchi, MD, a nephrologist in the cat BIDMC and Assistant Professor of Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology at Harvard Medical School. Three years ago, Karumanchi and his colleagues demonstrated that the placenta plays a central role in the course of these events, and that elevated leve......oon to the several allergy sufferers who are also cat lovers. Allerca sources claim that they searched for natural variations in the cat gene that induces allergy-inducing properties and then promoted the desired trait through breeding. ...Cats To Aid in Prevention of Bird Flu
...ch we recognize.’ The first report of a domestic cat vomiting, coughing up blood and dying from the bird flu virus H5N1 came some two years ago from Thailand. This was followed by the death of 147 captive tigers fed virus-infected chicken carcasses and cases in Indonesia. Cats that come into contact ...NHGRI Aims To Sequence Primate Genomes
...-banded armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus); domestic cat (Felis catus); guinea pig (Cavia porcellus); African savannah elephant (Loxodonta africana); tree shrew (Tupaia species); rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus); and a bat species that will be determined based on the availability of a high-quality DNA sample...Higher Lead Content Causes Recall of Toys
Bendable cat and dog toys distributed to children as reading in...ublic libraries purchased more than 7,000 bendable cat and dog toys, has discontinued sale of this item and recommended all libraries cease distribution of...Replacing Old Mattress, Adding Ventilation Reduces Mites
...Another study that resulted from the survey showed cat allergens may be present in homes that are cat-fre...s determinants and relationship to specific IgE to cat across European Centers,” measured the quantity of cat allergen in mattress dust, and then analyzed ...Babies Prone To Allergies More likely To Be Asthmatic
...ild had become sensitive to allergy triggers, like cat hair, during their early years. They also mentioned that these at-risk children were also likely to be constantly wheezing in their first three years. The researchers in their article have also suggested that future research into pre-school preventat......ic cough, phlegm production (bronchitis) and dog & cat ownership in 475 children. Dr. Rob McConnell, professor of preventive medicine at the University of Southern California's Keck School of Medicine, performed this study. The asthmatic kids involved in the Children's Health Study, "a longitudinal stu...Allergy-less Cats Available For ￡2,500
...d. "This is a natural gene divergence within the cat DNA - one out of 50,000 cats will have this divergence. So naturally divergent cats were found and then bred so there is really no modification of the gene," said company spokesman Steve May. The cost of these cats is ￡2,000 ($3,950) each with an a...Stress Produces PTSD-like Symptoms in Rats
...and pharmacology at USF. “Rats were exposed to a cat for one hour,” Zoladz said. “No physical harm came...cats, the inability of the rats to escape from the cat would be traumatic, and that the experience would be analogous to the terror that people feel in lif...When Your Pet Forgets Who You Are
... cats.// Researchers Dr. Danielle Gunn- Moore, a cat expert and her husband Dr. Frank Gunn-Moore who works with Alzheimer’s patients came up with this find when they observed certain behavioral changes in their eight-year-old cat. Investigations led to the discovery of proteins found similarly in ...Telomerase Expression Linked To Body Mass
...e don't know that if you put mice in a cage so the cat can't eat them, 90 percent of them will die of cancer," says Gorbunova. Evolution, it seems, has determined which species are allowed to express telomerase in their somatic cells in order to maintain a delicate balance between cells that live long,...... medical advice that pregnant women avoid changing cat litter, but it's gaining new attention because of ...ing soil or anything that has come in contact with cat feces. "It's a complex cell just likes ours in terms of metabolism and biochemistry, which makes i...Findings on Dangerous Parasite, Toxoplasma Gondii Published
... medical advice that pregnant women avoid changing cat litter, but it's gaining new attention because of ...ing soil or anything that has come in contact with cat feces. "It's a complex cell just likes ours in terms of metabolism and biochemistry, which makes i...Dog Owners Definitely Healthier
...ng a dog definitely pays better than even owning a cat as dog owners seem to maintain a better health over longer periods as against cat owners. One study showed that dog owners suffered lesser colds and headaches and maintained this phe...Cat Owners at Risk of Bird Flu
...ws that should bird flu ever break out in Britain, cat owners should be particularly on their guard. S... in 2004, and tigers and leopards - members of the cat family - died in Thai zoos in the same year. Last year three cats died in Germany after eating wild...Consumers Warned of Using Cat Food Due to Salmonella Contamination
...cted with Salmonella if they handle or ingest this cat food, touch pets that consumed the food, or touch ... cat, but by contact with the pet food, food bowl, cat box and surfaces exposed to these items, so it is important that they thoroughly wash their hands wi...An Anti-rabies Campaign With Bite
...biggest animal hospital ASHARI here besides a huge cat shelter. Said WHO chief spokesman H.K. Pandey: "Since over 90 percent of the rabies cases are due to dog bite, what India needs to do is to vaccinate dogs. The dog population in India is much higher as compared to any other country and the canines ...90 Brands of Pet Food Recalled from the Market Following Death of 10 Animals
...as recalled 50 brands of dog food and 40 brands of cat food. The "cuts and gravy" style products, usually sold in cans and pouches, are marketed across the nation by popular retailers - Wal-Mart, Safeway and PetSmart. The Food and Drug Administration has issued a warning to refrain from using the prod...New Study Reveals That Firefighters Are Prone To Heart Attack
...han during non-emergency duties such as rescuing a cat from a tree. Stefanos Kales of Harvard Medical School and colleagues say episodic physical and psychological stress, carbon monoxide and toxic chemicals in smoke, and lack of physical fitness appeared responsible for it. Even though fire suppressi...Two More Pet Food Products Recalled in US
...rer Menu Foods recalled 60 million cans of dog and cat food after the deaths of 16 pets, mostly cats, tha...luntarily recalled more than 100 brands of dog and cat food across the nation since March 16 this year. Although many different types of pet food are aff...Cats at Home Poses Allergy Risk in Young Children
Cats and cat allergens in the home clearly raise the risk of th...e of the environment at home on the development of cat allergen sensitization decreases. This is the conclusion reached by scientists from the GSF – Natio...New Bacterium Discovered - Related to Cause of Trench Fever
...rium identified about 10 years ago as the cause of cat scratch disease: Bartonella henselae, which infect...ered that the Bartonella henselae bacterium causes cat scratch disease, an infection that causes swollen lymph nodes and fever after a cat scratches its ow...One-sixth of Europe's Mammals Face Extinction, Warns Conservation Experts
...x, for example, is the world's most endangered big cat only an estimated 150 are thought to remain. The Arctic fox and European mink face similar plights. This new assessment proves that many European mammals are declining at an alarming rate. The assessment shows that the situation is even more ...Cats at Home Poses Allergy Risk in Young Children
Cats and cat allergens in the home clearly raise the risk of th...e of the environment at home on the development of cat allergen sensitization decreases. This is the conclusion reached by scientists from the GSF Nation...Allergic Individuals Should Keep Away from Cats, Say UK Scientists
... certain common allergies. Increased exposure to cat allergen was associated with greater sensitivity o...ls have signs of asthmatic responses if exposed to cat allergen, even if blood tests show that they are not allergic to cats. Dr Chinn and her team report ...China Vows to Improve Food Safety in Wake of Health Scares
...anies involved in the recent case of toxic dog and cat food that killed pets in the United States, and another firm blamed for exporting a toxin later used in toothpaste. The announcements come as China faces increasing foreign pressure over the quality of its exports, with US President George W. Bush ...Dog Fighting in the US: Bloody, Illegal and Booming
...and to develop their stamina they hang a rabbit or cat in a bag above the dog." A study by Chicago's Anti-Cruelty Society said 40 percent of primary school children in the Chicago area have seen animal fights or know about them. A dog fight can last anywhere from 15 minutes to five or six hours, unti......company behind Hello Kitty, the moon-faced cartoon cat turned global icon of cuteness, unveiled a luxury ...unched Hello Kitty in 1974 as a moon-faced cartoon cat on a coin purse. It has since become a global phenomenon with more than 50,000 different products ...Increased exposure to cat allergen is associated with greater bronchial resp...ness only in those individuals who were exposed to cat allergen and whose blood tests showed that they were allergic to cats. But our study suggests that a...Other ContentswrappingwrappingwrappingwrappingtolerancetolerancetolerancetolerancetolerancetolerancetoleranceinducedinducedinducedinducedinducedinducedinducedinducedinducedinducedmarginmarginmarginmarginmarginmarginmargincleancleancleancleancleancleancleancleancarecarecarecarecarecarecarecareOther TagsPuncture
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