Tag: "veterinarians" at medical news

Fat Horses Face Health Problems

...larmed physicians and public health officials, and veterinarians have recently focused their attention on fat dogs and cats . Now, a team of researchers in the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine (VMRCVM) and the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) at Virginia Tech has determine...

Vets To Team Up With Human Health Specialists

...o deal with recent human health scares . Urging veterinarians to work more closely with human health experts in ...we're talking about health teams of physicians and veterinarians and nurses. "If one of these foreign diseases gets into the country, the effect that it has is direc...

Wonder Cow Produces Milk Despite Being a Virgin!

...s alarm by mooing or making strange noise." The veterinarians are also a surprised lot to learn about Kapila. K.K. Sharma, Veterinary doctor, said: "Though science does not believe in such occurrences, there is a minute chance of such a miracle. Hormonal imbalance could also be behind it all." Reports publish...

Katrina Evacuees Made To Remain In Toxic Air

...hey or family members had suffered. They also said veterinarians and pediatricians had warned that their pets and children might be experiencing formaldehyde-related symptoms. "We have lost a great deal through our dealings with FEMA," says Paul Stewart, a former Army officer living in a trailer with his wife in...

Europe's Last Dancing Bears Sheltered After Years of Abuse

...gged and kissed his eight-year-old bear Mima while veterinarians prepared to anaesthetise her, fearing the animal's reportedly mischievous character. "What was going on here was slavery," veterinary doctor Amir Khalil, who manages the Dancing Bears Park near Belitsa, told AFP. He said the bears were captured as...

Some Common Human Injuries Also Common in Dogs

... Fortunately for both pet owner and pet, there are veterinarians who can treat these ailments and get pets back on their feet. James Roush, an orthopedic surgeon at the Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital at Kansas State University, is one such veterinarian. Roush frequently performs orthopedic surgeries on sm...

No Avian Flu In West Bengal And Kerala

...nostic Laboratory, Thiruvalla along with a team of veterinarians visited the sites and conducted detailed examination and autopsy on the duck carcasses. The samples were collected and sent to HSADL, Bhopal, which have been tested negative for Avian Influenza (H5&H7). No further unusual mortality has been reported ...

Shortage of Veterinarians Worry Public Health Experts in US

...use of the distances and workload of the remaining veterinarians they just can't fill in that shortage." Concerns have centered on more than 800 diseases that can spread from animals to humans, such as salmonella and E.coli. Experts also fear an inability to quickly diagnose conditions like foot and mouth diseas...

Humans Aren't the Only Ones With Obesity Problems

...or the condition. In the worst cases of laminitis, veterinarians are forced to euthanize the horse. Horses that develop insulin resistance are at an increased risk for laminitis, Johnson said. Although society views human obesity as a harmful condition, horse owners often want their horses to look well fed. Som...

90 Brands of Pet Food Recalled from the Market Following Death of 10 Animals

..., owners have been cautioned to rush their pets to veterinarians if the animals portrayed signs of kidney failure. Menu Foods is still at a loss to plug the source of the problem. Yet their fears hinge on an ingredient provided by a new supplier. Menu foods have subsequently ceased to use the ingredient. Pau...

'New Disinfectant can Kill Bird Flu'

A team of Indonesian veterinarians has developed a disinfectant spray it claims kills the bird flu virus on contact//, a news report said. The team from Airlangga University in Surabaya, East Java, said the disinfectant could be used to spray cages and areas where fowl have died fro...

CDA Investigates Case of Bovine Tuberculosis

.... 'This is unfortunate but I am confident that our veterinarians and animal health officials will be able to effect...ain. CDA is working closely with USDA and state veterinarians of other states to determine the scope of the trace-back process and to begin identifying herds for ...

China Gearing Up for Bird Flu Season

... The government has decided to train more village veterinarians and animal epidemic prevention technicians in order to cope with the shortage of epidemic prevention staff in the village and townships. China has reported just 10 bird flu cases among domestic poultry last year and there has been no epidemics note...

CA-MRSA, a Tough Bug to Trap

...arly. Pets could be a storehouse of infections- so veterinarians and owners should keep this in mind while handling pets....

Free health check-ups for captive elephants

A group of veterinarians in India have initiated a unique project that aims...h mobile clinics. // Conceptualised by a team of veterinarians under the guidance of Jacob V. Cheeran, the project is supported by two Bangalore based NGOs - Asian...

Bird flu Alert in Kenya after Outbreak in Southern Sudan

...romotive services said teams of health workers and veterinarians have been subsequently carrying out tests on people and poultry especially in Turkana and Lokichoggio districts bordering southern Sudan. Muraguli said, "Apart from a surveillance, Kenya has banned poultry and poultry products imports from Sudan an...

AAP Urges Families To Create Emergency Disaster Plans

...al shelter near you. Prepare a list of kennels and veterinarians who could shelter your pet in an emergency. “It is imperative to consider both the physical and emotional needs of children during and after a disaster,” says AAP President Eileen M. Ouellette, MD, JD, FAAP. “The thousands of children still displac...

Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever hits Turkey

...ck population is another area being looked upon by veterinarians and entomologists. Turkey has enough expertise in treating patients as it has witnessed several outbreaks of CCHF. WHO is willing to send teams to the area if required and has been in frequent contact with the Turkish Ministry of Health. Mr.Gant...

Farms in Quarantine after Anthrax Outbreak in Saskatchewan

...on farms tested positive for anthrax. However some veterinarians in private practice, have run out of vaccine. Ac... is an area that doesn't typically see anthrax, so veterinarians don't typically have it in stock," adding that although there was no shortage of vaccine with the ma...

The outbreak of Avian flu at Cape Farm held under check

...ture department is happy with the fast reaction of veterinarians and labs that detected the disease, and enabled timely control measures. To much relief, this avian influenza strain of virus is spared from the deadly H5N1 virus....

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