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Primate virus jumps species barrier to humans for first time in Asia

...t with primates, including animal markets, primate pet ownership, urban performing primates, and zoos. In addition, monkeys are significant symbols in both Buddhism and Hinduism, and monkey temples ?places of religious worship that have become refuges for populations of primates ?are common throughout mu...

Monkeypox mystery: New research may explain why 2003 outbreak in the US wasn't deadly

...rodents from Ghana in West Africa destined for the pet trade. At a pet distribution center, prairie dogs became infected and were responsible for 72 confirmed or suspected...

Virologist finds contagious equine flu in dogs

...ion by this virus ," said Dubovi. "With 50 million pet dogs in this country, even if you have 1 percent mortality, this is going to result in a number of dogs dying from it." The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta sequenced the virus' entire genome and found all the segments w...

Primates on the brink

...specially in Africa and Asia. Live capture for the pet trade also poses a serious threat, particularly to Asian species. "Southeast Asia's primates are subject to relentless poaching because of the profits to be made from the illegal trade," said Chantal Elkin, manager of the Threatened Species Program ...

Biodiversity hotspots identify conservation priorities

...xploitation of species for food, medicine, and the pet trade; and climate change, which magnifies the effects of habitat destruction and fragmentation. The latest analysis offers mixed news about existing hotspots. On one hand, some hotspots have deteriorated significantly: a notable example is Southeas...

Transport System Smuggles Medicines Into Brain

Parrots, long a favorite pet animal, are attractive to owners because of their vibrant colors. But those colors may mean more to parrots than what meets the eye. For more than a century, biochemists have known that parrots use an unusual set of pigments to produce their rainbow...

ASU researchers finds novel chemistry at work to provide parrot's vibrant red colors

Parrots, long a favorite pet animal, are attractive to owners because of their vibrant colors. But those colors may mean more to parrots than what meets the eye. For more than a century, biochemists have known that parrots use an unusual set of pigments to produce their rainbow...

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