See the World's Most Ordinary Animals as You Never Have Before


Inside a new exhibit that gives dogs, cats, and chickens the full-on natural history museum treatment. Usually, the highlight of a visit to a natural history museum is a display featuring a fantastic creature—a giant whale, a threatening dinosaur, or an otherworldly mammoth. But at the Grant Museum of Zoology at University College London, a new project is taking a closer look at what the museum calls "ordinary animals"—the chickens, mice, cows, cats, and dogs of the world.



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Antibiotic prescribing guidelines for livestock and horses


Antibiotics have literally been a life-saver in human and animal medicine for the treatment of bacterial infections, as well as supporting the use of revolutionary medical procedures such as joint replacements and chemotherapy. However, their effectiveness is starting to wane as antimicrobial resistance emerges and the development of new antimicrobial drugs slows. Worryingly, multi-drug resistant infections are becoming more common, especially in hospital-acquired infections, and can lead to catastrophic treatment failures.


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Researchers aim to improve gut health of livestock animals


Researchers at the University of Delaware are looking into what causes that gut feeling in livestock animals such as cows and chickens.


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Owners of seriously ill pets at risk of stress, anxiety and depressive symptoms


Owners of seriously or terminally ill pets are more likely to suffer with stress and symptoms of depression and anxiety, as well as poorer quality of life, compared with owners of healthy animals, finds a study.


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North Coast vet given national award


North Coast Local Land Services District Veterinarian, Sarah Bolton, has recently been awarded a Nuffield Farming Scholarship for 2018 to support her research.


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Werribee cat Teddy may be world's oldest


SENIOR feline Teddy is out to prove cats really do have nine lives. At the grand old age of 26 — about 120 in cat years — Teddy is possibly the world’s oldest living cat.


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