Vascular endothelial dysfunction is a potential risk factor for cardiovascular disease. This study evaluated the effect of curcumin on factors associated with vascular dysfunction using rats fed a high-sucrose, high-fat (HSF) diet. The experiment included 2 animal feeding phases. In the first...

Researchers at The Pirbright Institute and the USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) Foreign Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory...

6 - 10 January 2020 - London

The use of electrical water bath stunning for the 'humane' slaughter of poultry has drawn criticism from some animal welfare research scientists and animal welfare organizations throughout the world. During water bath stunning, birds are shackled and inverted prior to entry into an electrified...

Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) is an asexual, spherical, eukaryotic, fungal pathogen that develops in the keratinized skin cells of amphibians....

Forming an end of life hospice/Pawspice service.

The effect of the algal species Chlorella vulgaris at six different ratios (0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 g) of air dried algae biomass, mixed with 10.18 g of sheep manure, added to 50 g of soil, and incubated for a period of 15 weeks was studied in a laboratory in order to detect the role of adding small...

Gastric ulcerations in finishing pigs can cause growth restriction, sudden death and contamination of the carcass by invading microorganisms. The aim of the study was to compare macroscopic and histological findings of the stomach mucosa in fattening pigs kept at 1 m2/pig and provided with long...

Liver development and function are dependent on specific gene expression profile. Many genes in the liver are differentially expressed between females and males and these sex differences are thought to be at least partially influenced by sex specific patterns of growth hormone secretion. The aim of...

Microbial contamination in livestock, resulting in foodborne illnesses, poses a serious problem for veterinary medicine. Rapidly growing number of antibiotic-resistant bacterial strains triggers increased interest in phage therapy, which has already been tested against zoonotic pathogens in...

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is common in dogs and cats and can occur at any age, especially in geriatric animals. The various presentations of the disease and their different hemodynamic and metabolic alterations are issues of profound research. Currently clinicians improvements of the...