Phase 1 of a new facility opens this fall, befitting the nation's top VDL, which sees the largest food animal caseload in the country if not the world. The $75 million project is just the first of a...
In an article about the July 2023 cover of Emerging Infectious Diseases, Bryan Breedlove writes about the vital role bats play vital role in maintaining healthy ecosystems. They devour large amounts...
In early June, about 165 students from the medical, dental and veterinary schools at Tufts took part in the Comparative Anatomy Exchange Day, or CadEx for short. The annual interdisciplinary event...
The National Institute of Food and Agriculture’s “From Learning to Leading: Cultivating the Next Generation of Diverse Food and Agriculture Professionals Program” will enable eligible...
A specific strain of highly pathogenic avian influenza has left around 60 million birds — mostly poultry — dead. This has implications for us all, whether you’re frustrated about the price of...
This facility, which offers the highest level of biocontainment laboratories and safety protocols, is the first of its kind in the U.S. and will allow scientists to study and diagnose critical animal...
In Ukraine, rabies is present both in the wild and in domestic animals. The war has worsened the situation in the country, forcing refugees to flee by bringing pets that do not meet current health...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has reported that avian influenza has killed more than 58 million birds on farms in the U.S. since last January.
Canine coronavirus (CCoV) is a positive-strand RNA virus generally responsible for mild-to-severe gastroenteritis in dogs. In recent years, new CCoVs with acquired pathogenic characteristics have...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is testing the efficacy of a handful of vaccines against the current strain of highly pathogenic avian influenza hoping to stem the spread of the largest outbreak...
The absolute and relative prevalence of UO presentations across the combined population increased significantly during the COVID-19 pandemic in comparison with 2018 and 2019.
The red fox is a native species in Croatia and, due to constant food availability and lack of interspecies competition, is becoming more abundant in urban and suburban areas. Although antibodies for...
