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In Dogs, A Shortcut To Mapping Disease Genes (October 6, 2007) -- Geneticists have developed a tool for efficiently mapping disease genes in dogs. This genomic tool may accelerate studies of dog diseases, many of which also affect humans. While dogs and humans ... > full story

Dogs That Bite Children Have Often Not Bitten Kids Before (October 4, 2007) -- Dogs that bite children have often not bitten kids before, but they tend to have underlying behavioral or medical problems, indicates new research. Young children were much more likely to be bitten ... > full story

You Can Teach An Old Dog New Tricks -- With The Right Diet (September 27, 2007) -- Nutritional supplements have successfully been used to improve the memory, ability to learn and cognitive function of old dogs -- and might be able to do the same thing with humans. These supplements ... > full story

Who's Afraid Of The Big, Bad Wolf? Coyotes (September 19, 2007) -- While the wily coyote reigns as top dog in much of the country, it leads a nervous existence wherever it coexists with its larger relative, the wolf, according to a new study. In fact, coyote ... > full story

A Dog In The Hand Scares Birds In The Bush (September 12, 2007) -- New research showing that dog-walking in bushland significantly reduces bird diversity and abundance will lend support to bans against the practice in sensitive bushland and conservation areas. Until ... > full story

Secondhand Smoke Is A Health Threat To Pets (September 3, 2007) -- It has been in the news for years about how secondhand smoke is a health threat to nonsmokers. Secondhand smoke is attributed with killing thousands of adult nonsmokers annually. If smoking is that ... > full story

Wolves Find Happy Hunting Grounds In Yellowstone National Park (August 31, 2007) -- If Mark Boyce could converse with elk, he might give them a word of advice: avoid open, flat, snowy areas near rivers and roads. A biological scientist at the University of Alberta, Boyce analyzed ... > full story

Cats Do Suffer From Arthritis, Study Shows (August 29, 2007) -- New research at the University of Glasgow has found that arthritis in cats is far more common than previously thought. Professor David Bennett in the University's Vet School, has found that as many ... > full story

Global Warming Threatens Moose, Wolves (August 22, 2007) -- Global warming is impacting more than the water levels in the Great Lakes. It could be the beginning of the end for the moose and wolves of Isle Royale. And if it is, a Michigan Technological ... > full story

Bones Beat Trees As Markers For Environmental Change (August 20, 2007) -- Environmental change in the Earth's atmosphere is clearly writ in the bones of wolves, scientists have discovered. To track atmospheric change caused by human activity, researchers have long studied ... > full story

Researchers Learn Why Immune System's Watch Dogs Howl (August 7, 2007) -- A class of proteins known as toll-like receptors are the guard dogs of the immune system, sniffing out bacteria or viruses then rousing the rest of the immune system for attack. Because of their ... > full story

New Treatment For Glaucoma Shows Promise In Laboratory, Say Researchers (August 2, 2007) -- Researchers have developed a new technique that successfully treated rats for blindness caused by glaucoma. They previously determined that animals with glaucoma increase production of neurotrophins ... > full story

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Old Friends : Great Dogs on the Good Life
Old dogs know plenty of tricks for staying young at heart - and here they are! This humorous and loving collection of duotone portraits captures the golden years of humanity'’s best friends and ... > read more

The Art of Raising a Puppy
The monks of New Skete have been breeding and training dogs at their New York monastery for more than 20 years. Their philosophy of raising dogs accentuates the essential human-canine bond, whereby ... > read more

Culture Clash
*The Culture Clash is special. Written in Jean's inimitably informal yet precise lecture style, the book races along on par with a good thriller. *The Culture Clash depicts dogs as they really are - ... > read more

The First Aid Companion for Dogs & Cats (Prevention Pets)
It's every pet owner's nightmare: suddenly your four-legged friend isn't breathing. What to do? There is no 911 for pets, so it's up to you to save a life. The First Aid Companion for Dogs & Cats is ... > read more

Cancer in Dogs & Cats: Medical & Surgical Management
Biology of cancer...principles of diagnosis...using ultrasound, CT and MRI...chemotherapy, surgery, radiation therapy protocols and treatment results...clinical signs, diagnosis and treatment for ... > read more

Animals in Translation : Using the Mysteries of Autism to Decode Animal Behavior
I don't know if people will ever be able to talk to animals the way Doctor Doolittle could, or whether animals will be able to talk back. Maybe science will have something to say about that. But I do ... > read more

Raising Meat Goats for Profit
A wonderful resource for goat breeders, Raising Meat Goats for Profit includes Information about the Meat Breeds, How to get started with meat production, Easy to use feed ration tables, Real advice ... > read more

It's Not about Food: Change Your Mind; Change Your Life; End Your Obsession with Food and Weight
"Women who read this book will be inspired to throw away their diets and scales and pick up on the nurturing, caring voice presented in these pages." --Jane R. Hirschmann and Carol H. Munter, authors ... > read more

Animal Speak: The Spiritual & Magical Powers of Creatures Great & Small
Want to learn how to speak the language of critters, large and small? Easy-to-read and understand, Ted Andrews's bestselling Animal Speak shows readers how to identify his or her animal totem and ... > read more

Nonhuman Primates in Biomedical Research: Diseases (American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine)
This volume and its companion Nonhuman Primates in Biomedical Research: Biology and Management represent the most comprehensive publications of their type on nonhuman primates. This volume addresses ... > read more