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How Risky Is the Bird Flu in Cats?

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Inside the digestive tract lives a host of microorganisms known as the gut microbiome. Chris Gaulke, professor of pathobiology at the College of Veterinary Medicine, studies the gut microbiome and its role in human health.

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Team Finds Regional, Age-Related Trends in Exposure to Drug-Resistant Campylobacter

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A genetic mutation found in two human patients with schizophrenia also increased schizophrenia-related behaviors in mice with the same mutation, a rare finding of a direct genetic link to psychosis, report researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and colleagues in Massachusetts and Germany.

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鈥楬eart Team鈥� Offers Hope for Dogs with Valve Disease

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The Case of the Cat with Disappearing Teeth

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What Makes the Bird Flu Virus So Unusual?

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The American Veterinary Medical Association has issued recommendations for keeping pets and backyard flocks safe from highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), and the recommendations are also a useful guide for humans. Dr. Stephany Lewis, a professor of zoological medicine at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and director of the University of Illinois Wildlife Medical Clinic, explains the risks of HPAI to pets and people.

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Swine Viral Disease Conference Celebrates Industry Leaders, Students

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Imagine if veterinarians could spend more time on healing and less on performing surgeries to remove healthy reproductive organs. What if pig farmers could eliminate the painful practice of manually castrating piglets, reducing both animal suffering and economic loss?

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Clinical Trials for Canine Soft Tissue Sarcomas

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Congenital Heart Disease in Companion Animals

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In August, two U.S. surgical teams announced successful experimental kidney transplant from transgenic pigs into brain-dead human recipients. In both instances, the pig kidneys produced urine, carried out other functions of a kidney, and were not rejected by the body.

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A clinical study of 11 dogs with advanced malignant melanoma demonstrated the efficacy, safety, and tolerability profile of cANK-101, a canine interleukin-12 anchored immunotherapy.

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Normal aging is usually associated with a decline in memory, although it is unclear what factors play a role.

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When an immunocompromised person鈥檚 system begins to recover and produce more white blood cells, it鈥檚 usually a good thing 鈥� unless they develop a potentially deadly inflammatory condition.

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Dr. Weiping Zhang, professor in the Department of Pathobiology, was recently awarded a five-year, $5.6 million R01 grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to optimize a promising vaccine against enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC).