and as a vet I feel that the welfare of animals is paramount and that should be reflected in the stories that we write. Children are capable of great empathy with animals, and that empathy comes from awareness, education and understanding of animal welfare issues. It is never too early to...
Cause of death: “acute respiratory distress due to disseminated infection with an unknown parasite”. Morphology. Not conclusive.DNA analysis. Deep sequencing identified a Taenia spp.12S [P7] and cox1/nd1 [P1/P3] phylogenetic trees placed the organisme within Versteria sp. (Cestoda: Taeniidae)...
After death of the non-immune host numerous virus-infected ticks may have metamorphosed to host-seeking virus-infected nymphs or adult ticks. Among larger mammals we consider the roe deer to be a good candidate for the long-distance spread of TBEV-infected I. ricinus, which may become the ...
Clare Death 1, Philip Haros 1, Yuting Li 1, Peter Dann 3, Alejandro Cabezas-Cruz 4 , Sara Moutailler 4 , Angélique Foucault-Simonin 4, Charles G. Gauci 1 , John Stenos 2 , Jasmin Hufschmid 1 and Abdul Jabbar 1 1 Department of Veterinary Biosciences, Melbourne Veterinary School, Unive...
Although these foods may improve welfare by reducing foraging needs in the short-term [4], in the long-term, anthropogenic foods can cause suffering [5,6], increased conflict with humans and the death of food-conditioned wildlife [2,7–9]. Intentional feeding of wildlife is necessary in ...