Credit: PixabayThe Centre for Health Protection in Hong Kong has disclosed that a rare virus has left a 37-year-old man in critical condition in intensive care after diagnosis.The virus, known as herpesvirus simiae or 'B virus', naturally resides in the urine, feces, and saliva of macaques, commonly encountered in various public areas across Hong...
Credit: PixaobayThe possibility exists that swine flu could undergo evolution and resurface in humans. However, by implementing measures to control its transmission among individuals in close contact with pigs, we can effectively avert such a scenario.The first instance of swine flu (H1N1pdm09) in humans was documented in 2009, marking 14 years since its initial...
Credit: Unsplash.A new study found that the way humans and dogs use body postures to communicate is very important for both of them. This study helps us understand how they see and understand each other and their surroundings better. It shows that a part of the brain called the temporal lobe is key...
Credit: https://www.joelsartore.com/wp-content/uploads/stock/ANI014/ANI014-00062.jpgA group of biologists from the University of Glasgow, working with colleagues from different Institutes in the nation of Peru, found that eliminating bat colonies after an outbreak of cattle rabies is not an efficient way to stop the spread of the disease.In their research, published in the journal Science Advances, the team...
Credit: Public DomainThe parasiteThe parasite Toxoplasma is carried by a considerable part of the global human population. Currently, a study led by researchers at Stockholm University demonstrates how this microscopic parasite so effectively spreads in the body, for example, to the brain. The parasite infects immune cells and steals their identity. The research study...
Public opinion is shifting to wanting a much more proactive approach to animal well-being rather than a reactive approach to animal cruelty.University of Adelaide specialists asked the Australian public about their perception of the penalties for animal cruelty.The court of public opinionRochelle Morton, a Ph.D. student from the University of Adelaide's School of Animal...
The study indicates the existence of exploratory and active personality types in farmed calves.Using top-notch sensor technologies, experts at the University of Nottingham have found that calves reared on ranches not only vary considerably in their movement and space patterns. However, likewise, some calves are also more predictable in their habits than others.Individual personality...
Credit: ShutterstockYou have an meeting conference in the early morning and your pet cat wakes you at 4 am. Why? And also what can you do to stop this from occurring again?Although cats are developed for night-time activity, during domestication they have adapted to the human way of living.Domestic felines tend to be most...
Holstein cows in the pasture. Credit: tilo/iStockA study from the University of Kent, the University of Nottingham, and L'Alliance Boviteq Inc. has created an approach of dramatically boosting in-vitro fertilization (IVF) in cattle.This advancement is bound to substantially decrease maternity problems in cows, raise general meat and milk production, and convert a channel for...
A male western lowland gorilla inside its enclosure at Zoo Atlanta last year. Credit: Erik S Lesser/EPASeveral members of a group of western lowland gorillas at Zoo Atlanta have tested positive for the coronavirus after trainers observed a lot of the great apes were displaying symptoms of moderate coughing, drippy noses as well as a...
