“We are proud to honour his monumental career, and carry on his legacy of service and knowledge through future AFSCAN Scholarship recipients” – North American Veterinary Community.
Researchers administered to three cats SARS-CoV-2 isolated from a human patient and were later able to detect the virus in two of the animals’ nasal passages.
“Pangolins could be natural hosts of Betacoronaviruses with an unknown potential to infect humans. However, our study does not support that SARS-CoV-2 evolved directly from the pangolin-CoV” – study author Jinping Chen.
World’s fastest vet will be joined by The Great British Bake Off star Rosie Brandreth-Poynter and a host of other speakers for the online well-being conference on 23 May.
The organisations will be developing further advice in the comings days to help vets interpret new Government guidance for employers in different workplaces.
“The publication of this paper... indicates that the ground is shifting and interdisciplinary research on infection is now firmly on the agenda” – Tony Barnett, RVC.
US expert on feline coronavirus says research “is far more advanced in veterinary than human medicine, but they do not recognise any animal coronavirus diseases of veterinary importance as models”.
Association of Dogs and Cats Homes sets up scheme to plug fund-raising gap caused by activities being cancelled and charity shops closing during pandemic.
Entries are now open for the International Cat Care photography competition, and budding photographers everywhere are being urged to submit their best efforts by 1 July.
“We are in danger of creating dogs with rampant separation anxiety” – animal behaviourists plead for veterinary profession to be ready to advise owners of puppies that have grown up during restrictions.
Medical Detection Dogs hopes the retrained rescue and assistance dogs will, within weeks, be on duty detecting the scent of the virus and helping prevent its spread.