Discoveries in Animal Sciences – Discoveries in Animal Sciences

Antiviral Nasal RNA Spray

by Editor in Animal Diseases 1

Designer RNA molecules delivered through the nose show early promise for treating West Nile fever, trials in mice show. No effective therapies exist for the illness caused by a mosquito-borne virus, which can invade the [...]

Are bats sources of the novel Wuhan coronavirus epidemic?

1st February 2020 3

Autors: Emily Clayton and Muhammad Munir Molecular Virology, Biomedical and Life Sciences, Lancaster University, Lancaster UK The novel 2019 coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak originating from Wuhan in China is now progressing further, with more than 9,000 […]

Secret to intelligence in parrots revealed

7th July 2018 1

Neuroscientists have identified the neural circuit that may underlay intelligence in birds, according to a new study. The discovery is an example of convergent evolution between the brains of birds and primates, with the potential […]

Pets

Facial expression recognition tools to tell a dog’s mood

A study has been conducted on dog facial expression recognition using convolutional neural network (CNN), which is a representative algorithm [...]
Animal Diseases

Are bats sources of the novel Wuhan coronavirus epidemic?

Autors: Emily Clayton and Muhammad Munir Molecular Virology, Biomedical and Life Sciences, Lancaster University, Lancaster UK The novel 2019 coronavirus [...]
Animal Diseases

Novel Vaccine To Protect Poultry from two Diseases Simultaneously is Generated.

“The approach is quick and highly successful in generating vaccines against multiple viruses of poultry health and economic importance”. Researchers [...]
Pets

Farm Microbes Can Safeguard Children from Asthma

Children who grow up on farms have a lower risk of developing asthma, and now research published in Nature Medicine, DOI: [...]
Birds

Most Beautiful Chickens on the Planet

Portraits of “Most Beautiful Chickens on the Planet” Capture Their Underrated Beauty If you were asked to name the most [...]

A molecule boosts generosity in birds

15th April 2018 0

Birds share more readily after being given the avian equivalent of oxytocin, a hormone linked with social bonding and maternal behaviour in mammals. The hormone mesotocin boosts gregariousness in birds. To see what other powers […]

How global warming can impact arthropods, spiders, and snakes?

21st April 2018 0

An interesting study highlight key elements of increasing temperate on the localization, movements and their impacts on the distribution of arthropods, spiders and snakes has been outlined in Wilderness & Environmental Medicine. Read at

How migratory birds escape diseases?

21st April 2018 0

While birds have unique immune system and ecology, an interesting concept has been coined on the migratory habits of birds which underline their health status. Read more

New Clues on Lemurs’ Evolution

25th August 2018 0

A new fossil analysis finds that the ancient species Propotto leakeyi, which lived in East Africa between 23 million and 16 million years ago, was not a bat, as scientists thought, but a primate closely […]

Feeding breads to ducks can be lethal.

23rd April 2018 0

While bread can be delicious, it has no nutritional values. Feed ducks with bread, especially white bread, will fill them and will leave no space for more highly valuable food. “Feeding birds is something that […]

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