Poultry industry in Australia warned of devastating bird flu losses to Come
On Aug. 12, 2026, the Australian Associated Press reported Australia’s poultry farmers can expect a bird flu mortality…
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Bird flu ‘tsunami’ set to cause Aussie wildlife carnage
On Aug. 11, 2026, the Australian Associated Press reported Australia faces the prospect of devastating animal mass mortalities…
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FDA Issues EUA for Generic Over-the-Counter Drug to Treat New World Screwworm in Dogs and Cats
On Jun. 11, 2026, The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for generic…
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Animal testing to be phased out faster as UK unveils roadmap for alternative methods
On Nov. 11, 2025, the United Kingdom government announced that animal testing in science is set to be…
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CDC Issues Report on Human Plague Transmitted from Infected Cat in Oregon
On Jul. 17, 2025, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a report about an…
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Deschutes County confirmed case of human plague in local resident
On Feb. 8, 2024, Deschutes County Health Services in Bend, Oregon confirmed a case of human plague in…
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Biotechnology | Diagnostics | Infectious Disease | Life Science History | USDA | Vaccine | Veterinary
University of Missouri launched rabies lab for pets traveling abroad
On Jun. 6, 2023, the University of Missouri College of Veterinary Medicine (MU) announced it had launched a…
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TGen launched COVID-19 study with Arizona dog and cat owners
On Mar. 10, 2021, The Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), an affiliate of City of Hope, announced the start…
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Study confirmed cats can become infected with and may transmit COVID-19 to other cats
On May 13, 2020, in a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine, scientists in the…
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Biotechnology | Diagnostics | Genomics | NIH | Therapeutics | Veterinary
The genome sequence of the common cat was published in GigaScience
On Aug. 5, 2014, the genome sequence of the common cat was published in GigaScience. The DNA of…
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Parasite makes mice lose fear of cats permanently
On Sept. 18, 2013, research by University of California, Berkeley graduate student Wendy Ingram reveal a scary twist…
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ViaGen was founded in Austin, Texas
In 2002, ViaGen was founded in Austin, Texas in to provide commercial bovine, equine, and porcine gene banking,…
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The Animal Welfare Act was passed by the U.S. Congress, the first law that protected research animals
On Aug. 24, 1966, the U.S. Congress passed legislation that became known as the Animal Welfare Act (P.L….
