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1 January 1970

Posted by: Richard Tidmarsh

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Can your cat catch coronavirus?

Can your pet get COVID-19? Dogs and cats can’t transmit COVID-19, but they can catch other coronaviruses The coronavirus SARS-Cov-2 has spread across the world, causing… https://www.understandinganimalresearch.org.uk/news/animal-welfare-alternatives/can-cats-catch-coronavirus/

This week in animal research 27/11/15

Lead poisoned birds, treatment for arthritis
26/11/15 A bubble-based micro-vesicle treatment that could ease the pain of arthritis and cut the need for hip replacements. It uses tiny particles that are naturally made by… https://www.understandinganimalresearch.org.uk/news/research-medical-benefits/this-week-in-animal-research-271115/

Can your pet be allergic to humans ?

REFERENCES 1. https://www.canadianveterinarians.net/documents/food-allergies-in-pets 2. https://www.canadianveterinarians.net/documents/pets-can-become-allergic-to-flea-bites… https://www.understandinganimalresearch.org.uk/news/research-medical-benefits/can-your-pet-be-allergic-to-humans/

Demented dog or senile cat ?

Is your pet becoming disoriented, forgetting which doors leads to the garden, getting his old tricks wrong, sleeping at weird hours or soiling the house? Well he might be senile.… https://www.understandinganimalresearch.org.uk/news/animal-welfare-alternatives/demented-dog-or-senile-cat/

Cats make the headlines

Tabloid and local newspapers as well as BBC radio recently reported on research from 2010 which involved cats.
Tabloid and local newspapers as well as BBC radio recently reported on research from 2010 which involved cats. Cats, like humans, are born with poor vision. As they develop,… https://www.understandinganimalresearch.org.uk/news/communications-media/cats-make-the-headlines/

'Glow in the dark' cats aids HIV research

Scientists inserted two genes into cats: the first is taken from macaque monkeys and helps the cat resist the feline form of Aids; the second is a fluorescent gene from jellyfish that helps the researchers literally see where the added anti-aids gene is a…
Scientists inserted two genes into cats: the first is taken from macaque monkeys and helps the cat resist the feline form of Aids; the second is a fluorescent gene from jellyfish… https://www.understandinganimalresearch.org.uk/news/animal-welfare-alternatives/glow-in-the-dark-cats-aids-hiv-research/

A Question of Care

From our archive - this video about the care of laboratory animals was produced by the Biomedical Research Trust in 2003.
From our archive - this video about the care of laboratory animals was produced by the Biomedical Research Trust in 2003. It features three 6th form students touring a research… https://www.understandinganimalresearch.org.uk/news/communications-media/a-question-of-care/

Congenitally deaf cats have better peripheral vision

When the brain is deprived of input from one sense it often compensates with above normal performance in another sense.
When the brain is deprived of input from one sense it often compensates with above normal performance in another sense. Studies of deaf or blind human subjects often show enhanced… https://www.understandinganimalresearch.org.uk/news/research-medical-benefits/congenitally-deaf-cats-have-better-peripheral-vision/