Tag: zoonotic disease

Deadly diseases like COVID-19 are less likely to jump from wildlife to humans if healthy, intact ecosystems are conserved, according to a report and a separate study released recently. “A...

Bats have evolved an intrinsic immunity to coronaviruses that stops them from getting sick, though they still carry the disease. New research shows that the coronavirus that causes Middle East...

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Veterinary tests revealed that a pair of pet cats in New York state have tested positive for the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 in humans. Earlier research in China had confirmed...

Cougars in the United States have been contracting the same bacteria that causes the disease that killed a number of the people throughout the world in the mid-14th century, the...

The coronavirus that spreads COVID-19 in humans can also infect cats and ferrets, according to laboratory tests. New research in China found that cats can spread the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 to...

Forest destruction may put disease-carrying primates in more frequent contact with humans, according to new research. The study in Landscape Ecology shows that loss of healthy habitat may result in...

Using a new mouse model, researchers detected two unique strains of chronic wasting disease— one carried by elk and another by deer. “These findings suggest that CWD from elk and...

Many pre-veterinary students are developing a desire to study exotic or native wildlife species, shifting their usual focus on livestock or companion animals to become wildlife veterinarians. “I wanted to...

The time has come to “end rabies now” and we have the tools and strategies to do it, according to a growing coalition of global rabies experts. After close to...