Veterinary Beacon http://www.vetbeacon.com Veterinary Medicine Information from around the World Wed, 17 Mar 2010 07:00:00 +0000 en hourly 1 New Combination Drug Treatment For Parasitic Intestinal Roundworms Shows Promise In A Test On A Common Laboratory Species http://www.vetbeacon.com/2010/03/new-combination-drug-treatment-for-parasitic-intestinal-roundworms-shows-promise-in-a-test-on-a-common-laboratory-species/ http://www.vetbeacon.com/2010/03/new-combination-drug-treatment-for-parasitic-intestinal-roundworms-shows-promise-in-a-test-on-a-common-laboratory-species/#comments Wed, 17 Mar 2010 07:00:00 +0000 admin http://www.vetbeacon.com/2010/03/new-combination-drug-treatment-for-parasitic-intestinal-roundworms-shows-promise-in-a-test-on-a-common-laboratory-species/ Several drugs currently in use or in development control parasitic worms in the same way. That concerns health workers In developing countries where reinfestations often require repeated treatments. If worms develop resistance to one drug, the other treatments would likely fail as well…

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]]> http://www.vetbeacon.com/2010/03/new-combination-drug-treatment-for-parasitic-intestinal-roundworms-shows-promise-in-a-test-on-a-common-laboratory-species/feed/ 0 Discovery Of Chemical That May Protect Hearts Of Muscular Dystrophy Patients http://www.vetbeacon.com/2010/03/discovery-of-chemical-that-may-protect-hearts-of-muscular-dystrophy-patients/ http://www.vetbeacon.com/2010/03/discovery-of-chemical-that-may-protect-hearts-of-muscular-dystrophy-patients/#comments Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:00:00 +0000 admin http://www.vetbeacon.com/2010/03/discovery-of-chemical-that-may-protect-hearts-of-muscular-dystrophy-patients/ Researchers at the University of Minnesota Medical School have discovered a chemical that may, over the long term, protect the hearts of Duchenne muscular dystrophy patients – a fatal and most common form of muscular dystrophy in children. The chemical, which Medical School scientists have termed a “molecular band-aid,” seeks out tiny cuts in diseased heart muscle…

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]]> http://www.vetbeacon.com/2010/03/discovery-of-chemical-that-may-protect-hearts-of-muscular-dystrophy-patients/feed/ 0 Tiger Bones Rejected By Chinese Medicine Societies Ahead Of CITES Conference http://www.vetbeacon.com/2010/03/tiger-bones-rejected-by-chinese-medicine-societies-ahead-of-cites-conference/ http://www.vetbeacon.com/2010/03/tiger-bones-rejected-by-chinese-medicine-societies-ahead-of-cites-conference/#comments Mon, 15 Mar 2010 08:00:00 +0000 admin http://www.vetbeacon.com/2010/03/tiger-bones-rejected-by-chinese-medicine-societies-ahead-of-cites-conference/ WWF and TRAFFIC welcome a World Federation of Chinese Medicine Societies (WFCMS) statement urging its members not to use tiger bone or any other parts from endangered wildlife. The statement was made at a symposium Friday in Beijing and notes that some of the claimed medicinal benefits of tiger bone have no basis…

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]]> http://www.vetbeacon.com/2010/03/tiger-bones-rejected-by-chinese-medicine-societies-ahead-of-cites-conference/feed/ 0 AVMA, Veterinary Foundation Tackle Veterinary Shortage With New Incentive Program http://www.vetbeacon.com/2010/03/avma-veterinary-foundation-tackle-veterinary-shortage-with-new-incentive-program/ http://www.vetbeacon.com/2010/03/avma-veterinary-foundation-tackle-veterinary-shortage-with-new-incentive-program/#comments Sun, 14 Mar 2010 08:00:00 +0000 admin http://www.vetbeacon.com/2010/03/avma-veterinary-foundation-tackle-veterinary-shortage-with-new-incentive-program/ Their numbers are dwindling at such a rate that our food supply may be in jeopardy – and that decline may continue as their educational debt continues to rise. These are just two of the challenges facing food animal veterinary medicine, one of the bulwarks of our food safety system…

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]]> http://www.vetbeacon.com/2010/03/avma-veterinary-foundation-tackle-veterinary-shortage-with-new-incentive-program/feed/ 0 Wildlife Serves As Indicator Of Potential Health Threats http://www.vetbeacon.com/2010/03/wildlife-serves-as-indicator-of-potential-health-threats/ http://www.vetbeacon.com/2010/03/wildlife-serves-as-indicator-of-potential-health-threats/#comments Sat, 13 Mar 2010 08:00:00 +0000 admin http://www.vetbeacon.com/2010/03/wildlife-serves-as-indicator-of-potential-health-threats/ A group of Argentine scientists, including health experts from the Wildlife Conservation Society, have announced that yellow fever is the culprit in a 2007-2008 die-off of howler monkeys in northeastern Argentina, a finding that underscores the importance of paying attention to the health of wildlife and how the health of people and wild nature are so closely linked…

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