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A Radiographic Technique for Assessment of Morphologic Variations of the Equine Caudal Cervical Spine

Animals, 2020
Equine Caudal Cervical Morphologic Variation (ECCMV) is a congenital malformation of the caudal cervical spine distinct from the more commonly recognized Cervical Vertebral Stenotic Myelopathy (CVSM).
Christine Gee, Alison Small, Kathleen Shorter, Wendy Y. Brown   +3 more
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Selecting Dogs for Explosives Detection: Behavioral Characteristics

Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2020
Detection dogs are widely considered the most effective and adaptive method for explosives detection. Increases in emerging sophisticated threats are accelerating the demand for highly capable explosives detection, causing a strain on available supplies ...
Lucia Lazarowski, Lowell Paul Waggoner, Sarah Krichbaum, Sarah Krichbaum, Melissa Singletary, Melissa Singletary, Pamela Haney, Bart Rogers, Craig Angle   +8 more
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Morphology of the Ventral Process of the Sixth Cervical Vertebra in Extinct and Extant Equus: Functional Implications

Animals, 2023
In this study, we examined the ventral process of C6 in extinct and extant Equus (sister taxa to Equus ferus caballus only) with the purpose of describing normal morphology and identifying anomalous variations relevant to recent studies describing a ...
Sharon May-Davis, Robert Hunter, Richard White   +2 more
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Evidence-based control of canine rabies: a critical review of population density reduction [PDF]

, 2013
Control measures for canine rabies include vaccination and reducing population density through culling or sterilization. Despite the evidence that culling fails to control canine rabies, efforts to reduce canine population density continue in many parts
Boots, M., Morters, M.K., Conlan, A.J.K., Restif, O., Hampson, K., Cleaveland, S., Wood, J.L.N.   +6 more
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Investigation of the Behavioral Characteristics of Dogs Purpose-Bred and Prepared to Perform Vapor Wake® Detection of Person-Borne Explosives

Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2018
Specialized detector dogs are increasingly being utilized for the detection of modern threats. The Vapor Wake® (VW) dog was developed to create a dog phenotype ideally suited for detecting hand-carried and body-worn explosives. VW dogs (VWDs) are trained
Lucia Lazarowski, Lucia Lazarowski, Pamela Sue Haney, Jeanne Brock, Terry Fischer, Bart Rogers, Craig Angle, Jeffrey S. Katz, L. Paul Waggoner   +8 more
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The feasibility of canine rabies elimination in Africa: dispelling doubts with data [PDF]

, 2010
<p><b>Background:</b> Canine rabies causes many thousands of human deaths every year in Africa, and continues to increase throughout much of the continent.</p> <p><b>Methodology/Principal Findings:</b> This ...
Katie Hampson, Daniel T Haydon, Hampson, K., Knobel, D., Kaare Magai T., Kaare, M. T., Lembo, T., Kazwala, R.R., Kazwala Rudovick R., Haydon, D. T., Lembo Tiziana, Cleaveland, S., Rudovick R. Kazwala, Daniel T. Haydon, Darryn Knobel, Magai T. Kaare, Kazwala, R. R., Haydon, D.T., Tiziana Lembo, Knobel Darryn, Ernest Eblate, Magai T Kaare, Ernest, E., Hampson Katie, Kaare, M.T., Sarah Cleaveland, Eblate Ernest, Rudovick R Kazwala, Haydon Daniel T., Cleaveland Sarah   +29 more
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Canine Parvovirus

Veterinary Clinics of North America: Small Animal Practice, 1993
Canine parvovirus is a truly new pathogen of dogs that emerged in the late 1970s. Initially seen as epidemic disease in all dogs, parvoviral enteritis is now primarily a disease of 1- to 6-month-old dogs. Maternal antibody interference with immunization accounts for the vast majority of vaccine "breaks." Molecular virologic methods have revealed ...
Pollock, Roy V.H., Coyne, Michael J.
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Transmission dynamics and prospects for the elimination of canine rabies [PDF]

, 2009
Rabies has been eliminated from domestic dog populations in Western Europe and North America, but continues to kill many thousands of people throughout Africa and Asia every year.
Packer, C., Katie Hampson, Daniel T Haydon, Dobson, A., Magai Kaare, Dobson, Andy, Hampson, K., Packer, Craig, Dobson A., Hampson, Katie, Craig Packer, Packer C., Dushoff, Jonathan, Kaare, M., Dushoff J., Dushoff Jonathan, Haydon, Daniel T., Dobson Andy, Packer Craig, Dushoff, J., Rupprecht, C.E., Cleaveland, S., Jonathan Dushoff, Haydon D.T., Haydon Daniel T, Kaare, Magai, Haydon, D.T, Haydon, D.T., Kaare M., Hampson Katie, Cleaveland S., Cleaveland, Sarah, Sarah Cleaveland, Hampson K., Kaare Magai, Andy Dobson, Cleaveland Sarah   +36 more
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Impact of Socio-Economic Status on Accessibility of Dog Training Classes

Animals, 2019
Behaviour problems are amongst the most common reasons given for relinquishing dogs to rehoming centres. Some behaviour problems may be amenable to being tackled pre-emptively with classes educating owners on basic dog training and understanding ...
Lauren Harris, Tamsin Durston, Jake Flatman, Denise Kelly, Michelle Moat, Rahana Mohammed, Tracey Smith, Maria Wickes, Melissa Upjohn, Rachel Casey   +9 more
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A Novel Method for Training the Interdiction of Restricted and Hazardous Biological Materials by Detection Dogs

Frontiers in Medicine, 2022
The interdiction of restricted and hazardous biological agents presents challenges for any detection method due to the inherent complexity of sample type and accessibility.
Melissa Singletary, Melissa Singletary, Sarah Krichbaum, Thomas Passler, Lucia Lazarowski, Lucia Lazarowski, Terrence Fischer, Scott Silvis, L. Paul Waggoner, Paul Walz, Craig Angle   +10 more
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