Submitted By Meghan Lepisto, Publications and Media Relations Manager, UW School of Veterinary MedicineSource: U.S. Geological Survey A new study shows that vaccination may reduce the impact of white-nose syndrome in bats, marking a milestone in...
Research
Health Comparative Genomics Advances Veterinary and Human Medicine and Clinician-Scientist Training
By Peter Muir, Susannah Sample, Sabrina Brounts, Lauren Baker and Emily Binversie, Comparative Genetics Laboratory,UW School of Veterinary Medicine Genetic research in companion animals is a valuable means to understand the basis of disease, identify treatment...
Fighting Tick and Mosquito-Borne Diseases
By Caroline Schneider, UW–Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences Home to robust populations of ticks and their hosts (namely, mice and deer), Wisconsin has become a hot spot for tick-borne diseases. Over the past 25 years, deer ticks have trekked from...
Human Respiratory Viruses Continue to Spread in Wild Chimpanzees
By Terry Devitt, University of Wisconsin-Madison Less than two years after the first report of wild chimpanzees in Uganda dying as a result of a human “common cold” virus, a new study has identified two other respiratory viruses of human origin in...
Five-Year Trial Tests Universal Canine Cancer Vaccine
By Meghan Lepisto, University of Wisconsin School of Veterinary Medicine Could the body’s own immune system be primed to prevent cancer through a quick vaccine? A clinical trial launched last fall aims to bring new clarity to this complex...