By Molly Wight, Master of Public Health candidate, and Bieneke Bron DVM, PhD, postdoctoral researcher, Midwest Center of Excellence for Vector-Borne Diseases, University of Wisconsin-Madison Spring has sprung, and with it, tick season has arrived....
Research
Vaccination May Help Protect Bats from Deadly Disease
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...
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...