Tag: Veterinary Research

Spring – not summer – is peak tick time

As we approach spring, new research from the University of Queensland has shown that the season is the peak time for tick paralysis in dogs and cats, rather than the hotter months of summer.  A team led by Stephen Barker at UQ’s School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences analysed over […]

UQ’s experimental canine cancer vaccine test

University of Queensland veterinary researchers are recruiting pet dogs diagnosed with cancer to test an experimental vaccine. The clinical research trial is for dogs recently diagnosed with canine appendicular osteosarcoma, a common bone tumour that affects 10,000 dogs a year globally. Abhilasha Dadhich from UQ’s School of Veterinary Science said researchers will assess […]