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(AP) -- The swine flu virus has been confirmed in a cat treated at the Iowa State University College of Veterinary Medicine. http://www.physorg.com/news176565700.html Medicine & Health Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:20:01 EST news176565700 Animals shelter officials housing lost pets that had been implanted with a microchip were able to find the owners in almost three out of four cases in a recently published national study. http://www.physorg.com/news174672268.html Biology Tue, 13 Oct 2009 17:30:03 EST news174672268 You might watch your daily calorie intake or glance over nutritional information on food packages, but do you do the same for your pet? http://www.physorg.com/news174218264.html Biology Thu, 08 Oct 2009 11:10:03 EST news174218264 Veterinarians from the Wildlife Conservation Society's Bronx Zoo and the University of Tennessee have found a solution to the challenge of providing effective pain relief to some of their most difficult patients: big cats. http://www.physorg.com/news171044428.html Biology Tue, 01 Sep 2009 17:30:02 EST news171044428 Anyone who has ever had cats knows how difficult it can be to get them to do anything they don't already want to do. But it seems that the house cats themselves have had distinctly less trouble getting humans to do their bidding, according to a report published in the July 14th issue of Current Biology, a Cell Press publication. http://www.physorg.com/news166708958.html Biology Mon, 13 Jul 2009 13:03:04 EST news166708958 Unwanted cats and kittens who have to be `put down` are the subject of a new study at The University of Queensland's Centre for Companion Animal Health. http://www.physorg.com/news166201360.html Biology Tue, 07 Jul 2009 16:03:28 EST news166201360 Lilies, a floral reminder that winter has passed, frequently appear in homes during spring holidays as potted plants or cut flowers. But for cats, many lilies can be as lethal as they are lovely. http://www.physorg.com/news157987446.html Biology Fri, 03 Apr 2009 14:24:25 EST news157987446 (PhysOrg.com) -- The giant cats that roamed the British Isles, as well as Europe and North America, as recently as 13,000 years ago were lions rather than giant jaguars or tigers, a team led by Oxford University scientists has proved. http://www.physorg.com/news157735263.html Biology Tue, 31 Mar 2009 16:21:52 EST news157735263 Scientists studying a mysterious neurological affliction in cats have discovered a surprising ability of the central nervous system to repair itself and restore function. http://www.physorg.com/news157654992.html Medicine & Health Mon, 30 Mar 2009 18:04:31 EST news157654992 About one in 3,500 people are affected with retinitis pigmentosa (RP), a disease of the retina's visual cells that eventually leads to blindness. Now, a University of Missouri researcher has identified a genetic link between cats and humans for two different forms of RP. This discovery will help scientists develop gene-based therapies that will benefit both cats and humans. http://www.physorg.com/news155395035.html Medicine & Health Wed, 04 Mar 2009 13:17:57 EST news155395035 (PhysOrg.com) -- A biochemical analysis of a rare Clovis-era stone tool cache recently unearthed in the city limits of Boulder, Colo., indicates some of the implements were used to butcher ice-age camels and horses that roamed North America until their extinction about 13,000 years ago, according to a University of Colorado at Boulder study. http://www.physorg.com/news154784759.html Other Sciences Wed, 25 Feb 2009 11:46:40 EST news154784759 Smokers are more likely to quit smoking for the sake of their pets' health than they are for their own, suggests research published ahead of print in Tobacco Control. http://www.physorg.com/news153461979.html Medicine & Health Tue, 10 Feb 2009 04:21:40 EST news153461979 A Duke University study suggests that evolution can behave as differently as dogs and cats. While the dogs depend on an energy-efficient style of four-footed running over long distances to catch their prey, cats seem to have evolved a profoundly inefficient gait, tailor-made to creep up on a mouse or bird in slow motion. http://www.physorg.com/news147529301.html Biology Wed, 03 Dec 2008 12:21:41 EST news147529301 Thinking about adopting a perky little puppy as a friend for your fluffy cat, but worried that they'll fight -- well, like cats and dogs? http://www.physorg.com/news140093057.html Biology Mon, 08 Sep 2008 11:44:17 EST news140093057 In a new study published in the online-open access journal PLoS ONE, Per Christiansen at the Zoological Museum in Copenhagen, Denmark, reports the finding that the evolution of skull and mandible shape in sabercats and modern cats were governed by different selective forces, and the two groups evolved very different adaptations to killing. http://www.physorg.com/news136606691.html Biology Wed, 30 Jul 2008 03:18:11 EST news136606691