News tagged with dog bites
Dog bites a particular threat to young children, especially as temperatures rise
Mar 01, 2009 |
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Young children are especially vulnerable to severe dog bites in the head and neck areas, and there is a correlation between cases of dog bites and rising temperatures, according to new research published in the March 2009 ...
Respiratory illnesses and dog bites a concern for travelers to China for 2008 Olympics
Jul 30, 2008 |
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As 600,000 visitors and athletes gear up to travel to China for the 2008 Olympic Games, travelers should be most concerned about respiratory illnesses and dog bites, according to report by an Emory University travelers' health ...
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Seriousness of Animal Bites Under-Recognised in Australia
Dec 02, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- One in two Australians are bitten by an animal at least once in their lifetime and 2% of the population is bitten each year, according to a review article published in the latest issue of Emergency Medicine ...
Children should not be left unsupervised with dogs, say experts
Feb 23, 2007 |
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Children should not be left unsupervised to play with a dog, say experts in this week’s BMJ. Their advice is part of a review aimed at doctors who deal with dog bites.
What really prompts the dog's "guilty look"
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Jun 11, 2009 |
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What dog owner has not come home to a broken vase or other valuable items and a guilty-looking dog slouching around the house? By ingeniously setting up conditions where the owner was misinformed as to whether ...
Rabies deaths from dog bites could be eliminated
Mar 12, 2009 |
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Someone in the developing world - particularly in rural Africa - dies from a rabid dog bite every 10 minutes.
S. Korean firm to open major dog cloning centre
Aug 14, 2009 |
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A South Korean biotechnology firm will early next year open a centre capable eventually of producing up to 1,000 cloned dogs annually, a company executive said Friday.
Cradle and birthday of dog identified
Sep 01, 2009 |
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Previous studies in the field have indicated that East Asia is where the wolf was tamed and became the dog. It was not possible to be more precise than that. But now researchers at the Royal Institute of Technology ...
Using 'dominance' to explain dog behavior is old hat
May 21, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study shows how the behaviour of dogs has been misunderstood for generations: in fact using misplaced ideas about dog behaviour and training is likely to cause rather than cure unwanted ...
When it comes to transmission of MRSA and C. difficile, dogs are not necessarily man's best friend
May 07, 2009 |
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In a letter to the Editor of the Journal of Hospital Infection, published by Elsevier, S. Lefebvre and J.S. Weese from the University of Guelph in Canada describe a study that investigated whether MRSA and C.difficile could be passed b ...
S.Korea scientist wins dog cloning court battle
Sep 19, 2009 |
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Disgraced South Korean scientist Hwang Woo-Suk has won a copyright battle over dog-cloning techniques his colleagues said Saturday.
Dogs are aggressive if they are trained badly
Apr 24, 2009 |
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Many dogs are put down or abandoned due to their violent nature, but contrary to popular belief, breed has little to do with a dog's aggressive behaviour compared to all the owner-dependant factors. This is ...
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