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UF veterinarians hope new gene chip will help detect, treat West Nile virus in horses and humans

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A new “gene chip” developed at the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine sheds light on brain response in horses infected with West Nile virus and could lead to better ways to diagnose and treat both equines and humans, researchers said.

Filed under Health, Research, Veterinary on Wednesday, December 7, 2011.

UF researchers: Single dose of contraceptive vaccine controls fertility in cats for years

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of Florida researchers, in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, report that a single dose of an immunocontraceptive vaccine controls fertility over multiple years in adult female cats.

Filed under Research, Veterinary on Thursday, September 29, 2011.

Genetic analysis of costly cattle disease may aid in vaccine development

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Researchers at the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine say proteins common to multiple strains of Anaplasma marginale, a tick-borne pathogen that costs the U.S. cattle industry millions of dollars annually and is even more devastating in developing countries, could hold the key to developing an effective vaccine against the disease.

Filed under Business, Research, Veterinary on Wednesday, July 13, 2011.