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Paintings, beadwork, digital illustrations, a story skirt – when Dr. Jordan Woodsworth (DVM, PhD) was completing her graduate studies focused on the dog-human relationship in Northern Saskatchewan and Indigenous communities, a touring art exhibition

Epidemiologists say two recent cases of rabies found in dogs brought to Canada from overseas underscore the importance of surveillance for new strains of viruses and bacteria that could be transmitted from animals to humans, a subject highlighted in a review paper published in Science Translational Medicine last week. 

Equine veterinarian Dr Hugh Townsend is world-renowned for his research work in developing equine vaccines and improving their efficacy.

An estimated 75 per cent of all emerging infectious diseases were originally passed to humans from an animal. This data prompted researchers at the Un...