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GENEVA: Some pigs, turkeys and household pets have become infected with the H1N1 flu, but the pandemic virus does not yet appear to be spreading quickly among animals, the World Health Organisation has said. The WHO spokesman, Mr Gregory Hartl, said ...

KOURE, Niger -- A crisp African dawn is breaking overhead, and Zibo Mounkaila is on the back of a pickup truck bounding across a sparse landscape of rocky orange soil. The tallest animals on earth are here, the guide says, somewhere amid the scant ...

The Commercial Appeal reports Wharton said he fired Ernest Alexander because shelter employees were unable to follow proper procedures for euthanizing animals and complete basic tasks like paperwork. The announcement came Friday morning, a day after ...

MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP)--A federal animal disease lab headed to Kansas will likely bring along companies looking to profit from that research, Sen. Sam Brownback said Nov. 2. Brownback, along with state and local leaders, formally announced that the U.S ...

The whole genome sequence of the domestic horse has been completed by the genome-sequencing center of The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, in collaboration with an international team of researchers that includes scientists at UC Davis. Findings ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Memphis Mayor AC Wharton has halted all euthanasians at the city's animal shelter while an investigation into animal starvation is completed. The Commercial Appeal reported Wharton's order on Wednesday came about a week after ...

(CNN) - Little Roo has a lot of fight in her. She is only 6 weeks old, but has already had a rough life. Her owner abandoned her, she's been sick and in the hospital, and she was born with only two legs. Roo was started to learn how to get around ...

As uncertainty continues over the swine flu pandemic, veterinary clinics in Calgary have been inundated with calls from people worried about their family pets. Danny Joffe, medical ...