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Cat

Opinion: Can cats really get or pass on COVID-19, as a report from Belgium suggests?

31 Mar 2020

Should we be concerned about the coronavirus spreading to cats? Not yet, says Dr Sarah Caddy in this article for ̽»¨Ö±²¥Conversation, even after a...

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Pets are a child’s best friend, not their siblings

26 Jan 2017

Children get more satisfaction from relationships with their pets than with their brothers or sisters, according to new research from the ̽»¨Ö±²¥...

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Opinion: How to save inbred, short-faced dogs such as pugs and bulldogs from poor health

02 Aug 2016

David Sargan (Department of Veterinary Medicine) discusses the health implications of breeding the perfect pets.

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A toy spaniel, a Pomeranian and a Maltese terrier at a basket – Oil on Canvas by Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Wegener 1855

Are you a dog-person, a cat-person, or a bear-person?

16 Sep 2015

̽»¨Ö±²¥Cambridge Animal Alphabet series celebrates Cambridge's connections with animals through literature, art, science and society. Here, P is for Pet...

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Feeding time at Battersea Dogs Home. John Charles Dollman, Table d’Hôte at a Dogs Home, 1879.

How the dog found a place in the family home – from the Victorian age to ours

15 May 2015

Dogs have been companions to humans for tens of thousands of years. In a new book, Dr Philip Howell argues that it was the Victorians who ‘invented’...

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A dog called Jasper during the trial

First randomised controlled trial to show spinal cord regeneration in dogs

19 Nov 2012

Researchers have shown it is possible to restore co-ordinated limb movement in dogs with severe spinal cord injury (SCI).

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