Forget tiny chihuahuas peeping out of handbags à la Paris Hilton, or Taylor Swift with her adorably grumpy looking Scottish Fold cats who have become celebrities in their own right. When it ...

The term 'animal model' describes a living, non-human animal which is used during scientific research for the purposes of investigating human disease. The objectives of the research involving an ...

"Come on over the fence; they’re friendly," Collins said as she stepped into the pig pen in her rubber boots. While she's used to having dozens of animals to care for, on Saturday 20 mini pigs ...

Animal models have served a prominent function in the development of the present ideas of pathogenesis and approaches to therapy. This commentary addresses the utility and limitations of these ...

And despite the stereotype, pigs are meticulously clean animals, Varble said. They can easily be housetrained, just like a dog; the smallest miniature pigs, known as teacup pigs, which weigh as ...

Dozens of rodents have been generated that model various aspects of ALS, like motor impairment or degeneration of motor neurons. No model recapitulates the human disease perfectly. By organizing ...

Indeed, given that problems exist because scientists must extrapolate from animal models to humans, one might think there are good scientific reasons for preferring human subjects. Justifying ...

Cops searched the area and found 81 dead or near-dead animals, including miniature horses, goats, rabbits, guinea pigs, ...

Use the drop-down menus to filter these publications by Animal Type, Setting, and/or Topic. Clicking on a parent category (e.g., Rodent) will include publications relating to all the items in that ...

A Cornish animal shelter is struggling with vet fees after rescuing 55 guinea pigs from a pet hoarder. Maria's Animal Shelter in Probus said it removed 61 guinea pigs and rabbits from a small ...