Dog ownership in India is skyrocketing. Reliable figures are hard to come by, but there are thought to be over 10 million pedigree dogs on the sub-continent. The market research website Euromonitor In...
More and more horses are becoming obese and, as with humans, overweight horses are prone to a number of debilitating conditions. So it’s important that they get the right balance of energy (calorie) i...
The 8-week study is one of the first designed to examine if dog interaction might benefit military veterans’ mental health. Researchers from Florida Atlantic University, the University of Maryland and...
Pet food is commonly available as a dry kibble or a wet product. Both types, when described as ‘complete and balanced’, provide the essential nutrients in the right ratios for dogs or cats. Wet pet fo...
7th October, 2011 – A team of researchers has shown that female kittens consume more food and are more likely to be overweight post-neutering when compared with all their littermates. In a 12-month st...
Researchers at major academic institutions in the United States have been awarded funding through the National Institutes of Health/Mars–WALTHAM™ Public-Private Partnership. These new studies will exa...
December 21, 2016 - One in five US veterans of recent conflicts suffers from some form of post-traumatic stress disorder or major depression. This can lead to huge problems, including family breakdown...
Toy dogs may look cute, but many were bred for work. The Yorkshire Terrier, for instance, was reared to hunt rats in the cotton mills of Northern England. This accounts not just for its size, but also...