Veterinary Medicine
Disease-causing tapeworm found in Puget Sound coyotes in first confirmed West Coast wild detection
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University of Washington researchers report finding the parasitic tapeworm Echinococcus multilocularis in more than one-third of coyotes tested around Puget Sound, the first confirmed detection of the parasite in a wild host on the contiguous U.S. West Coast.
A new study of wild snakes in the southeastern United States has uncovered widespread infections from a fungal disease and lung parasites. Researchers found that many snakes carry multiple pathogens, with pygmy rattlesnakes facing particularly high risks.
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A genetic analysis of 493 tumors from domestic cats collected across five countries found that feline cancers share many of the same cancer-driving genes seen in people and dogs, including frequent FBXW7 mutations in feline mammary tumors that are linked to poorer outcomes in some human breast cancers. The results were published in Science.