Importing dogs into Canada has also introduced a flesh-eating parasite that is transmissible to humans. Veterinarians, researchers and public health officials should work together to curtail the disease.
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Pets can relieve anxiety during the pandemic and reduce the effects of social isolation. However, there have been waves of pet adoptions and abandonment related to the pandemic.
Bats have been the reservoir for recent disease outbreaks, including SARS and the current COVID-19 pandemic. But it’s human activity that allows the virus to cross over.
More innovative teaching and learning is needed to disrupt the current techno talk about the fourth industrial revolution.
Animals can bring a sense of trust and stability.
We assume that dogs are smarter than other domesticated animals, but science says otherwise.
Behind the uproar over Johnny Depp’s dogs lies a serious and evolving idea: our animal companions have an important place in our lives that entitles them to rights akin to a sort of citizenship.
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Professor and Dean of Humanities, University of the Witwatersrand
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Reader in Education with Psychology and Centre for Death and Society, University of Bath
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Lecturer in Animal Science, Newcastle University
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Senior Lecturer in Digital Ethics; Deputy Director, Centre for AI and Digital Ethics, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor (Teaching), Biology Department, University of Waterloo
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Full Professor at McGill University, Departments of Medicine, Microbiology and Immunology; Senior Investigator at the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre and Chair of the Laboratory for the Study of Host-Parasite Interaction., McGill University
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Veterinarian, M.Sc. student in Molecular Parasitology, Université de Montréal
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Associate Professor at Université de Montréal (Faculty of Veterinary Sciences); Head of the animal parasitology diagnostic laboratory of UdeM; Adjunct professor McGill University (Faculty of Medicine) and Laval University (Faculty of Sciences)., Université de Montréal
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Associate professor, Queen's University, Ontario