Cloning pets has pros and cons. In this article we will learn about why it might be necessary to clone a dog and what does it mean to clone a dog (possible consequences). Dogs are well-known companion animals but they really excel as working animals. You may already know they are widely used in different …
There is a new technology that can give a very accurate equivalence between the age of a dog and that of humans. You’ll be surprised it is not the usual 7-years-of-a-human for every 1-year-of-a dog. The method was developed by geneticist Trey Ideker and colleagues at the University of California, San Diego. They focused on …
In the US alone, there are about 90 million dogs and near one third are senior dogs. That means 30 million is the staggering number of senior dogs living in the USA. Aging is a time when dogs suffer from many health issues. There is a big chance your dog is in that group or …
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In this article we will cover: What are the main health issues with cloned dogs? What is reprogramming and what does it have to do with cloning What is Imprinting and how could it affect cloned animals? More possible problems: Mitochondrial heteroplasmy The telomere concern in cloning What about the mutations? Summary We recommend you …
The external appearance of two cloned animals is not identical. This has been observed in many animals that have been cloned when compared to the animals that generated them. To answer this question we must first understand, how similar two cloned animals are and what factors affect their resemblance? Are cloned animals the same as …
Dogs and coronavirus We may have asked ourselves whether COVID-19 is an exclusively human disease. Before getting into it we should be aware that coronaviruses are a virus family able to infect several animal species. They usually infect one species and eventually when 2 different species are living or interacting close together, they can jump …
Can a dog be infected with the human coronavirus SARS CoV-2 (COVID-19)? Read More »