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Justice Jones
Ms. Jizi
UWRT 1104
9 November 2017
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Better Test for Lyme Disease in Pets. Films Media Group, 2012,
can even cause early death. However, if it is found early then it can be treated effectively. With
the improvement of science, a new test has been made for Lyme Disease. With this test, the
animal is checked for Lyme Disease, and also to see which stage the disease has progressed to.
By using this, veterinarians can understand what treatments will be needed to cure the disease
I was very unaware of how advanced science was in terms of detecting disease. I did not
know that it was already to the point that specific stages of animal diseases could be found. I was
under the impression that it could only be recognized, and not actually shown how drastic it
actually is. However, this video helped me with my inquiry because it helped me to understand
that science is rapidly improving the ways that an illness is discovered and treated. So, this has
helped with my inquiry because it showed me that one sample from an animal can produce
multiple results regarding an illness. This will help in discovering disease in animals more
This video is credible because Bettina Wager, a veterinarian at Cornell University, was
one of the people discussing the functionality of the treatment. Wager has a PhD, as well as a
DVM (Doctor of Veterinary Medicine) from the School of Veterinary Medicine in Hannover,
Germany. She is a member of the American Association of Immunologists, and a member of the
DGFI (German Society of Immunology). She has also written multiple scientific publications on
Grauer, GF. Early Detection of Renal Damage and Disease in Dogs and Cats. The
Veterinary Clinics of North America. Small Animal Practice, vol. 35, no. 3, 2005,
pp. 58196.
Regular checkups of animals are a key to finding illness early. Checkups should include
things such as checking weight, blood, and urine. Unusual things in the blood or urine of animals
can indicate a problem within the body. Some things, such as Renal Damage, is more common in
older animals, so they must be monitored more frequently for strange behavior. If an illness is
found t can possibly be a sign of future disease. This detection can be a key to treating for the
This source is relevant to my inquiry because it focuses on some basic ways that animals
can be checked for illness. It also details how one illness can lead to another, thus further
complicating things. This source helped me to move forward in my inquiry because it gave me
some basic knowledge about my topic. Now I have a simple understanding of what goes into
checkups and how they are just as vital for animals as they are for humans.
This source is credible because the author is affiliated with the Department of Clinical
Sciences, and the College of Veterinary Medicine at Kansas State University. The author,
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Gregory F. Grauer, also published the article in the Veterinary Clinics of North America: Small
Animal Practice publication. The author is also qualified to write on this subject because he is a
Professor at Kansas State University, and is also the Jarvis Chair of Small Animal Internal
Medicine.
Horzinek, Marian C. Vaccine Use and Disease Prevalence in Dogs and Cats. VETMIC
While vaccines can be helpful to animals, they can also be harmful. There is a possibility
that animals can be harmed by the vaccine due to it backfiring and making illness worse.
Veterinarians also rarely check to see if the vaccine is actually working and just assume that they
will. In the past, many vaccines were generic and did not cater to specific animals or breeds. This
caused treatments to fail for a large population of animals. Also, it is now known that it is better
to treat a large population with a vaccination once, rather than treating a small population with a
vaccination multiple times. This is because if it is given to the majority of the population, then
they may develop an immunity towards a certain disease which in turn will benefit the species as
a whole.
This article was very informative for my inquiry. It allowed me to learn how vaccinations
are used today and how they were used in the past. I now understand that the majority of a
species needs to be vaccinated to become immune to a disease. If only a small amount are
receiving treatment, then it could lead to a possible epidemic. This article helped me further my
inquiry because it taught me on how vaccines can be used effectively to combat disease. It also
taught me how vaccines can sometimes do more harm than good to the patient. Commented [DJ4]: I just saw this yesterday:
https://www.facebook.com/PlanetPaws.ca/videos/1404799
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The author, Marian Horzinek, is credible because he studied veterinary medicine and
obtained his Doctor of Veterinary Medicine in 1962 at. He also received his Habilitation
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(equivalent to a PhD) in Virology in 1970. Marian was also the director of the Institute of
Veterinary Research at Utrecht University in Germany. On top of this, he was also the founding
president of the European Society of Feline Medicine, and has written over 300 scientific articles
Diagnostic Test (Kalazar Detect) in Dogs with and without Signs of the Disease.
Visceral Leishmaniasis is a hard disease to detect. One of the main ways that it is found is
by looking at the amount of antibodies produced by the animal. However, a new test has been
used to make detection of the disease easier. Veterinarians use a dipstick to find any samples of
antibodies within the animal. Even very slight traces can be picked up using this test. So, the
chances of accurately diagnosing an animal are very high with this test.
The article was very helpful in furthering my inquiry. This is because my inquiry is
regarding early disease detection in animals, which falls right in line with the article. The article
also displayed how science is advancing to adapt to diseases that are not as easy to find, and how
these discoveries can potentially save the lives of many animals in the future. There are other
ways to diagnose the disease that were described in the article, but they are more costly and not
as quick.
The author, Elenice Moreira Lemos, has written over 40 other scientific publications in
the field of immunology and clinical science. One of her publications, Establishing tools for
confirmatory test for neonatal screening, was published in the Journal of Immunological
Methods. She also graduated in 1989 from the Federal University of Ouro Preto.
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Sleeper, M, et al. Status of Therapeutic Gene Transfer to Treat Cardiovascular Disease in Dogs
and Cats. Journal of Veterinary Cardiology : the Official Journal of the European
Cardiovascular disease in dogs can be treated with gene therapy. Gene therapy is using
normal genes and replicating them. This is done by placing a catheter in the animal that helps
to replicate the genes, while causing minimal damage. By doing this, the genes that have the
disease can be replaced with the normal genes as a form of treatment for the animal. At the very
least, gene therapy can be used to slow the progression of heart disease until better treatments
can be obtained.
This article helped me with my inquiry because it showed me a new way to treat disease
that I did not even think about beforehand. It supports my inquiry because the article states that
early detection of the disease can be used to effectively implement the correct treatments. This
supports my question on how early detection of disease can be used to help prolong animal life.
However, this article also made me question how ethical such a procedure actually is. It also
made me question how often this procedure is done and if it is available for a large majority of
animals.
The author, Meg Sleeper is a Clinical Professor of Cardiology, and she is within the
Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences at the University of California. She received her
VMD from the University of Pennsylvania in 1993. She has also researched gene therapy for
cardiovascular disease and inherited heart disease. Sleeper was also apart of the Great Ape Heart
Justice,
The only issue I have with this has to do with spacing. You did an excellent job! Great
work. Your summaries are concise but cover the bases; you did an excellent job tying each
source to your inquiry: you paragraphs on credibility were so thorough. Wonderful work!