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Diseases and treatments - animal

The plight of the honeybee (November 2011)

Biological control of varroa with entomopathogenic fungi: a sustainable solution for a globally important pest? (November 2011)

The honey crop - the Holy Grail when antibiotics fail? (November 2011)

Fungal infections in honeybee brood (November 2011)

Honey for wounds: an ancient remedy for a modern problem (November 2011)

The foulbroods of the honeybee (November 2011)

A beekeeper's perspective (November 2011)

Are our homes microbiologically safe for cats and dogs? (November 2009)

Disease-driven declines in global amphibian biodiversity (November 2009)

Comment: One piece of the 'one medicine agenda': redevelopment of the Institute for Animal Health (November 2009)

Microbial diseases of bees (November 2008)

Bacterial sequences in an invertebrate genome (November 2008)

Photorhabdus: shedding light on symbioses (November 2008)

Comment - Bovine TB and badgers (Aug 2007)

Vaccination spells the end for a devastating plague (February 2007)

Flying hazards: birds and the spread of disease (Nov 2005)

Emerging infectious diseases of wildlife (Nov 2003)

Wildlife disease surveillance by the Veterinary Laboratories Agency (Nov 2003)

Does West Nile virus pose a threat to the UK? (Nov 2003)

Seal distemper outbreak 2002 (Nov 2003)

Now they eat them, now they don't: phagocytes and Borrelia burgdorferi in Lyme disease (Nov 2003)

The significance of genetic control in TSEs (Nov 2003)

Prions in the wild: CWD in deer and elk (Nov 2003)

The importance of veterinary microbiology: the role of the SGM (Nov 2003)

Microbes that benefit female invertebrates (May 2003)

Bat rabies in the UK (Feb 2003)

Fish diseases (Nov 2002)

Badgers and bovine tuberculosis (Aug 2002)

Was the BSE Inquiry worth holding? (Feb 2001)

What can you catch from your pets? (May 2000)

Foot and mouth virus - airborne spread (Aug 1999)

BSE and emergence of new variant CJD (Feb 1999)

Quarantine and rabies (Feb 1999)

Last updated 28 November 2011