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AKC Canine Health Foundation Funded Study of 9/11 Search and Rescue Dogs Enters its Fourteenth Year
At 16-and-a-half years of age, Morgan, an English Springer Spaniel, continues to lead a fairly active life. According to Katrene Johnson, Morgan’s handler, “She goes out to the barn with me several times every day, rambles with me and the other dogs on the trails once or twice a week, and still plays a little […]
Groundbreaking Study Finds 9/11 Search-and-Rescue Dogs Have Minimal Long-Term Respiratory Setbacks
More than two decades after the 9/11 attacks, a surprising discovery has emerged from the rubble—not about human responders, but their canine companions. While many first responders continue to battle chronic respiratory issues, a long-term study by the University of Pennsylvania has found that search-and-rescue dogs deployed to Ground Zero have shown remarkable resilience. With minimal health setbacks and even a slightly longer lifespan than their non-deployed peers, these dogs are not only heroes of the past, but may hold vital clues for the future of both veterinary and human medicine.
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Urban Search and Rescue Dogs
In this edition of Genome Barks we hear from Dr. Cindy Otto, Associate Professor of Critical Care at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine and the Director of the Penn Vet Working Dog Center. Dr. Otto discusses her CHF-funded research which has monitored the search and rescue dogs that worked in the 9/11 […]
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01557: Narrowing the Search for the Genetic Basis of Histiocytic Malignancies
In a previous study (CHF-760) Dr. Breen demonstrated that canine histiocytic malignancies (HMs) present with a high degree of DNA copy number alterations. His research group identified several aberrant regions of the genome that are highly recurrent between cases, suggesting that such regions are associated causally with the malignant process. Understanding the biology of genes […]
0002337: Assessment of Injuries, Environmental Toxins and Anthrax Exposure in NYPD Search and Rescue and Bomb Detection Canines During World Trade Center Relief Efforts
Terrorist events of September 11 caused devastation of extraordinary scale and magnitude. There is little information in the scientific literature that speaks to the risks or medical consequences to search and rescue dogs exposed to environmental toxicities resulting from massive building collapse and incineration, and bioterror agents such as anthrax. We intend to identify and […]
02165-MOU: Identification of Biomarkers and Therapeutic Targets for Canine Degenerative Myelopathy: The Search for A Cure
Degenerative myelopathy (DM) is an adult onset disease of the spinal cord causing progressive weakness and paralysis of the hind limbs and eventually all limbs. Mutations in an enzyme that converts superoxide to water and hydrogen peroxide, superoxide dismutase 1 (SOD1), have been linked to DM and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS-Lou Gehrig’s disease). DM is […]
0001459: Canine Seminal Plasma Proteins: A Comparative Study of 2D-PAGE Profiles Based on Staining Technique and Dog Fertility
Researchers in this study determined that the protein profile of canine seminal plasma is very different from that of stallions or bulls. They also noted that there is significant variability in the seminal plasma of different dogs. This project sought to determine whether a “fertility protein” is present in the seminal plasma of dogs. If […]