Sir William Osler is celebrated today not only for his contributions to the advancement of medical education, but also for the humanism he brought to the practice of medicine. He was a doctor whose bedside skills and manners were emulated, and can legitimately be called an infectious diseases specialist. Nonetheless, he was also a humanist in the broader sense of the term, a student of human af...

A serological survey of feline immunodeficiency virus and Toxoplasma gondii in stray cats.Pedersen B, et al. Risk factors for Toxoplasma gondii infection in pregnancy: results of a prospective case-control study in Norway. Prevalence of feline leukemia virus infection and serum antibodies against feline immun-odeficiency virus in unowned free-roaming cats. A, et al. Prevalence of ectoparasites ...

Investigation of fertility control techniques to reduce reproductive rates in wildlife populations has been the source of much research. Techniques targeting wildlife fertility have been diverse. Most research into fertility control methods has focused upon efficacy, with few studies rigorously assessing animal welfare beyond opportunistic anecdote. However, fertility control techniques represe...

This paper describes some of the starting points of a project on intelligent filters for group communication systems at Stockholm University. Group communication systems cause an imbalance between sender and recipient of electronic information. The aim of our project is to give recipients more control than they typically have today by giving users better and more varied information on the mater...

Abstract Severity assessment in animals is an ongoing field of research. In particular, the question objectifiable and meaningful parameters score-sheets, as well their best combination, arise. This retrospective analysis investigates suitability a score-sheet for assessing severity seeks to optimise it predicting survival 89 male Sprague Dawley rats ( Rattus norvegicus ), during experiment eva...