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Animal-Assisted Therapy: Does it work with stuffed animals? Discovery to stop mozzies spreading disease with ease Scientists have recently discovered that mosquitoes are able to detect a virus infection through a protein called vago. This protein is released as a warning that the bug has contracted a virus, alerting the bug���s immune system. The research will change the way scientists will look at controlling the diseases that mosquitoes pass on to humans and other animals, such as Dengue fever. Scientists are now looking to harness the mosquitoes��� defence system to make them immune to the viruses so they are unable to pass it on. Source: The Sydney Morning Herald Using animals in the therapeutic process of humans has long been known to have beneficial effects. People who have suffered early life trauma or who suffer from anxiety, depression, loneliness and isolation can benefit from owning an animal. This is labelled ���equine-assisted therapy���. It is widely popular and has shown remarkable results with clients who are not responding to other forms of treatment. The logistics of owning an animal does not suit everyone and research is looking into stuffed animals being used as a suitable replacement. Animals are a source of comfort during stressful times, which every person goes through. So do not disregard your pets or those stuffed animals from your childhood when you are going through a stressful time. Source: Good Therapy Stowaway bird nest pulled from plane The staff at Auckland International Airport found a bird���s nest, complete with eggs, in the wheel housing from a United States aircraft. The Boeing 747 was originally a Russian Aircraft that had been stored in the Mojave Desert. The jet arrived in Auckland from Arizona last week to be dismantled. The dismantling team alerted quarantine that they had seen a nest on the plane. The nest was made from mud, feathers and straw and contained four eggs. The species of the bird has not been identified but the materials pose potential risk to carry plant and avian diseases. It must have been a well secured nest to make it over here in one piece! Source: Scoop.co.nz New research looks at eliminating ���dog breath��� A whale with a distinctly human-like voice Through acoustic analyses researchers have been able to show that whales can imitate the voices of humans. This may not apply to all whales; in fact it may apply to just one very special white whale, NOC. NOC has always lived among dolphins and other white whales in an enclosure at the National Marine Mammal Foundation in California. In 1984, the researchers at the foundation began to notice some unusual sounds coming from the enclosure; these sounds were traced back to NOC. NOC had altered his vocal mechanics to make human-like sounds, sounds wholly different to those normally made by a whale. Source: Scoop The news every dog owner has been waiting for is on its way! Researchers have announced the successful completion of the initial stage on a programme preventing bad breath in man���s best friend. Dr John Hale, the programme leader at BLIS Technologies, explains that the probiotic BLS K12, which is known for its effectiveness in eliminating severe bad breath in humans, has elicited similar results when given to dogs. Although the trial was only a pilot and therefore very small, the results were encouraging so the programme will be extended. The study is being undertaking by BLIS Technologies as well as the Open Polytechnic School of Veterinary Nursing. The dogs from the trial were volunteered by their owners, the staff at the research facilities. Sweet-smelling possums may help to eradicate TB Possums are not many people���s favourite animals, even less so because of their tendency to carry TB. New initiatives are being carried out using female possum sex pheromones to capture possums. The pheromones attract both male and female possums and have contributed significantly to reducing 96% of the possum population infected by TB since 1994. Eliminating TB is essential to protecting our premium export markets such as beef and dairy. Source: Scoop www.h e rmagaz in e .co.n z | 69