Pies: When dogs were evolving, bone marrow could sometimes form an important part of their diet

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Cancer Registrars Evolving in Bone Marrow Transplant Data Management

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First Case Report of Precursor-Targeted Immune-Mediated Anaemia in a Dog From Italy Lacking Rubriphagocytosis and With Severe Hyperferraemia: Diagnosis, Treatment, and Clinical Outcome.. Precursor-targeted immune-mediated anaemia (PIMA) is an uncommon and poorly understood cause of persistent non-regenerative anaemia in dogs and cats, characterised by ineffective erythropoiesis and frequently associated with rubriphagocytosis (RP) in bone marrow samples. An immune-mediated mechanism directed against erythroid precursors is suspected, although the exact pathogenesis remains unclear. Most affected animals respond to glucocorticoids, while additional immunosuppressants are required in refracto…

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Osteophagy is the practice of eating bones. It occurs among both carnivorous and herbiviorous animals. Among carnivores, it is an ecological niche where a species can extract more nutrition from the same food resources than competitors can, by being able to crack apart and digest bones. These adaptions may be dental, as in spotted hyenas and wolverines, or physiological and behavioral, as in bearded vultures. Among non-carnivores, the word refers to a behavior where individuals of a species consume bone, usually for supplemental minerals. Some species of herbivore, such as the North American porcupine, are especially attracted to chewing mineral-rich materials, but many mammals that live on…

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