Federal officials say that approximately 800 of the animals were kept in a building hidden from inspectors for years. Veterinary exams after the rescue revealed a range of ailments.
The project, one of 17 vaccine efforts selected under a $100 million USDA program, aims for a vaccine that could be given before chicks hatch or through drinking water
Surgeons rehearsed on feline cadavers and used a custom 3D-printed template to remove the growth hormone-secreting mass in a 10-year-old cat. IGF-1 normalized within a week.