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Second Wildfire in a Year Sends Colorado Animal Rescuers Scrambling
6-14-2013
Norris Penrose Event Center, which hosts the annual Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo, is one of many facilities temporarily housing horses and other animals displaced by this week’s massive Black Forest Fire in Colorado.
In a bit of déjà vu, the staff of the Colorado Springs-based equestrian center is once again looking after horses as ... Read more»
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 Arizona’s First Veterinary College on Track to Open in 2014
6-11-2013
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 Web Vet Launches Court Fight With Texas Regulators
6-5-2013
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 Nestlé Purina Buying
Petfinder Adoption Website
6-5-2013
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 Recall Notice: Natura Expands Notice to 6 Brands, mid-2014 Expiration Dates
6-18-2013
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Time Bomb: Tick Populations to Explode in 2013
For a number of reasons, tick populations in many areas of the country will likely explode this year, according to several parasitologists, so veterinarians should be vigilant about discussing preventives with clients.
"There has been an increase in tick populations over decades, but in the last 10 years, they have really exploded,” explained Susan E. Little, DVM, PhD, Dipl. ACVM, Regents professor and Krull-Ewing chair in veterinary parasitology at Oklahoma State University. "And it is not just more ticks, it is more ticks in more places.”
There are many reasons that ticks and the diseases they carry spread...Read full story»
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