Kansas State vets perform cataract surgery on young gibbonMarch 16, 2017Veterinarians at the Kansas State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine have performed what might be the first cataract surgery on a young ape patient in the U.S. The lucky ape? Booger, a 2-year-old gibbon.
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Changes urged in tortoise hibernation practicesJanuary 17, 2017The conventional wisdom among hobbyist tortoise-keepers has been to place their shelled wards in a shoebox and store them in a dark place for hibernation.
PSI: More pet sitters are watching chickensJanuary 17, 2017Pet-sitting services are no longer just for dogs and cats. Increasingly, professional pet sitters are taking care of backyard chickens when a city-slicker owner heads out of town, according to Pet Sitters International.
Lincoln Memorial University vet student completes internship in UAEDecember 29, 2016Haynes Werner is a master class falconer and third-year veterinary student at Lincoln Memorial University College of Veterinary Medicine (LMU). So when a professor encouraged him to apply for an internship in avian medicine and surgery at the Abu Dhabi Falcon Hospital (ADFH) in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), he did so.
Veterinarians remove mass from arm of world's oldest zoo gorillaDecember 5, 2016Colo, a western lowland gorilla, is not only the world's first gorilla born in a zoo, she's also the oldest zoo gorilla in the world. She lives at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium in Powel, Ohio. Going on 60 years now, Colo recently underwent an examination by zoo veterinarians to remove a mass growing under her arm.
Vets perform surgery on panda cub to remove mass of bamboo in intestineNovember 30, 2016When you’re an endangered species, you’d think life would cut you a break. But nope, life is forever out to get you … but that’s what makes veterinarians and vet techs all that more important. Without them, one little panda cub might not have made it to adulthood.
NC vet college celebrates 20-Year partnership with turtle rescue groupSeptember 19, 2016The North Carolina State University College of Veterinary Medicine and the Karen Beasley Sea Turtle Rescue and Rehabilitation Center recently celebrated 20 years of partnering to preserve and protect sea turtle populations. To mark the occasion, the groups held a special release of five rehabilitated turtles—two loggerheads and three greens—on the coast of North Carolina.
Wildlife vets create ‘snowshoes’ for injured mockingbirdSeptember 8, 2016Sometimes, you have to get creative when treating a teeny-tiny patient. That’s what the veterinary staff of the California Wildlife Center in Malibu, Calif., did when they found a Northern Mockingbird whose feet were “knuckling.” This meant the bird couldn’t open her feet to perch or even stand.
UC Davis veterinarians help return bald eagle to wildSeptember 8, 2016In May 2016, a wounded male bald eagle was found on the side of a highway in Northern California. The bird was taken to a local California Department of Fish and Wildlife game warden, who delivered him to Shasta Wildlife Rescue (SWR) in Anderson, Calif.
Kansas State searches for disease link in amphibians, peopleSeptember 7, 2016Pigs and chickens are well-known vectors for human influenza, but frogs and salamanders? Kansas State University veterinarians are looking at wild amphibians as possible reservoirs for influenza and other human diseases.
