WCVM vets save dog who was trapped in well for 27 daysDecember 28, 2016A dog who spent 27 days trapped in a well is on the road to recovery thanks to veterinarians at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine (WCVM) in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.
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Zomedica banks on canine diarrhea drugsDecember 19, 2016Zomedica Pharmaceuticals Corp. has started talks with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on the company’s third proposed veterinary product: an oral suspension formulated for the treatment of canine diarrhea.
Voyce collar monitor is no moreDecember 9, 2016Intersections Inc. shut down Voyce, its pet health monitoring business, on Dec. 1 after failing to attract a buyer for the subsidiary. The announcement came two days after an investment company, Loeb Holding Corp., withdrew a takeover proposal.
Onsior pain drug approved for dogsDecember 8, 2016The manufacturer, Elanco Animal Health of Greenfield, Ind., announced Tuesday that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration had approved Onsior (robenacoxib) in both tablet and injectable form for dogs.
Oregon State vets help dog with leg defectsNovember 28, 2016When people come together, great things can happen. Like when a newspaper readership and dog lovers from around the world came together to help a dog get the surgery he needed to fix one of his two deformed front legs at Oregon State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine's small-animal hospital.
Tech companies, Auburn University create longest synthetic virus for canine cancer researchNovember 21, 2016Canine bone cancer research is getting a boost thanks to the efforts of a gene synthesis company, Gen9, a software company, Autodesk, and Auburn University. The combined effects of these three groups helped successfully manufacture a synthetic viral genome, called sCAV2.
Vet helps puppy who swallowed 18-inch metal rodNovember 8, 2016When we see crazy pet radiographs, we’re not surprised by some of the things dogs and cats have swallowed. We have an entire contest about that every year, our infamous “They Ate What?!” Radiograph contest.
Tennessee vet college to study whether therapy dogs can lower dose of sedation in children undergoing surgeryOctober 14, 2016The University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine recently received a $79,000 grant from the Human Animal Bond Research Initiative (HABRI) to study whether therapy dogs can lower the dose of sedation in children undergoing surgery.
Purina & Sports Medicine vets collaborate to help canine athletesOctober 6, 2016Our knowledge about veterinary support medicine and our ability to help canine athletes are getting a boost thanks to the Purina Canine Sports Medicine Symposium.
Early detection is key with oral cancer in small animalsOctober 3, 2016I don’t know whether the incidence of oral tumors in pets is on the rise nationwide, but I do know they comprise more of my caseload than ever before.
