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.
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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.
What you should know about emotional support animalsSeptember 27, 2016After qualifying to travel with an emotional support animal, a 45-year-old woman telephoned Joanne Williams, LCSW, of Next Generation Psychology, which performs emotional support animal evaluations, saying, “You’ve changed my life. Who knew that my cat could enable me to have a new life?”
Food for thought about pet nutritionSeptember 15, 2016Clients relying on internet sources and word of mouth get confused about pet nutrition and health, but veterinarians can be a trustworthy voice of reason.
UC Davis seeks dogs with pulmonic stenosisSeptember 13, 2016A new clinical trial by the University of California, Davis School of Veterinary Medicine is focusing on dogs with pulmonic stenosis, one of the most common congenital heart defects in dogs.
Pennsylvania researchers unveil similarities in canine, human blinding diseaseSeptember 8, 2016A group of researchers from various departments within the University of Pennsylvania recently reported that the disease course of Leber congenital amaurosis (LCA) in canines and humans share remarkable similarities.
