Hurt While Saving Owner, Dog Wins Hambone AwardJanuary 19, 2017Kismet, a spry, 4-year-old Jack Russell terrier from Salt Lake City, was named Nationwide pet insurance company's 2016 Hambone Award winner for his most unusual pet insurance claim—and his heroic actions. The dog's road to the Hambone—a road no one would want to take—began with a violent home-invasion robbery in which Kismet and his owner, Shu Li, were nearly killed. Li arrived home early from work and was resting in an upstairs bedroom with Kismet at her side. Her husband was at work. A burglar entered the home and was immediately alerted to Kismet's growling. The man went upstairs and began to bludgeon Li with a club as Kismet barked and bit at his ankles and lower legs. "At first I thought someone was playing a joke on me, but then he started hitting me and I was fighting for my life," Li said. Nationwide Jack Russell terrier, Kismet She feigned passing out, and the perpetrator turned his attention to Kismet, still in attack mode, and stabbed the dog with a knife. The man then chased Li as she escaped outside. Li found help, and …
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Gift to pay for surgical rooms at OVCJanuary 19, 2017A$2.5 million donation from La Fondation Emmanuelle Gattuso, a Toronto charitable organization, will go a long way toward construction of the Surgical and Anesthesia Facilities at the University of Guelph’s Ontario Veterinary College.
Banfield sets up emergency fund for employeesJanuary 19, 2017Chances are good that a Banfield Pet Hospital employee, of which there are more than 16,000, will be impacted by a disaster in any given year. In fact, eight Banfield associates were hit hard this year—seven by flooding in Baton Rouge, La., and one by fire.
iVet360 earns RACE approvalJanuary 19, 2017Veterinarians and veterinary technicians scrambling for continuing education credits so they can renew their licenses can make use of iVet360’s webinars and training courses.
Virginia Tech gets cutting-edge CT scannerJanuary 19, 2017The installation of a high-definition CT scanner has given horse owners in Virginia and Maryland another reason to take their animals to the Marion duPont Scott Equine Medical Center in Leesburg, Va.
"I would do it all again."January 19, 2017William Folger, DVM, MS, Dipl. ABVP, was at a physician’s office in Houston when he began to receive emails about a Texas veterinarian who had used a bow and arrow to kill a cat outside her rural home.
Personal Wellness gets Zoetis' attentionJanuary 18, 2017Zoetis Inc. has beefed up VetVance, the drug maker’s free, online career education platform, by adding seven videos addressing mental health issues as they relate to the veterinary field.
Merck dog flu vaccine approvedJanuary 18, 2017The U.S. Department of Agriculture has approved Nobivac Canine Flu Bivalent, which manufacturer Merck Animal Health described as the first vaccine formulated to control subtypes H3N8 and H3N2.
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.
Researchers seek genetic keys to canine behaviorJanuary 17, 2017Two start-up companies are embarking on what they call the world’s largest canine behavioral genetics study. Finding out what makes dogs tick is a joint effort between Embark Veterinary, a canine DNA-testing service based in Austin, Texas, and Dognition, an online platform for assessing canine cognition.
