Veterinary News

• Moving Forward On Dog Breeding - British Veterinary Association
  Sun, 28 February 2010
  The veterinary profession was well represented at a meeting of key stakeholders brought together to discuss the next steps on dog breeding...
• UAB Testing Software To Teach Kids To Interact Safely With Dogs
  Fri, 26 February 2010
  Psychologists at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) are testing a software program designed to teach children to interact safely with dogs. Each year as many as 4.5 million Americans are bitten by dogs. Nearly one in five - about 885,000 people - suffer injuries severe enough to require medical attention, accordin ...
• The Bigger The Animal, The Stiffer The 'Shoes'
  Fri, 26 February 2010
  If a Tiger's feet were built the same way as a mongoose's feet, they'd have to be about the size of a hippo's feet to support the big cat's weight. But they're not...
• Small Dogs May Have Evolved From Middle Eastern Grey Wolves
  Thu, 25 February 2010
  Geneticists who compared the genes of large dogs, small dogs and wild relatives, found a version of a gene that is carried by all small dogs and very few of the others, apart from grey wolves in the Middle East, suggesting that today's small domesticated dogs evolved from them...
• Horse Stem Cell Conference To Draw Veterinarians And Human-Health Professionals
  Thu, 25 February 2010
  Some 200 veterinarians, stem cell researchers and other medical professionals from throughout the United States and abroad will gather March 5-6 in the heart of California's Central Coast horse region for a groundbreaking conference on the use of stem cell therapy and regenerative medicine to treat horses and other animals...
• Vets Remind Owners To Protect Their Pets Before The Summer Holidays
  Thu, 25 February 2010
  It may seem like a never-ending winter in the UK, but vets are already looking forward to summer and reminding pet owners to find out about the requirements for taking their pets abroad in plenty of time...
• Alley Cat Allies Opposes Illinois Legislation To Cut Spay/Neuter Funding
  Mon, 22 February 2010
  Alley Cat Allies, the national advocate for stray and feral cats, today called on supporters in Illinois to voice opposition to a pending bill in the state House of Representatives that would cut funding for successful spay/neuter programs...
• Support For Vets In Crisis - British Veterinary Association
  Sun, 21 February 2010
  The high prevalence of depression and suicide in the veterinary profession are well documented. As a practical measure to promote the help and support available to individuals the British Veterinary Association's Members' Services Group has devised a Vet Helpline sticker which is being sent out with the Veterinary Record o ...
• Dolphin Cognitive Abilities Raise Ethical Questions, Says Emory Neuroscientist
  Fri, 19 February 2010
  Emory University neuroscientist Lori Marino will speak on the anatomical basis of dolphin intelligence at the American Association for the Advancement of Science conference (AAAS) in San Diego, on Sunday, Feb. 21 at 3:30 p.m. Many modern dolphin brains are significantly larger than our own and second in mass to the human bra ...
• Wedgewood Pharmacy Now Compounds Implantable Carboplatin Beads Using Matrix III Under Ex ...
  Fri, 19 February 2010
  Wedgewood Pharmacy now is compounding implantable carboplatin beads using patented Matrix III? drug-delivery technology under an exclusive license with Royer Animal Health. Implanted locally, carboplatin beads may reduce the veterinarian's exposure to the medication compared with the traditional injection. Carboplatin beads ...