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About Cats (Free subscription) | yesterday
A 10 year old cat named Buddy Lou has been the third cat to be confirmed with the H1N1 virus, and the first one to die of it. The veterinarians at the Lebanon Animal Clinic in Lebanon, Ore. first treated Buddy Lou for pneumonia, as he was presented with difficulty breathing, and Xrays revealed fluid accumulating in the lungs, according to an article in the Kval.com. However, since the fluid buildup...
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Medical News Today (Free subscription) | yesterday
IV is a virus related to HIV that can infect monkeys. In some strains of monkey (which are known as natural hosts) SIV does not cause disease, whereas it does in others (which are known as susceptible hosts). It is hoped that understanding why SIV does not cause disease in natural hosts will provide insight into how to control HIV infection of humans. Two independent research teams, one led by Michaela...
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Pet Connection Blog (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
Take a great university (Georgia) in one of the best college towns in the country (Athens), with a College of Veterinary Medicine that’s utterly world-class. Have someone in that world class veterinary school say that it’s probably not a good idea for a lawyer in Savannah best known as one of the players in “Midnight [...]
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Pet Connection Blog (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
The secret ingredient in combating the sky-high incidence of respiratory disease in cats in shelters may turn out to be nothing more than room. “Can you imagine living in a space the size of a bathtub?” Dr. Kate Hurley, Director of the Koret Shelter Medicine Program at the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine, asked. “It’s [...]
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USA Today (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Over the past 10 years veterinary medicine has witnessed an explosion in the number of veterinarians heading into three- and ...
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eFoodAlert.com (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
FDA Compliance Policy For Animal Food From Downed Cattle Is 20 Years Old Recycling is good, according to Jason Fagot , general manager of Nebraska By-Products . In this case, Fagot is talking about recycling carcasses from dead livestock. Nebraska By-Products is a rendering operation that collects dead animals from farmers and ranchers, and renders their carcasses into useful items – such as...
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Euro Like Me (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Oww. That hurt a little bit. Two days out of commission, including about eight hours where my head felt like a cinder block, and four where I didn't even want to think about food for fear of making like Linda Blair. "Yerrr mother sucks c----Wuuugh, urrghhh--chunk-chunk-chunk!" Wasn't swine flu, methinks. But then again, I got my degree in veterinary medicine, so your human science is strange...
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Stephen Bodio's Querencia (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Bloomers blowing in the wind? Some people apparently don't like that. Read about those fighting the good fight - the "right to hang." Two California cities have voted to ban the declawing of cats. They took this action ahead of start of the new year, when state law forbidding municipalities and counties from regulating veterinary medicine goes into effect. A Kansas couple was arrested after...
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Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
The British Veterinary Association (BVA) has launched a simple and effective 8-point plan for the responsible use of antimicrobials in veterinary practice. Antimicrobials are essential for the treatment and prevention of diseases in animals, but every use increases both the risk that resistance will develop and the potential for its transfer to man via food-borne pathogens.
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About Cats (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
A second cat has now been confirmed as having H1N1, transmitted by a family member with the virus. The 14 year old cat, in Park City, Utah, was taken to the Park City Animal Clinic on November 6th, suffering with respiratory distress. Dr. Carl Prior, the veterinarian who treated the cat, told reporters from the Park Record newspaper that the cat was very sick and would have died without treatment....
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Top Stories from Newser (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Furniture beware: Los Angeles and Beverly Hills have become the latest California cities to outlaw the declawing of cats. Santa Monica and San Francisco recently passed similar bans and others are considering banning declawing before next year, when a new state law on the regulation of veterinary medicine will effectively...
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The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
LOS ANGELES — Two Southern California cities have voted to ban the declawing of cats, joining San Francisco and Santa Monica which recently outlawed the practice. The Beverly Hills City Council voted 5-0 Tuesday night to approve a declawing ban, except in cases of medical necessity. The Los Angeles City Council also gave final approval to a similar ordinance Tuesday. Officials in both cities...
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Dolittler (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Here’s another entry born of an email response to Monday’s post on how to identify quality in veterinary care. This time, it’s related to my comment on the issue of compassion in veterinary medicine––particularly with respect to high-priced, technically savvy hospitals where concern for the owner’s pocketbook takes a back seat to what’s best for the pet. The...
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Swisster (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
A new government report notes that the use of antibiotics in veterinary medicine is on the rise. Modern and sometimes unauthorized treatments are also suspected of being administered, some of which are employed in human medicine as a reserve, when standard versions fail. The report raises questions about the dangers of emerging resistant strains of animal diseases and their potential jump to humans....
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Dolittler (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
In response to the question I field most frequently (though seldom worded so succinctly), I’ll offer you a post that attempts a concise response to the issue of quality in veterinary care...and how you know you’re getting it. It’s like the tired old quip on porn: No one quite knows how to define it...but you always know it when you see it. So goes quality in veterinary care. Hard...
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