May 25, 2015
The patient was small: a one-year-old female Burmese cat named Vanilla Bean. The diagnosis was big: a rare congenital heart defect found in children. The solution was unusual: a human cardiology team who guided the veterinary surgeon through a delicate surgery rarely performed on cats due to their size. The University of California at Davis (UC Davis) announced the success of the surgery on May 14.
May 04, 2015
A report issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on May 1 concluded that Yersinia pestis, the bacterium that causes plague, was present in a blood sample collected from a man hospitalized with pneumonia last summer in Colorado. The source of the illness appears to be his dog.
October 24, 2010
There could soon be a new weapon in the fight against canine cancer. Researchers at the University of Missouri College of Veterinary Medicine are set to begin testing of an anti-cancer drug in dogs this fall. University of Missouri Assistant Professor of Oncology Kimberly Selting, DVM, DACVIM, will lead the research. Selting said the clinical trial will include 15 dogs, and she will start enrolling patients in mid-October. “The study will allow any dog with a confirmed diagnosis of cancer, and that has a tumor that is still measureable,” Selting said. “We will note if any particular cancers respond better than others and that will help us design the next phase of this clinical research, knowing which kinds of cancer to target. In people, taxanes are used often for lung and intestinal cancers, as well as breast and other cancers.”
May 13, 2015
In the largest project of its kind, scientists at the University of Manchester have been using CT scans and X-rays to identify, noninvasively, what lurks below the surface of Ancient Egypt’s animal mummy cloths. The results surprised them. Of the 800 mummies scanned, one-third revealed no animal or skeletal remains. (Another third contained complete animals, and another third contained partial animals.)
November 04, 2003
Everyday products dangerous to pets
June 29, 2017
Catch up on the latest pet and veterinary news from the last week. In this update: researchers try to improve police dogs' accuracy, the UK Kennel Club present best dog photography from 2016, a Neapolitan Mastiff wins the World's Ugliest Dog Contest, a dog's leg is saved by bone-growing technology, and a team uses dogs to try to find Amelia Earhart.
June 21, 2017
Catch up on the latest pet and veterinary news from the last week. In this update: leptospirosis cases on the rise in Arizona, dog treat recalls due to Salmonella risk, tools that could help dogs call 911, Take Your Dog to Work day, and, just for fun, a site featuring photo portraits of dogs.
July 27, 2017
Catch up on the latest pet and veterinary news from the last week. In this update: Researchers find biomarkers for heart disease, pet startups grow in popularity, dogs boost owners' physical activity, and a CIA operation to create cat spies.
March 23, 2017
Get your weekly updates on news from the industry. This week: more pet food recalls and AKC reveals the year's most popular breeds.
January 11, 2018
This week: Raiders of the Lost Bark, a new dog breed we bet you can’t pronounce, and a UC Davis vet heals paws by repurposing fish skin.
