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Researchers at a Canadian university used 3D printing technology to replace the majority of a dog’s cancer-ridden skull. The patient, a nine-year-old dachshund named Patches, had a tumor that had grown so large it was weighing down her head, growing into her skull, and pushing dangerously close to her brain and eye socket. The procedure is thought to be the first of its kind in North America.

Get excited for AAHA Con in San Diego next month with round 2 of speaker trivia. Can you guess the AAHA Con presenters based on these facts?  

Seriously—she needs to forage. Especially if she’s overweight. That’s the consensus of the American Association of Feline Practitioners (AAFP), and they explain why in a new statement, “Feline Feeding Programs: Addressing Behavioral Needs to Improve Feline Health and Wellbeing,” published last month in the Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery.

Open-heart mitral valve repair on dogs is a tricky procedure at best, and the usual success rate is 60% to 75%, depending on the dog’s size, age, heart status, and overall health at the time of surgery. Japanese cardiologist Masami Uechi, DVM, can boast a success rate of 90%. Soon, he'll be teaching US veterinarians how he does it.

Meet Hannibal Lick-ter. No, not really. The freaky-looking mask only makes her look like a canine version of a scary serial killer.That’s Loca, a female Staffordshire bull Terrier whose skull was fractured in multiple places during a savage attack by another dog

This week: Cats! Two dead cats spark a cat food recall, a cat gets under a model’s skin—literally, and a cat owner adopts a kidney donor (it’s good to have a spare)

From a humble mobile surgery practice, Daniel Stobie, DVM, MS, DACVS, built NorthStar VETS into a referral practice with a 33,000-square-foot facility and 250 employees covering 20 different specialties—but it’s his team that he is most proud of.

Topics that most interested NEWStat readers in the past year included stories on innovative treatments, new drug approvals, Black vet med professionals making a difference, and better understanding neurodiversity.

This week: A daring baboon breakout, Congress could ban Americans from eating their pets, and a cancerous mass that’s anything but.

Using an individualized whole cancer cell vaccine and targeted T-cell lymphocytes, ELIAS Cancer Immunotherapy (ECI) can potentially create a “sustained immune effect” in dogs with osteosarcoma.