|
|
|
Source: Thoroughbred Daily News
(June 24, 2013) It takes a lot to shock a regulatory veterinarian of 25 years. But that’s how Dr. Mary Scollay felt last October after Kentucky switched from private vets to state-employed ones for the administration of Lasix on race day. Scollay, the equine medical director of the Bluegrass State, said she soon learned that something as simple as giving a routine shot with the authorized dosage had been regularly abused by trainers and their vets...
Read more» |
|
Source: The Week
(June 18, 2013) On the hunt for a new asthma medication, pharmaceutical giant Merck & Co is looking at a new technology for testing potential drugs — a tiny "lung" that lives on a microchip. This is fantastic news for mice who might otherwise have the drugs tested on them...
Read more» |
|
Source: VPI Pet Insurance
(April 2, 2013) Just like their human counterparts, when pets are afflicted with even seemingly minor ailments such as an ear infection, stomach ache or cough, it can prompt a visit to the doctor. While the majority of these conditions are rarely life threatening, they can become chronic and expensive to treat...
Read more» |
|
Source: Treehugger
(June 3, 2013) "No foxes have killed penguins in the past seven years" This is clever. Very clever. Sheepdogs are bred and trained to protect sheep against wolves, but that doesn't mean that their skills can't be used to protect different animals against other species of predators. This is exactly what the Maremma Project did on Warrnambool’s Middle Island, off the south coast of Australia...
Read more» |
|
Source: Canada.com
(June 7, 2013) ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Contraceptive implants will prevent the births of thousands of puppies in Labrador's remote Innu communities, says a veterinarian who volunteered this week in Sheshatshiu.
Judith Samson-French, a Bragg Creek, Alta.-based vet with the group Dogs With No Names, said more than 60 female dogs had received an implant by Friday. The hormonal devices are about the size of a grain of rice and are slipped under the skin between the dog's shoulder blades...
Read more» |
|
Source: journal-news.net
(May 19, 2013) While not all legislation regarding dogs and cats in West Virginia has been reasonable or necessary, the Legislature has taken some admirable steps recently to do good things for the creatures in our care...
Read more» |
|
Source: High Plains/Midwest Ag Journal
(May 27, 2013) U.S. Sens. Jerry Moran, R-KS, and Angus King, I-ME, on May 15 introduced the Veterinary Medicine Mobility Act. The bipartisan legislation will allow veterinarians to legally carry and dispense controlled substances to protect the health and welfare of the nation’s animals, ensure public safety, and safeguard the nation’s food supply. Companion legislation, H.R. 1528, was also introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives...
Read more» |
|
Source: ABC News
(May 29, 2013) How costly are dog bites? The cost to the insurance industry last year was $489 million--about one-third of all the money paid out for homeowners' liability claims overall. That figure, says the Insurance Information Institute, is up more than 50 percent since 2003. The number of bite claims last year topped 16,500...
Read more» |
|
|
<< first < Prev 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Next > last >>
|
|
Page 27 of 34 |
