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Dog breed genetic tests put to the test

Divining the breeds that make up a mutt is amusing sport for most dog lovers, and veterinarians are no exception. So when the first DNA test for dog breeds hit ...

Did You Want a Bunny for Easter?

Twas the week after EasterAnd all through the houseA bunny was stirringAll quiet like a mouseIt tasted the carpetIt marked the new couchIt left little green pr ...

Diagnostic Crotch Sniffing?

Five dogs (Labs and Golden retrievers) were trained to detect contaminated urine in scent detection boxes. When they came across a contaminated urine sample, t ...

Classroom Pets: Things to Consider

Having pets in school classrooms is a somewhat controversial subject. For every good point that's raised (e.g., promoting empathy, entertainment, learning about ...

How much Kitty Vomit is too much?

"My feeling is that one or two vomits per month means that you are a cat."Oh yeah, baby.Dr. Jeff Latimer posted his sentiment about cat vomiting/hairball freque ...

My Neighbor Poisoned my Dog!

Of all the odd phenomena that I have witnessed in 18 years of veterinary emergency medicine, one stands out as perhaps the oddest and most annoying: the unshak ...