JoAnna Pendergrass, DVM

A recent review paper provided insight on the microbiomes of North American ticks important to veterinary medicine.

Some veterinarians are giving a special type of prescription to clients who use the internet to find pet health information.

What causes young children to be bitten by dogs, and how well are children up to age 6 being supervised around the family pet?

Dogs will match the movement and gaze of humans, suggesting a strong affiliative bond between dogs and their owners.

A new class of joint supplements with anti-inflammatory activity may change the way cranial crucial ligament rupture is managed in veterinary medicine.

Transport-related problem behaviors can compromise the safety and welfare of both horses and their handlers, underscoring the need to reduce the frequency of these behaviors.

A recent review summarized what is currently known about aspiration pneumonia in dogs and humans.

Does the use of checklists prompt veterinarians to discuss important preventive care topics with clients?

Shelter dogs have a wide array of emotional states that can be assessed using an innovative approach called Qualitative Behavioral Assessment.

The dog-human bond can motivate, or demotivate, an owner to walk their dog.

The antibacterial activity of several macromolecules suggests a new way to combat the growing problem of antibiotic resistance.

A dog’s urine chemistry changes after a gonadectomy, creating a scent that may take longer for other dogs to analyze.

The Qualitative Behavioral Assessment shows promise as a method of evaluating a range of positive and negative emotions in horses.

Although dogs and cats in Madrid uncommonly shed Clostridium perfringens and C. difficile, this shedding could pose a public health problem.

Treatment with a human granulocyte-colony stimulating factor analog can markedly improve the clinical course of chronic canine ehrlichiosis.

Evidence-based growth standards for dogs may help in monitoring early-life growth, identify potential growth disturbances, and promote long-term health.

Ever wonder how packs of African wild dogs decide when to pick up and move to another location? We’ve got the scoop!

Results of a canine study may shine a light on the use of gene therapy in humans with muscular dystrophy.

How do dogs recognize themselves? A modified self-recognition test provides some answers.

A study has recently identified a set of 5 personality factors in pet cats.

Veterinary oncology could be getting a step closer to using immunotherapy, given the safety and efficacy of a newly identified canine chimeric monoclonal antibody.

The authors of a recent review paper compared idiopathic calcium oxalate (CaOx) nephrolithiasis between dogs, cats, and humans.

Only 40% of dog owners actually walk their dogs. What motivates them to do it?

The relationship between welfare quality and the neutrophil:lymphocyte ratio can provide important insights into a working or breeding horse’s living environment.

Understanding when fear-based aggression is most likely to occur, plus how to identify and manage it.

How can One Health strategies be used to strengthen coordination between animal and public health services to prevent dog bites and rabies?

Hungarian researchers studied whether sleep has the same memory consolidation effect in dogs as it does in humans.

A recent study has provided an answer to the longstanding question of the pathogenesis of canine demodicosis.

Is pet ownership really as beneficial to children’s health as previous studies have suggested? Possibly not.

Compared with standard owner-administered otic therapy, researchers sought to determine whether a veterinarian-administered otic gel leads to higher quality of life scores for dogs with otitis externa and their owners.