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Physical rehabilitation techniques go a long way toward helping animals after surgery.

Officials say better management practices could prevent the spread of equine piroplasmosis (EP).

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The convergence of people, animals and the environment could be the most critical risk factor to the spread of infectious disease.

Rockville, Md. - The Food and Drug Administration just made an animal drug database accessible to the public.

Learn more about the zoonotic diseases DVMs can contract.

Fort Collins, Colo. -- A Colorado State University (CSU) veterinary surgeon tests a new prosthetic.

St. Paul, Minn. - Researchers at the University of Minnesota's College of Veterinary Medicine (UMCVM) have discovered a gene mutation that could be responsible for exercise-induced collapse (EIC) syndrome in Labrador retrievers.

New York, NY - The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals now is joining in the effort to warn pet owners about tainted pet foods.

Nashville, Tenn. - Tennessee recently revised its rules regarding euthanasia of companion animals.

Elmont, N.Y. - Blood samples from a horse that was euthanized at Belmont Park after being found with a fever and unable to stand in its stall tested negative for equine herpesvirus (EHV-1).

Raliegh, N.C. - NCSU will rank as the nation's first university to offer bone-marrow transplantation in a clinical setting.

Veterinarians "in general have a roguish attitude" toward protecting themselves against dangerous infections and zoonotic diseases.

They worked long days, sometimes from dawn to midnight, caring for 218 world-class performance horses competing in the 2008 Olympic equestrian games.

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Five horses in Manatee County tested positive for equine piroplasmosis (EP), a disease not reported in the United States since 1988.

The American Heartworm Society (AHS) asked 40,000 animal-health professionals to respond to a two-question survey this summer that could help prevent the spread of heartworm disease to areas that, until recently, rarely had had a case, AHS President Sheldon Rubin says.

In a recent article (The Effect of Hydration Status on the Echocardiographic Measurements of Normal Cats, by Campbell, F.E. & Kittleson, M.D. J Vet Intern Med 2007), the authors examined the effect of hydration status on echocardio-graphic findings in normal cats.

It's a big year for mosquitoes in Florida, and one result is a much higher incidence of Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE).

A system that will provide the Thoroughbred racing industry with its first national database of racetrack injuries is off and running.

Seoul, Korea -- The first commercial-ordered cloned dogs were born late last month as the result of a joint effort between Seoul National University and RNL Bio Co. Ltd.

Denver -- Hill's Pet Nutrition donated $1 million to the Morris Animal Foundation, along with pioneering genetic research data from Hill's laboratories, to assist the foundation in its cat health studies.

St. Joseph, Mo. -- A three-year global canine cardiology study funded by Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health that could reveal new information about congestive heart failure treatments has concluded.

Rockville, Md. -- FDA has agreed to extend the comment period on a final rule prohibiting use of cephalosporin antibiotics in food-producing animals. The new deadline is Nov. 1, 2008.

Prescott, Ariz. -- Imulan Biotherapeutics announced a study to test the effectiveness of a new immuno-therapeutic to treat dogs with coccidiodomycosis, or valley fever.

Franklin, Tenn. -- Some Pedigree pet food sold in Albertson's stores in Southern California and Las Vegas were recalled out of concern for potential Salmonella contamination.

It should be a common philosophy among dairy veterinarians that it is far preferable to get off to a good start and assure/maintain health than to make up for deficiencies later and treat disease.

National survey data concerning dairy calf health and survival have shown very substantial death rates over the last 10 to 15 years.

The neonatal development can be divide into specific time periods; the neonatal period (birth - 2 weeks); the transitional period (2-4 weeks); the socialization period (4 -12 weeks), and the juvenile period (12 weeks - puberty).

Approximately 20 years ago, studies centered on the ability of bull sperm to fertilize eggs in vitro.