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Although pet owners may be spending less on high-end items such as accessories and doggy daycare, they aren't cutting back on medical and preventive care.

Scientists have discovered that just three genes account for the menagerie of coats seen in dogs: one for fur length, one for curliness, and one for growth pattern.

In three videos, Dr. Jayce Lineberger demonstrates how to apply a soft padded bandage to the hindlimb.

Horses are closely watching your body language to see if they've got your attention, according to research by Leanne Proops and Karen McComb at the University of Sussex.

A bill introduced into Congress would allow pet owners to deduct up to $3,500 each year on expenses such as veterinary care.

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Great TV commercials that feature animals can pull at the heart strings as much as at the funny bone. Check out these contenders for the best.

The Canadian Lung Association is questioning the policy many airlines are adopting that allows pets to ride in the passenger cabin.

Motola, a Thai elephant that lost part of her left front leg after stepping on a land mine, is taking her first steps with a new prosthesis.

Among AVMA president Dr. Larry Curry's goals is to make sure veterinarians are the major voice in animal welfare issues.

More and more dogs are being rescued from bad conditions because of a recent law in Pennsylvania that requires adequate housing and care for dogs kept in kennels for breeding.

China has implemented a one-dog-per-household policy, ostensively to reduce the number of unregistered dogs.

Looking for adventure? The government is hiring veterinarians, technicians, and college students for paid part-time positions in disaster veterinary corps.

A dog's vocabulary and counting ability are about the same as those of 2-year-old children, according to new research.

The Department of Homeland Security is having to defend the proposed new site for a bio-defense research laboratory at Kansas State University in light of a Government Accountability Office report.

A Washington Post journalist gets a different perspective on the Pakistani city when searching for her adopted dog, Ahu.

Five experts weigh in on whether there is an increasing tick problem in the United States, whether more people are becoming infected with Lyme disease as a result, and what we can do about it.

While performing a routine fecal examination of a sample from a chicken, a technician in Texas identified a new protozoan parasite.

If your clients are taking their pets on vacation this year, you might recommend these pet-friendly destinations.

People and pets can cross-infect each other with this increasingly common superbug.

Domesticated dogs were thought to originate in East Asia, but research in Africa has thrown this theory into question, and the search is on for where dogs were first domesticated.

Researchers at Kansas State University are concentrating their efforts on the H1N1 flu virus in swine, trying to determine its virulence and potential for harm to people as well as develop better diagnostic tests.

An animal's quality of life depends on more than physical parameters--it includes all aspects of an animal's life that matter from the animal's point of view.

Scientists are increasingly finding pockets of animals afflicted with cancer due to the dumping of harmful chemicals into the environment.

The transfusion of blood products to treat acute blood losses, coagulopathies, and severe anemia has become indispensable in the care of critically ill veterinary patients.

Although the combination of hypoalbuminemia and hypoglobulinemia is "textbook" for a protein-losing enteropathy (PLE), it should be noted that a normal, or even elevated globulin level should never be the only reason to take PLE off a list of differentials that was generated by a history and physical examination.

Life expectancy for cats has risen, on average, to 14-16 years of age.

Before considering pathologic cytology of lymph nodes, it is necessary to define normal lymph node cytology.