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

Washington -- A new government study says the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) didn't adequately assess the biosecurity and economic risks of moving the Plum Island, N.Y., animal-disease research lab to a Kansas State University site in Manhattan, Kan.

Washington -- The Senate voted this week to slash funding for the National Animal Identification System (NAIS) developed by the Department of Agriculture as a means of protecting the nation's food supply.

Seattle -- Dr. Larry Corry, president of the American Veterinary Medical Association, wants to re-establish veterinarians as leaders in animal welfare.

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

St. Paul, Minn. -- An experimental procedure to treat a dog with brain cancer that remains successful a year later has earned the University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine funding to treat more dogs through clinical trials.

Louisville, Ky. -- Flash flooding from a record six inches of rain in one hour flooded parts of Churchill Downs racetrack yesterday, forcing the evacuation of 30 to 35 Thoroughbred racehorses.

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

A Calif. high court has upheld a decision several states have already made.

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.

The USDA has filed an injunction against Teva Animal Health Inc. leaders.

Manhattan, Kan. -- A veterinary professor and fellow researchers at Kansas State University's College of Veterinary Medicine are conducting studies into the characteristics of the pandemic H1N1 flu virus and developing better detection methods.

Hartford, Conn. -- Connecticut veterinarians are now required by law to obtain at least 24 hours of continuing education every two years.

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.

Columbia, Mo. -- A $1 million pledge to establish two scholarships at the University of Missouri?s College of Veterinary Medicine has been made by a Missouri couple whose dogs were treated at the school.

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.

Disorders of the esophagus include inflammation (esophagitis), neuromuscular dysfunction (megaesophagus, dysautonomia), anatomical abnormalities (stricture, herniation), obstruction (foreign bodies, vascular ring anomalies, extraluminal masses), and neoplasia.

In veterinary medicine, cats are too often treated as strange small breed dogs. To those who work with cats every day, the fallacy of this supposition is obvious.

Obese female cats are at greatest risk of developing hepatic lipidosis.

The normal physiologic and pathologic vaginal conditions.

Vomiting is among the most common reasons that dogs and cats are presented for evaluation.

Diarrhea is one of the most common presenting complaints in feline medicine.

Transfusion of blood products is a frequent necessity in small animal practice.

Blood gas analysis provides information about respiratory function and acid/base status.

Hemograms consist of both quantitative data (total cell counts, differential cell counts, red cell indices, etc.) and qualitative data (blood film morphology). Proper interpretation depends on the integration of both.