In mid-February, the owners of a backyard flock in Suffolk County, NY, noticed two guinea hens and three of their chickens were sick; three days later, the birds were dead. Within five hours of getting a swab off the birds’ airways, the New York State Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory determined it was New York state’s first case of a deadly strain …
Hannah LeBlanc has always been goal-oriented. That’s probably why she excelled in soccer. The 2022 Port Neches-Groves High School graduate is now setting her sights on a degree in agricultural sciences for veterinary medicine at McNeese State University. She recently received a $2,500 STAR Scholarship from the International Chapter of the PEO Sisterhood’s Chapter CP to help in that effort. …
The Washington State University College of Veterinary Medicine’s Teaching Academy was one of the main reasons Dr. Susan Matthew decided to leave her home behind in Australia and move across the Pacific Ocean. “I was attracted by the fact that there was such a focus on high-quality teaching and learning,” Matthew said. “The college’s Teaching Academy is a really rare …
Treatment with abatacept, a medication approved for rheumatoid arthritis, prevented the formation of inhibitors against hemophilia A replacement therapies in a rat model, a study demonstrates. These findings support the use of abatacept to prevent immune responses against human proteins in a preclinical setting, the researchers noted. the study,”CTLA4-Ig prevents development of neutralizing antibody formation after continuous treatment with human …
BRICK – Katherine Ernst got the idea to open a dog treat business for a very simple reason. She wanted to help her own dog, a rescue from a shelter named Piper. “Like most dogs from shelters, she had some health issues, including resurfacing dry skin here and there, chronic eye and ear infections. At that time, I didn’t know …
Dr. Jane
February 9, 2022
The Junhao Group owns dozens of patents related to pet-related trademarks and pet nutrition. It has more than 100 products in four categories (powder, tablet, paste, granule) of pet treats and pet nutrition. So it is a well-known large-scale OEM production, R&D, processing enterprise in China. At the same time, its Luxing brand was listed as one of the top …
Dr. Jane
January 15, 2022
JAMUL, California — Seven years ago, Babs Fry was devastated when a pregnant terrier mix she was raising at her Jamul ranch disappeared without a trace. Then she received an email from a professional pet tracker with some unusual dog recovery tips that blew Fry away. “I lost a dog and I was very scared and didn’t think anyone could …
Dr. Jane
December 4, 2021
Police arrested a man in South Belfast on suspicion of attempted break-in. The man was arrested in the Ormeau Road area, according to a tweet from the PSNI South Belfast unit, with support from the PSNI Dog Division. In a tweet sent at 4:17 a.m. on Saturday, South Belfast Police said the arrest was made by the Auto Crime Team …
Dr. Jane
December 1, 2021
COVINGTON, Georgia – A mixed breed dog helps a group of Newton County first responders deal with the often emotionally demanding and stressful job. Covington-Newton County’s 911 officials have been using the skills of a trained therapy dog named Annie since August to help its staff answer some of the many emotionally stressful calls they receive, Director Trudy Henry said. …
Dr. Jane
November 22, 2021
The popular therapy dog at a Derby special school has done its part to ensure that employees and students celebrate their “good” rating by the Ofsted inspectors. Wilf has received special praise from government inspectors who referred to him as “an important contributor” to the Kingsmead School in Alvaston. Therapy dog Wilf was named in the inspector’s report for supporting …
