Dr. Jane
January 23, 2023
The Shelter Medicine Program at the University of Florida (UF) College of Veterinary Medicine will be gifted a $510,000 grant from national nonprofit Petco Love. These funds are to address the growing shortage of shelter medicine veterinarians by ensuring shelter pets have access to timely, necessary veterinary care. According to an organizational release,1 the grant will support an accelerated internship …
What has made me a better veterinarian and restored my love for this profession? I could begin with obvious answers like enhancing my client communication skills, improving at medical records, learning about breakthrough treatments and procedures, or finding the best resources—but those things didn’t even make my list. They are important, however, they are not what motivates me to wake …
That’s Farming editor, Catherina Cunnane, in conversation with Paul Crawford (46), Islandmagee, Larne, Northern Ireland, a Royal Veterinary College graduate, and sheep farmer, who currently works as a self-employed veterinary anaesthetist. He discusses his current role in the veterinary medicine field, advice for new degrees and a desire to eradicate sheep scab. “My parents were both teachers, but happily, they …
Veterinarians, among their many gifts, have a way of making the remarkable seem ordinary. Take, for example, the vet who removed my English bulldog’s prolapsed eyelid gland and abdominal cyst in a single afternoon, or the one who sewed up my 12-year-old dachshund and gave him six more years of life after he was hit by a Nissan. The scope …
Dr. Jane
February 22, 2022
Actor Sidharth Malhotra took to social media on Tuesday to pen a note for his dog Oscar, who died recently. Sharing several pictures of Oscar from over the years, Sidharth wrote about their bond. Sidharth wrote, “Writing this with a heavy heart and moist eyes, My Oscar is no longer in this world. He’s left a massive void in my …
Dr. Jane
February 19, 2022
Fostering guide dogs was part of Gary Lyon’s plan to never get his heart broken again. It backfired spectacularly. It all started when Lyon, a 75-year-old retired plant pathologist, had to put down his pet dog, Zac. “He was a lovely boy,” says Lyon. “But he had all sorts of health problems towards the end, and was off his feet …
Dr. Jane
January 21, 2022
Somewhere in the Intensive Care Unit at Mount Carmel Grove City in Grove City, Ohio, Morgan Sheehan and Holly Riegel were standing by a bed one final morning, helping the patient in front of them be intubated one last time before the person FaceTimed with the family and lose the ability to communicate, at least for the time being. It …
Dr. Jane
January 11, 2022
Public attitudes towards veterinarians were overwhelmingly positive during the coronavirus pandemic as pet owners increasingly relied on their animals as a society and a source of mental wellbeing. The result, which came from a month-long review of social media posts, helps put news reports that focus primarily on pandemic-related disruptions in veterinary services, according to Colleen Parr Dekker, executive director …
Dr. Jane
December 25, 2021
Published Saturday, Dec 25, 2021, 12:08 pm Join AFP’s 100,000+ followers on Facebook Purchase a subscription to AFP Subscribe to AFP podcasts on iTunes and Spotify Read moreVeterinary Medication, Pet Merchandise And Hashish | Fox Rothschild LLPNews, press releases, letters to the editor: augustafreepress2@gmail.com Advertising inquiries: freepress@ntelos.net (© Lanier – stock.adobe.com) In August, the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine began …
Dr. Jane
December 11, 2021
Richard René Silvin and his partner, Robert Versteeg, are dog people. But maybe they should have had cats because they must have known nine lives. In fact, everyone has lived as many or more! In town is the life Rene is best known for as chairman of the Landmarks Preservation Commission. “It’s a lot of work, but I love it,” …
