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 …
Dr. Jane
February 13, 2022
Suicide Prevention is Everyone’s Business. This is the most important message we can relay to Veterans, friends, family members, loved ones, VA staff and all of those in the community. There are many programs in the Minneapolis VA that partner with communities to provide information and educate the public on how they can recognize the signs of a suicidal crisis. …
Dr. Jane
December 25, 2021
CHICAGO (WGN) – A Chicago woman who lost her dog nearly two years ago sued a local animal shelter and Chicago’s Animal Care and Control, claiming the organization adopted the dog without ever attempting to track it down. Karly Moran-West got Zeus, a golden retriever, when he was a puppy. The two were best friends for six years, but in …
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) – When he was a teenager, Dr. George Robinson III for being fortunate enough to work with Dr. Clyde Raby, a black vet who practiced in Baton Rouge. “He allowed me to come to his office and I enjoyed it,” said Robinson. That led him to decide to become a veterinarian at the age of 14 …
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – WVU Medicine said the weekend of July 4th is of concern with an increased number of accidents, and this year was no different. Alison Wilson, MD “We see an increase in trauma every year,” said Alison Wilson, MD, WVU Medicine Critical Care and the chair and division director of the Trauma Institute. “In the past three months …
When I started thinking about a career in veterinary medicine, I wanted to be sure that I fully understood the profession. Obviously, being a vet is more than playing with animals. What I wasn’t expecting was the link between veterinary medicine and suicide. At the beginning of March our profession lost at least three veterinarians and one technician. Your social …
A new research project has started to examine the genetics behind the traits that are essential for guide dogs. The Born to Guide project – the largest research project of its kind – involves the genome sequencing of around 3,000 puppies. This is then combined with existing data on the traits and characteristics of dogs to help researchers better understand …
The jaws fell this month when the Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges released data showing that 10,273 people applied for veterinary programs for the academic year starting in 2021, up 19% year over year . Even the group that gathered the information was surprised. A summary oThe AAVMC website, which describes the annual growth rate as “amazing”, has a …
Dr. Jane
February 19, 2021
The jaws fell this month when the Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges released data showing that 10,273 people applied for veterinary programs for the academic year beginning 2021, up 19% year over year . Even the group that gathered the information was surprised. A summary oThe AAVMC website, which describes the annual growth rate as “amazing”, has a colorful …
