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Snarling, yelping and teeth gnashing was all I heard on one picturesque afternoon at my home First Nation in northern B.C. I was 13 years old, and my five-year-old sister and I were playing outside of my Nana’s house when Grizzly, our beloved family dog, was attacked by a pack of roaming dogs.

For more than 25 years, the canines (and other critters) of Cornell Companions have been bringing joy to the community

Now Southside is one of three communities partnering with Cornell researchers to create “resilience hubs” – existing facilities that support communities during disasters and crises caused by climate change, pandemics and other emergencies – and also create a replicable playbook for other New York state neighborhoods to follow. Starting Oct. 17, the communities, with the […]

In Memoriam: Dr. Eugene Breznock Rob Warren October 11, 2024 Dr. Eugene Breznock celebrating Halloween with one of his three grandsons. Eugene Breznock, MS, PhD, DVM Dr. Eugene Breznock, a long-time faculty member of the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine, passed away on August 22, 2024, at the age of 81. Dr. Breznock joined […]

In 2016, when the UW School of Veterinary Medicine’s (SVM) Program for Shelter Medicine – in partnership with the Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory – identified that H7N2 avian influenza had infected cats in NewYork City shelters, the outcome looked bleak. With concerns that the disease could spread to humans or other animals, depopulation of animal […]

Photo by Laura McKenzie, Texas A&M AgriLife Texas A&M veterinarians and Texas A&M AgriLife educational development specialists are collaborating to deliver a new training program to educate mounted patrol units throughout the nation on all the skills needed to care for their equine partners. The course on AgriLife Learn will include an overview of equine […]

Scorpions are commonly found in Texas and much of the southwestern United States, meaning that both people and pets in these areas are at risk of being stung. While most scorpion stings aren’t dangerous for dogs and cats, it’s important for pet owners to be on the watch for the rare occasion that a serious […]

Veterinary medicine had always been such an innate part of Dr. Emma Hendrix’s life that she initially hesitated to make it her career. As a child, Hendrix was the youngest student in her mother’s ophthalmology lectures at the University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine. Hendrix and her older sister would accompany their mother, Dr. […]

CSU’s new Qalibra scanner is a high-end imaging tool that allows veterinarians to perform many standing, high resolution, 3D examinations of the head and lower limbs of horses without requiring general anesthesia. (Kellen Bakovich/CVMBS photo) The Johnson Family Equine Hospital at Colorado State University’s Veterinary Teaching Hospital recently installed a state-of-the-art Qalibra CT scanner, a […]

King holds Sharky while her father holds her newborn daughter. As a small animal veterinarian with experience in recognizing emergency cases, Dr. Brittany King knew to turn to the Texas A&M Small Animal Teaching Hospital (SATH) when her own dog, Sharky, developed a life-threatening complication from diabetes. Sharky, a 9-year-old Scottish terrier and schnauzer mix, […]