by Editor | Dec 11, 2025 | Animal Health Industry, News
Source: MSN Arkansas State University has received a $600,000 grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services to lead a multi-zoo study on reptile immune systems. Partnering with nine zoos nationwide, including the Memphis and Little Rock zoos, the project...
by Editor | Dec 11, 2025 | Companion Animal, News
Source: Shelter Animals Count Shelter Animals Count has released a new data report analyzing national trends in foster-based rescue operations using software data from Pawlytics. Foster-based rescues account for about 15% of U.S. animal intakes yet achieve a notably...
by Editor | Dec 10, 2025 | Companion Animal, News
Source: VIN News Nearly 40 years after the Chornobyl nuclear disaster, hundreds of stray dogs—descendants of pets abandoned during the 1986 evacuation—continue to live in the exclusion zone, facing malnutrition, disease, and radiation exposure. Veterinarian Dr....
by Editor | Dec 10, 2025 | Animal Health Industry, News
Source: The Sun The Massachusetts Special Commission on Xylazine has begun meetings to address the growing use of the veterinary sedative in the state’s illicit drug supply, often in combination with fentanyl. Created by a 2024 state law, the commission is co-chaired...
by Editor | Dec 9, 2025 | Animal Health Industry, News
Source: PLOS One A study analyzing 2,881 papers published in the journal Veterinary Surgery between 2002 and 2023 to explores gender representation among authors. Using name-based gender inference and logistic regression models, the authors examined how publication...
by Editor | Dec 9, 2025 | Agriculture, Livestock, News
Source: R-Calf USA R-CALF USA has formally asked the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Veterinary Medicine to grant emergency approval for buparvaquone, a drug widely used in other regions of the world, to treat cattle infected with theileriosis. In a...
by Editor | Dec 8, 2025 | Equine, News
Source: The Cowboy Channel The Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA) and the Women’s Professional Rodeo Association (WPRA) have postponed three major December 2025 events—the National Finals Breakaway Roping, the PRCA Permit Challenge, and the Benny Binion...
by Editor | Dec 8, 2025 | Companion Animal, News
Source: yahoo! news A city council in Calgary is revisiting a proposed ban on retail sales of dogs, cats, and rabbits, after the proposal was briefed to the community development committee. The ban would prohibit the sale of those pets through retail outlets, a move...
by Editor | Dec 7, 2025 | Animal Health Industry, News
Source: KGW 8 Washington State University veterinarians are warning pet owners about rising cases of marijuana toxicity after treating a ferret named Vanilla, who nearly died from ingesting three cannabis edibles. When she arrived at the WSU Veterinary Hospital in...
by Editor | Dec 7, 2025 | Animal Health Industry, News
Source: MSN Penn State plans to expand its Animal Diagnostics Laboratory with a new two-story, 43,000-square-foot addition, according to a sketch plan presented to the College Township Planning Commission. The project is part of a larger upgrade to the agricultural...
by Editor | Dec 6, 2025 | Animal Health Industry, News
Source: The Cornell Daily Sun Cornell University’s $60 million settlement with the Trump administration includes a distinctive requirement: a $30 million investment in agricultural research over three years, in addition to a $30 million payment to the federal...
by Editor | Dec 6, 2025 | Companion Animal, News
Source: 4WWL Louisiana’s bald eagle population is thriving, but rising numbers have led to more injured birds needing treatment. The latest case involves a presumed male eagle, identified by its smaller size, now undergoing surgery at the LSU School of Veterinary...
by Editor | Dec 5, 2025 | News
Source: PHYS ORG A new study from NC State’s Turtle Rescue Team (TRT), published in the Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine, compiles 25 years of data on snake patients treated alongside the group’s better-known turtle cases. Lead author Savannah Dunn, a 2024...
by Editor | Dec 4, 2025 | Companion Animal, News
Source: Los Altos Town Crier Obesity affects about 60% of dogs in the U.S., creating serious health risks and reducing quality of life. Many owners struggle to recognize a healthy weight, which is defined by easily felt ribs, a visible waist from above, and an...
by Editor | Dec 4, 2025 | Companion Animal, News
Source: Raven Radio At the Alaska Fire Conference in Sitka, veterinarian Dr. Toccoa Wolf of Sitka Animal Hospital trained firefighters to perform CPR and first aid on pets using a stuffed dog for demonstration. The workshop—so popular it required a second...
by Editor | Dec 3, 2025 | Companion Animal, News
Source: Medical Xpress A new study from the Gerald P. Murphy Cancer Foundation’s Center for Exceptional Longevity Studies reveals that retaining gonad function may protect against frailty-related mortality in later life. Published in Scientific Reports, the research...
by Editor | Dec 3, 2025 | Agriculture, News
Source: Agrilife Today The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents has approved a $114.6 million Meat Science and Technology Center at Texas A&M–RELLIS, expected to break ground in early 2026. The 75,000-square-foot facility will feature advanced...
by Editor | Dec 2, 2025 | Animal Health Industry, News
Source: Yellow Hammer News Tuskegee University has filed a federal lawsuit and emergency motion to halt an upcoming AVMA Council on Education appeal hearing that could determine the accreditation status of its College of Veterinary Medicine, the nation’s only...
by Editor | Dec 2, 2025 | Animal Health Industry
Source: AVMA Veterinarian salaries in the U.S. have risen nominally over the past five years, but when adjusted for inflation, average real income has declined to roughly 2004 levels, according to AVMA economist Dr. Chris Doherty. In 2024, veterinarians earned an...
by Editor | Dec 1, 2025 | Companion Animal, News
Source: Spectrum News 1 Dr. Nick Jeffery, a neurology and neurosurgery professor at Texas A&M’s Small Animal Teaching Center, has developed a new, affordable treatment for dogs with herniated discs, which is an alternative to costly and invasive spinal surgery....
