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Vets treat largely treat injured wildlife for free, whenever they have time.
Based on his age in ‘dog years,’ could your animal pal legally buy alcohol? Or would he be cashing in on his senior discount? Veterinarians are more interested in life stage than a particular number.
Here are ten common misconceptions about what dogs need and how they communicate with us. Plus, a gallery of reader and staff dog pictures!
More than half of vets consider a change of job, despite considerable financial, emotional and intellectual investment.
More than half of dogs and cats around the globe are overweight. Are well-intentioned owners to blame?
Sometimes a dog can have very good reasons for hating its humans.
A new form of the highly contagious canine parovirus has been found in Australia. The strain has been found in vaccinated dogs.
Students aspiring to veterinary education are investing in the hope that it will return value. The reality, however, is different.
Greater collaboration between medicine and veterinary science would give us a better chance of tackling common health problems.
Along with better strategies to respond to outbreaks in human populations, we need a stronger focus on surveillance in animals to identify infectious diseases before they pose a risk to human health.
You need only look at the papers or television news to see the reports. Infectious disease outbreaks, weather emergencies and disasters both natural and man-made. They’re all not just threats to human…
Ten years on from the Australia-US Free Trade Agreement, Australia is entering another round of negotiations towards the new and controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership. In this Free Trade Scorecard series…
It is always heart-breaking when children are injured by family dogs, and tragic when it leads to a death. Emotions understandably run high and there are calls for “something to be done”. Often the focus…
The hippopotamus is among the world’s largest creatures on land, only elephants and some species of rhino are larger. Hippos are very aggressive – legendarily bad tempered and entirely unafraid of humans…
Greyhounds, much like some humans, see a rise in their blood pressure in response to a doctor’s visit. Researchers from Ohio…
Responding to outbreaks of deadly animal-borne diseases will be quicker and easier with the development of a new collaborative…
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