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As preventive medicine catches on and medical therapies improve, cats are living longer and longer.

Elmont, N.Y. - At least the victory stayed in the family. Mine that Bird, this year's Kentucky Derby winner, finished third in this year's $1 million Belmont Stakes.

Bethesda, Md. - Cost plays a major role in keeping some pet owners from having their cats neutered, according to a new study.

Columbia, Mo. - Researchers at the University of Missouri School of Veterinary Medicine are growing cartilage in a lab that can be molded into permanent joint replacements for dogs and eventually humans.

Seattle - The Utah Veterinary Medical Association wants the AVMA to lay off the "hard-line slant" it took when the policy on ear cropping and tail docking was changed late last year.

Lakewood, Colo. - A study testing the effects or irradiated food led to the discovery that a cat's central nervous system can repair itself.

Gainesville, Fla. - Veterinarians and physicians from the University of Florida's Glycogen Storage Disease Program believe they have successfully used gene therapy to treat a dog born with glycogen-storage disease.

Washington - Reopening of U.S. processing plants is among the four most popular solutions suggested for dealing with increasing numbers of unwanted horses, according to a new survey.

Gainesville, Fla. - The University of Florida veterinary college's pleas to state legislators and the university for minimal budget cuts achieved results.

Laughter is good medicine. It doesn't require a doctor's prescription and there is very little danger of overdose.

Philadelphia - The waiting room was full at the Radbill Animal Hospital when a man walked behind the reception desk and confronted a technician.

Osteoarthritis is a common problem for the athletic horse and has been estimated to cause 60 percent of lameness cases in the athletic horse.

National Report - The nation's last three horse-slaughter plants have been shuttered since 2007, but new ones may start to open around the country in coming months.

Washington - The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) approved the first license for an antimicrobial pesticide product to deactivate anthrax spores on hard surfaces.

Albany, N.Y. - New York veterinarians may have to certify some animal breeders if a bill is passed by state legislators.

The perception still exists that any veterinarian with some exercise equipment an underwater treadmill can practice rehabilitation.

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One of the more stressful times in a veterinarian's employment relationship is contract-signing or contract-renewal time.

Elmont, N.Y. - Ruffian was considered by many to be the finest Thoroughbred filly in racing history. It is on the site of her burial that the Ruffian Equine Medical Center opened this year.

Part six of this step-by-step veterinary pictorial tutorial shows how to use newspaper to make spica, meta and back splints.

Part two of this step-by-step veterinary pictorial tutorial shows how to use newspaper to make spica, meta and back splints.

Operating and fluorescent lights commonly interfere with the infrared light on pulse oximeters.

National Report -- Investigators continue to look for the source of an outbreak that has spread to 48 states.

These days, pets are allowed almost anywhere. A recent study took a preliminary look at whether this pet-owner closeness might result in the passage of zoonotic disease.

A variety of risk factors exist for carprofen toxicosis. Animals with any previous reaction to the drug are at risk.

Carprofen, a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug of the propionic acid class, is commonly used in small-animal practice for its analgesic, anti-inflammatory, and antipyretic properties.

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Part three of this step-by-step veterinary pictorial tutorial shows how to use newspaper to make spica, meta and back splints.

Treating nontraditional species, such as opossums, can create challenges in using equipment designed for domestic species.

Official rules for the Veterinary Economics Practice Management Overhaul