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Denver -- Sixty-five veterinary students will be able to participate in research projects in 2009, thanks to grants from the Morris Animal Foundation.

Fort Collins, Colo. -- Dr. Michael Lappin, of Colorado State's veterinary college, won the first-ever Winn Feline Foundation's Excellence in Feline Research Award.

Davis, Calif. -- The California Animal Health and Food Safety Laboratory System, which is managed by the University of California-Davis, will close on July 19 as a result of state funding cuts.

Blacksburg, Va. -- Virginia Tech's Marion duPont Scott Equine Medical Center is eliminating a handful of positions as a result of economic woes.

Feline senior care guidelines from AAFP stress the need for good nutrition and a healthy body.

After administering a tranquilizer or neuroleptanalgesic, prepare the skin around the lesion for aseptic surgery.

The morning after placing the presutures, anesthetize the animal, remove the presutures, and prepare the area for aseptic surgery.

Madison, Wis. -- The Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory received full accreditation by the American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians.

Presutures are Lembert sutures placed in healthy skin on either side of a lesion. Placed several hours before the lesion is débrided or excised, these sutures stretch the skin around the lesion.

Depending on the shape of the wound, dog-ears may result from wound closure.

Tie the first Lembert suture under tension.

After administering a tranquilizer or neuroleptanalgesic, prepare the skin around the lesion for aseptic surgery.

After the first suture bite, place the second suture bite on the opposite side of the wound.

Tie the first Lembert suture under tension.

Place additional Lembert sutures along the entire length of the wound.

Japanese scientists have produced marmosets that glow green and pass this trait onto their offspring--a step that will help in the study of disease in people but that also has implications for human genetic modification.

Finally, remove the lesion or débride the wound, and close the wound by using simple interrupted sutures.

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

Depending on the shape of the wound, dog-ears may result from wound closure.

Place additional Lembert sutures along the entire length of the wound.

The morning after placing the presutures, anesthetize the animal, remove the presutures, and prepare the area for aseptic surgery.

The tension placed on each suture depends on the surgeon?s experience and clinical judgment.

After the first suture bite, place the second suture bite on the opposite side of the wound.

Finally, remove the lesion or débride the wound, and close the wound by using simple interrupted sutures.

The tension placed on each suture depends on the surgeon?s experience and clinical judgment.

A veterinarian's testimony featured in the documentary "Death on a Factory Farm" has resulted in hate mail and threats, with some complaints hailing from fellow veterinarians.

Bethesda, Md. -- FDA unveiled a grant program, totaling $750,000, to spur development of new animal drugs intended for minor species or minor uses in major species.

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A new study examines household income related to feline neutering.