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The program will focus on the continued emergence of new diseases from wild animals, the effects of human activities on endangered species, and the impact of climate change on biodiversity, among others.

Some clients seem to go through the Yellow Pages looking for a veterinarian who will answer the phone at 3 a.m. to handle or discuss a problem that easily could have waited for daylight. That's how you play the game of veterinarian roulette.

Offer a small gesture at a sad time

A walrus bone, the baculum, mounted on a plaque became a traveling trophy for the winner of the annual Illinois-Purdue softball game. When it was stolen, the effort to get it back led to a life-changing adventure.

Give patients a place to stand

Don't forget about refrigerated medications

Keep adhesive glue flowing

It was closing time when the phone rang. The voice on the other end sounded liked the oldest living human. His prize heifer was down in a difficult delivery. So I headed out on what turned out to be a harrowing, after-dark chase in a 1977 sky-blue pickup truck.

Make injections easier for small dogs

Our decisions in life are made to a degree by our personal experiences. I want to share some experiences I've had and why I oppose socialized medicine.

An online battle is brewing over which species is better as part of the American Kennel Club's Meet the Breeds event being held mid-October. (And don't miss the chance to test your cat and dog breed knowledge.)

Pet cats allowed to roam outside are leading to dwindling bird populations in urban areas--and to shortened lives for the cats.

A proposed Congressional bill to help with veterinary shortages in underserved areas, food safety, and animal disease surveillance has a lot of support.

Veterinary Voices: Exciting change in veterinary medicine

Dr. Kevin Fitzgerald reminds us to never forget the tragic events of September 11, 2001.

An orangutan and a dog. A tortoise and a hippo. A kitten and a crow. These are just some of the interspecies relationships that will be explored in the National Geographic program "Unlikely Animal Friends."

A new Universal Pet Microchip Lookup Tool is available to help veterinary hospitals and shelters reunite lost pets with owners by checking participating pet-recovery services' registries.

Two male squirrel monkeys are the first of their kind to have full color vision thanks to gene therapy.

The range of animal welfare topics continues to expand in all types of practice, whether it be determining a beloved dog's worth, deciding whether it is more humane to slaughter unwanted horses, or providing food animals a good quality of life. And your voice is needed.

These 5 tips will help prepare a client for a new horse.

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When a turtle's forelimbs were severely injured in a raccoon attack, an enterprising veterinarian came up with a unique prosthetic to get the turtle back on his feet.

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A consumer group has identified high levels of toxins such as lead in a variety of common products, including those for pets.

Clients expect that practitioners can easily treat their exotic pets, but veterinarians typically have much less experience treating them than they have treating dogs and cats.

The number of rabies-infected cats was almost four times that of rabies-infected dogs in the United States in 2008, according to a new report from the American Veterinary Medical Association.

This week, the Pilots N Paws program aims to rescue 5,000 shelter animals.