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The human-animal bond is a strong one, but I'm still amazed sometimes at what people will do for their animals. I know people, for example, who treat their pets to an ice-cream cone before visiting the veterinarian. I've seen painted toenails, dogs with pierced ears, cats with a gold-capped tooth, dogs with rollers in their hair, many types of pet sweaters, even artificial testicles placed back in a dog's scrotum to keep it from looking empty. The list goes on.

A system that will provide the Thoroughbred racing industry with its first national database of racetrack injuries is off and running.

New Orleans - The American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) presented U.S. Rep. Chip Pickering (R-Miss.) with the first AVMA Advocacy Award at its annual conference.

The American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP) says it had little alternative but to ban compounded-drug displays at its convention in San Diego this December.

The inconvenient truth isn't just a documentary about climate change. It's also the reality that many states and local governments are cracking down to protect their environmental well-being while their targets might not even know they are doing anything wrong.

It is contraindicated. Here's why.

With all the time we spend kneeling on the hospital floor, we thought we could use a little help.

The Wisconsin Humane Society is buying the assets of one of the nation's largest dog-breeding facilities and shutting down the operation, seeking homes for more than 1,100 dogs housed there.

Two clinical research programs at Cornell University's College of Veterinary Medicine will receive $1 million in funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) over the next four years.

A look at what's new and under way at the nation's veterinary colleges.

Expect challenges, diverse views as you enter the work force.

Students take to the Web to discuss courses, school frustrations

Veterinarian Gary D. Harmon, 68, of Augusta, Kan., was defeated in his bid for 77th District state representative Aug. 5 by incumbent David Crum, R-Augusta.

Two veterinary colleges have been moved from full to limited accreditation, according to the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) Council on Education (COE).

The Jockey Club's Thoroughbred Safety Committee, formed in May to seek ways to improve the health and safety of racehorses, issued four new recommendations at the club's annual Round Table.

Better parameters on what veterinarians consider suitable conditions for companion-animal domestic travel could be crafted at the next American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) Council on Veterinary Service meeting.

My secretary was apologetic but firm.

As Tennessee Walking Horse owners and trainers prepared for their biggest show of the year, the American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP) called for the elimination of the "culture of abuse" of soring the animals.

CAPC's educational Road show

A watered-down version of a bill that originally would have required that almost every cat and dog older than 4 months be spayed or neutered was voted down in the California Senate by a 27-5 vote.

Opposing a proposed law that would mandate spaying or neutering, the Illinois Veterinary Medical Association (IVMA) says it hasn't worked in other cities and would kill an already successful program there.

A $17 million, state-of-the-art equine referral hospital near Belmont Park that will serve the New York metropolitan area was to open in early September, according to its owners, International Equine Acquisitions Holdings (IEAH), the group that owns 2008 Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner Big Brown.

Baton Rouge -- Louisiana's governor suspended its veterinary licensing rules citing a public health emergency following Hurricane Gustav.

Dr. Cathy E. Langston discusses whether ACE inhibitors are beneficial in these patients.

National Report -- Louisiana residents returned to their powerless homes and businesses Sept. 3 despite warnings from officials.

Baton Rouge -- Louisiana state officials called for veterinarians to help in the disaster clean-up following Hurricane Gustav.

New Orleans -- Veterinarians closed offices following the mandatory evacuation of New Orleans Aug. 30. New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin set noon Aug. 31 as the evacuation deadline.

Sante Fe, N.M. -- Humans are always trying to solve problems in the animal world, but now two frisky felines, Foxy and Sam, have launched their own Web site, The Cat's Guide to Love, to capitalize on the relationship advice market for the benefit of homeless or abused animals.

College Station, Texas -- A course originally sponsored to raise money for parrot research will do that and much more when it begins in January 2009.

Tallahassee, Fla. -- Four Florida counties received federal emergency declarations this week as the result of flooding rains and severe weather damage caused by Tropical Storm Fay. Now, the Gulf Coast is bracing for the impact of Tropical Storm Gustav, which could gain hurricane strength as is passes over the warm Gulf of Mexico waters this weekend.