The exam is part of a research program looking at how mercury exposure before birth may affect young marine mammals.
|Articles|September 24, 2009
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HSUS gears up for a massive pet adoption campaign.
Cases of eastern equine encephalitis are on the rise.
A swine vaccine for H1N1 nears approval.
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In a new national survey, most pet owners reported holding steady or increasing what they spend on their pets. Only 7% of consumers said they would trim pet health spending if money got tight.
The detection, found through routine milk testing, brings the number of states with infected dairy herds to 21 and follows Washington's first cases in October.
A diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Preventive Medicine shares how board certification bridged the gap between epidemiology theory and real-world practice.
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