Ah, United States' medicine vs. European medicine, the war rages on. The battleground I'll discuss today: elective sterilization of the female reproductive tract. Image from Penn State Virtual
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"Stinger", a dog with sepsis from a bite wound. Image from Valley Center Veterinary Clinic, Valley Center, CA. N-terminal portion of pro C-type natriuretic peptide. Try to say that one three
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Image from PennState's Meatblogger.org Well, the 5 year ban on funding dedicated to inspection of horse slaughter facilities has ended. The question now is whether the industry has been
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I’m apparently still on this immunology kick, because I seem to be finding it everywhere. Heck, I recently learned that we’ve cured the allergic response to peanuts and eggs in lab mice. Check
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Image from UPenn Just a short one here today. Not too much interesting going on in a study that supports the null, but the methods are great. This study looked at the affect that one or two
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It’s funny how reading these articles is incredibly relieving for me. They confirm that I actually did learn and do remember principals and details from my classes. Today’s article comes from
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I recently had a professor tell me that if I didn't let them know if I made it into vet school, they would forever curse me with fat, in heat, Labrador spays for the rest of my career. I can think of
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Veterinary ethics are especially touchy and complex because the general public often has strong opinions on every animal issue, including: euthanasia, animal welfare, animal rights, cosmetic surgery,
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The first of a bunch of articles I recently picked out of JAVMA was interesting because while I never got any readings without some form of anesthesia, I imagine that hypertension was extremely
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I enjoy looking at animal science from a public health perspective, but I usually just think about it in terms of zoonoses and food safety, I hadn't dwelled too much about animal health being