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Four-legged Friends Connect Online at Dogster

...d reviews of what other dogs' owners think of this vet or groomer," Rheingold said. While thriving on user-generated content in a way similar to other "Web 2.0" social-networking websites, Dogster and Catster are being built to outlast trends, according to their founder. "We want to be here for a long ...

Shambu With Bovine TB Being Prevented from Slaughter

...ical possibility he could develop TB and their own vet has declared Shambo thoroughly healthy. The matter then reached the House of Commons with MP Andrew Dismore tabling a motion urging the government to use its discretion to spare the animal considered sacred in Hinduism. Thousands have signed an on...

Born into the Idiot Box Culture

...Texas study, feels it is imperative for parents to vet the television programmes before kids watch them, as some of the programs telecast may not exactly be tailored for kids. In her opinion, some of the programs are deceptive. Donald Shifrin, the current chair of the AAP's committee on communications,...

Shortage of Veterinarians Worry Public Health Experts in US

...n specialized practices. And while the path that vet medicine as an institution appears to be taking ma...sen in light of the national trend toward a higher vet school enrollment of city kids compared to students with livestock experience. "It wasn't too man...

Hope for Obese Canines

...." The drug can only be got when prescribed by a vet and is meant to be used only as recommended. Yet what vets hope for, is a final change in owner’s habits as is it primarily due to over- feeding and negligence in exercising their dog, that leads to most canines piling on the pounds. Says Vet Gra...

Avian Nightmare

...the fear is real and to be tackled.// A leading vet of Britain is promoting a drive for vaccinating thousands of poultry workers against the seasonal flu. Fred Landeg, deputy chief veterinary officer is emphasizing the need to inoculate around 60,000 poultry workers, vets and farm workers before this...

Fat Clinics Set Up To Tackle Overweight Pets

...in 3 owners believe their pet is overweight. RSPCA vet David Grant said that if a pet is slightly above its optimum body weight, then it is a sure sign of the beginning of various health problems....

Australia Ready to Meet the Challenges of Bird Flu

...sia by migratory birds. But the Government's chief vet Gardner Murray has rejected the world animal health authority's assessment that there is a high risk of the bird flu pandemic reaching Australia. But Gardner Murray said that water fowls which are responsible for transmitting the disease do not no...

Increase in the Number of Cases of Animal Diseases in New South Wales.

...cleaned and cordoned off. Bruce Christie the chief vet of New South Wales said that than are more than 70 cases reported in the last month alone. It is a routine procedure every year that a number of vets are posted to different areas to check the cause of the dead poultry. Usually the number of cas...

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