Monthly Archives: May 2011

FDA Recommends Caution on Shampoo FDA Recommends Caution on ShampooThe Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Center for Veterinary Medicine is alerting veterinarians and pet owners to use caution with the use of an unapproved animal drug product, Douxo Seborrhea Shampoo … Continue reading →

More Pig Ears Recalled Due to Salmonella Concerns More Pig Ears Recalled Due to Salmonella ConcernsAnother pet product company is recalling its pig ear treats for dogs after a supplier, Keys Manufacturing Co. Inc., detected salmonella in one of its … Continue reading →

Nominations Invited for 2012 WSAVA Awards The World Small Animal Veterinary Association (WSAVA) is accepting nominations for the 2012 veterinary awards which will be presented April 12-15 2012 during the 2012 WSAVA World Congress in Birmingham, UK. The World Small … Continue reading →

World Vet Education Conference Places Animal Welfare On The Curricula Last week saw luminaries from the veterinary world gather in Lyon, France, to celebrate Vet Year 2011 on the 250th anniversary of the establishment of the profession in the same … Continue reading →

Webinar Promises Some Answers To Stomatitis Syndrome The penultimate webinar in Hills Feline webinar series takes place on 18th May and RCVS Specialist in Veterinary Dentistry, Norman Johnson, promises some answers to a very problematic clinical condition in his talk … Continue reading →

Cartoon cat Garfield’s Mid-Life Crisis Sheds Light on the Danger of Cat Kidney Disease A new campaign launched today will educate cat owners about the risk of chronic kidney disease (CKD) that their pets may face as they grow older … Continue reading →

Vet associations team up for London congress The British Veterinary Association has announced that this year’s annual congress, under the theme “Vets in a changing world”, will be delivered in association with the British Small Animal Veterinary Association.

Veterinary Specialty Hospital Success With Its First Bone Marrow Transplant In Dog With Lymphoma Veterinary Specialty Hospital of San Diego (VSH) has successfully performed a hematopoietic cell transplant (better known as bone marrow transplant) for a dog with lymphoma. Cody, … Continue reading →

New F(ab)2 Rattlesnake Antivenom Efficacy Study Completed BioVeteria Life Sciences, LLC (BioVeteria) announced the completion of a multi-center canine efficacy and safety study using a new F(ab)2 antivenom for pit vipers (rattlesnakes, copperhead, cottonmouth).

Webinar Focus On Taking The Pain Out Of Aging Vtoquinol is offering a free webinar to veterinary surgeons entitled, Chronic Pain in the Geriatric Dog: Decision Making and Risk Management at 8.30pm on Wednesday 15th June 2011.