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AMC expands offerings with enhanced surgical suite

AVMA News

The new surgical center at the Schwarzman Animal Medical Center, which includes five operating rooms and a recovery room separating dogs and cats, is part of an ongoing $125 million expansion project at the New York City veterinary hospital.

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Boyfriend's Mother Considering Euthanasia for her Dog Due to Allergies and Paw Fungus

Reddit Animals

This is not about financial constraints, rather, it stems from the emotional strain of dealing with a dog's health issues. She says that she is very depressed (she is just angry of the dog licks the paws). The alergies are under control with one medication. She's only all about the dog when it's healthy and happy.

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American Veterinary Medical Association Makes Despicable Decision

Critter News

An AVMA resolution was quietly killed this afternoon that would have revised its policy on use of random-source dogs and cats for research, testing and education. Tags: breeders animal research veterinarians animal shelters medical research avma. From Veterinary News.

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Spotlight: Maureen Eiger – To Intervene or Not to Intervene?

10,000 Birds

Bird brought in by a cat or dog. It needs to be properly medicated and triaged. Even if you do not see an obvious wound, cat or dog saliva, which is full of nasty bacteria, can still get into a bird’s eyes/orifices and will eventually kill the bird; it will just die more slowly and painfully. *Emergency!

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Keeping your pet healthy is very essential for the Owner

4 The Love Of Animals

Some of the most common pets in today’s homes include dogs and cats. Dog food should be given to dogs and cat food to cats! Some people actually give cat food to dogs and dog food to cats. What you can do is that you can play with your dog in the evening.

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Diabetes in pets.

4 The Love Of Animals

November was National Pet Diabetes Awareness Month, were you aware that just like humans, dogs and cats can also get diabetes? In fact, one in 200 cats and one in 500 dogs has diabetes. As with most medical conditions, early detection and treatment of diabetes is recommended and can help with treatment.

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Is Your Pet Okay While You’re at Work?

4 The Love Of Animals

Safety Concerns: Eliminating: While many dogs are capable of going extremely long periods of time without eliminating, it’s not a good thing. Both dogs and cats chew, especially when bored or anxious – chewing means destruction, destruction means debris, and debris means choking hazards.

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