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Latest articles - A newly-reported tropical parasite in dogs - Rangeliosis - Wolbachia spp - a key role in the pathogenesis of heartworm disease - Know your zoonoses before they know you - The unshifting paradigm of inflammatory bowel disease - 'Garbage eaters' - the relentless impact of tremorgenic mycotoxicosis - Snake-bite poisoning in dogs - Nikkomycin - a new drug for Coccidioides spp infections - Vaccination protocols - Post-operative bleeding - have you ruled out hemophilia? - Lithium - a useful drug in diethylstilboestrol-induced myelosuppression - Thinking parvovirus? Consider bocavirus - (W)retched congenital anomalies (associated with regurgitation) - gastroesophageal intussusception, vascular ring anomaly, hiatal hernia, esophageal diverticula, peritoneopericardial hernia - All the dope on greyhound drug testing Did you know... - It is a myth that dogs are color blind. They can actually see in color, just not as vividly as humans. It is akin to our vision at dusk. - Dogs’ only sweat glands are between their paw pads - Like human babies, Chihuahuas are born with a soft spot in their skull which closes with age. - The breed Lundehund has 6 toes and can close its ears - A dog’s mouth exerts up to 400 pounds of pressure per square inch - Greyhounds are the fastest dogs on earth, with speeds of up to 45 miles per hour - Three dogs survived the sinking of the Titanic – a Newfoundland, a Pomeranian, and a Pekingese - Obesity is the number one health problem among dogs - The biggest breed of domesticated dogs are the Irish Wolfhound and the smallest is the Chihuahua - Police dogs are trained to react to commands in a foreign language; commonly German but more recently Hungarian or some other Slavic tongue. Recommended sites... IVIS Vets Beyond Borders Merck Vet Manual VIN Vetlearn

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