Vets work to declare pet obesity a diseaseJanuary 9, 2017Is obesity a disease? The American Medical Association officially recognized human obesity as such in 2013. In veterinary medicine, the answer is “no”—for now.
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Zoetis earns license for Cytopoint skin therapyJanuary 4, 2017Veterinary drug maker Zoetis Inc. in December received a U.S. Department of Agriculture license for Cytopoint, which the Parsippany, N.J., company described as the first monoclonal antibody (mAb) therapy approved “to help provide sustained control of the clinical signs associated with atopic dermatitis in dogs.”
Study: Feeling good about pet increases vet visitsDecember 29, 2016Pet owners who understand the health benefits of keeping a dog or cat are more apt to return the favor by providing better veterinary care, according to a survey.
WCVM vets save dog who was trapped in well for 27 daysDecember 28, 2016A dog who spent 27 days trapped in a well is on the road to recovery thanks to veterinarians at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine (WCVM) in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Why clean margins are crucial in feline oral SCCDecember 27, 2016My September column [“Early detection is key with oral cancer”] briefly touched on feline oral squamous cell carcinoma (SCC), but the topic deserves more discussion as a stand-alone column.
Zomedica banks on canine diarrhea drugsDecember 19, 2016Zomedica Pharmaceuticals Corp. has started talks with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on the company’s third proposed veterinary product: an oral suspension formulated for the treatment of canine diarrhea.
Avian flu strain spreads to 45 catsDecember 16, 2016A rare avian influenza strain, H7N2, has infected domestic cats for the first time, the University of Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory reported today.
Study: Income is major factor when owners avoid sterilizing catsDecember 15, 2016A study published in the September issue of the Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association found regular veterinary visits by low-income cat-owning households to be a luxury most say they cannot afford.
Voyce collar monitor is no moreDecember 9, 2016Intersections Inc. shut down Voyce, its pet health monitoring business, on Dec. 1 after failing to attract a buyer for the subsidiary. The announcement came two days after an investment company, Loeb Holding Corp., withdrew a takeover proposal.
Onsior pain drug approved for dogsDecember 8, 2016The manufacturer, Elanco Animal Health of Greenfield, Ind., announced Tuesday that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration had approved Onsior (robenacoxib) in both tablet and injectable form for dogs.
