
Veterinary News February 2011. Updated Feb 21.
Denver Zoo gorillas being trained to join study on heart health
http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_17427575
Xylitol, a sweetener found in sugarless gum: Poisonous to pets
Can studying dogs help find the cure for breast cancer? And another reason to spay your dog!
Bears: Can unlocking the secrets to hibernation benefit human medicine?
http://www.npr.org/2011/02/18/133849231/hibernating-bears-a-metabolic-marvel?ft=1&f=1007
Having your pets sleep with you can be harmful? This has been the topic of several news articles lately. The following author disagrees:
http://www.mlive.com/living/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2011/01/report_about_health_risk_of_sh.html
Fascinating! Trained Labrador can sniff out cancer
http://consumer.healthday.com/Article.asp?AID=649419
Will the sale of pets be banned in Ft. Collins? Check it out:
Veterinary News January 2011
At least 14% of pet parents would choose their pets over their partners!
Veterinary House Calls on the rise
http://www.oregonlive.com/pets/index.ssf/2011/01/pet_talk_more_veterinarians_ar.html
Pets can act as sentinels for disease in the human family…
http://wearecentralpa.com/fulltext-healthcast/?nxd_id=236756
And animals can sense things we often can’t…
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110111/ap_on_re_us/us_fea_pets_sixth_sense
This one is pretty disgusting and disturbing
http://www.rgj.com/article/20110111/NEWS20/101090383/1321/NEWS
IPad apps for Cats???
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/06/technology/personaltech/06smart.html?_r=1
