Certain dogs may be more susceptible than others to developing environmentally associated cancers. Morris Animal Foundation-funded researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Veterinary Medicine are studying how exposure to common environmental chemicals, like …
Elizabeth Alvarez, clinical assistant professor of primary care, and Mel Bailey, certified veterinary technician, respond to a reader question about safe toys for a young, active cat.
For so many of us, a home isn’t a home without the love of a pet. So to be asked to sacrifice one for the other — keep your housing but lose your pet, or keep …
Measuring changes in the speed of electrical signals along nerves connecting the eyes to the brain may accurately reflect recovery from myelin loss in multiple sclerosis (MS), according to researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, …
For 30 years, gifts to the Companion Animal Fund in honor of pets who have passed away have supported critical health care studies, yielding advancements in the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease.
The Wisconsin Veterinary Medical Association (WVMA) named Professor Nigel Cook the 2019 Veterinarian of the Year. Cook is head of the Department of Medical Sciences at the University of Wisconsin School of Veterinary Medicine (UW …
Philadelphia’s only open-intake shelter announces fee-waived adoptions all weekend to prepare for training by national shelter medicine experts The Animal Care and Control Team of Philadelphia (ACCT Philly) is waiving all adoption fees starting …
By Rebecca L. Stepien DVM’87, MS, DACVIM (Cardiology) Over the past few years, there has been growing concern in the veterinary cardiology community about what appears to be an increasing incidence of heart disease (specifically, …