Dog Breed Health:
Dog health care, dog breeds and health issues. Learn how to do dog training while caring for health of your pet.
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Aug 28th, 2009
Variants in just three genes acting in different combinations account for the wide range of coat textures seen in dogs — from the poodle's tight curls to the beagle's stick-straight fur.
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Jul 17th, 2009
A single evolutionary event appears to explain the short, curved legs that characterize all of today’s dachshunds, corgis, basset hounds and at least 16 other breeds of dogs.
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Jun 4th, 2009
FDA announced the approval of Palladia (toceranib phosphate), the first drug developed specifically for the treatment of cancer in dogs.
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Mar 30th, 2009
In a preliminary study of pet dogs with naturally occurring cancer, researchers have developed a way to target delivery of a gene to tumor blood vessels, where the gene product damages the vessels, disrupting blood flow to the tumors but not to the surrounding tissue.
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Feb 7th, 2009
Levi, the family dog in Oregon stricken with salmonella is thankfully doing fine. Levi ate multi flavor dog biscuits from Happy Tails, which were apparently tainted with Salmonella. The first reported salmonella case in a pet was found in Oregon.
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Jan 28th, 2009
Carolina Prime Pet, a manufacturer and distributor of dog treats, is voluntarily recalling four of its dog treats that contain peanut butter made by Peanut Corporation of America (PCA).
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Jan 21st, 2009
PetSmart is issuing a new pet food recall that affects certain types of dog food and biscuits as the latest peanut butter product recalls expand.
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Jan 13th, 2009
A Chinese distributor has pulled a popular dog food brand from its pipeline following reports that about 10 dogs got sick after eating the product, two had died, and a third was gravely ill, the Associated Press reported Monday.
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Nov 21st, 2008
The Health Protection Agency has been made aware of a case of confirmed rabies in a puppy that may have been in contact with UK travellers at the Mabuya Camp backpacker lodge near Lilongwe.
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Nov 8th, 2008
President Obama has now related that their new dog needs to be hypoallergenic and they would love to get a dog from a shelter. First of all, the fact that we have a leader that can say hypoallergenic is so amazing, I am just giddy.