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UAF nearing partnership for veterinary program

Thu, 23 May 2013 13:27:21 -0400

FAIRBANKS, Alaska - The University of Alaska Fairbanks is finalizing details on a partnership that would establish a new veterinary medicine program by 2015.

Upstate NY judge orders halt to seizure dog co.

Thu, 23 May 2013 05:56:06 -0400

ALBANY, New York - A state judge has ordered a company in northern New York to stop selling service dogs that its owner claims help people who suffer from seizures by sensing them in advance and signaling for help.

Pfizer plans offering to pare Zoetis stake

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:09:09 -0400

TRENTON, New Jersey - Drugmaker Pfizer Inc. plans to try to sell its controlling stake in its former animal health business, Zoetis Inc., through a voluntary stock exchange with Pfizer shareholders.

Orphaned bobcat kittens ride the rails to Illinois

Wed, 22 May 2013 13:45:08 -0400

URBANA, Illinois - Two orphaned bobcat kittens being cared for at the University of Illinois Wildlife Medical Center may have made a long trip north to get there.

Horse in Texas gets prosthetic lower leg

Wed, 22 May 2013 12:18:40 -0400

DICKINSON, Texas - A grassy lawn under a few shade trees is not the ideal place to amputate a horse's leg.

Cat tests positive for rabies in Hillsborough, NH

Wed, 22 May 2013 09:44:33 -0400

HILLSBOROUGH, New Hampshire - Police in Hillsborough, New Hampshire, say a cat that has attacked three people has tested positive for rabies.

Slow pokes: Acupuncture helps hypothermic turtles

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:17:19 -0400

QUINCY, Massachusetts - Two endangered sea turtles that are shells of their former selves after getting stranded on Cape Cod during a cold spell are getting some help easing back into the wild - from an acupuncturist.

3 Brookfield Zoo dolphins expecting

Tue, 21 May 2013 10:23:05 -0400

CHICAGO - Chicago Zoological Society officials say three Brookfield Zoo bottlenose dolphins are pregnant.

Report: NPS hantavirus response followed policy

Tue, 21 May 2013 00:13:16 -0400

YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, California - Federal investigators probing the hantavirus outbreak blamed for three deaths at Yosemite National Park recommended on Monday that design changes to tent cabins and other privately run lodging first be reviewed by National Park Service officials.

Drought accelerates use of drugs to beef up cattle

Mon, 20 May 2013 14:48:04 -0400

WICHITA, Kansas - Cattle feeders in the U.S. are coping with reduced herds and high corn costs in part by increasing their use of growth-inducing drugs designed to bulk up animals, get more pounds of beef from each carcass and circumvent the drought's withering effects on the food cycle.

2 raccoons with rabies found in NH town

Mon, 20 May 2013 11:46:04 -0400

HANOVER, New Hampshire - New Hampshire authorities say they've confirmed two cases of rabies in raccoons in the town of Hanover.

2 old lions retire at Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum

Mon, 20 May 2013 10:56:05 -0400

TUCSON, Arizona - It's retirement time for two mountain lions at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum near Tucson.

NY town eyes limit on use of Plum Island

Mon, 20 May 2013 02:35:23 -0400

MINEOLA, New York - Selling an island where scientists have experimented with infectious animal diseases since the dawn of the Cold War was going to be difficult enough. But it now appears any prospective buyer won't be able to do much with Plum Island anyway.

Montana investigates bison deaths near Yellowstone

Sat, 18 May 2013 14:08:08 -0400

MISSOULA, Montana - State veterinarians in Montana have been sent to examine bison carcasses north of Yellowstone National Park amid fears the bison might have acquired a deadly disease from domestic sheep.

New director hired for UNL veterinary center

Sat, 18 May 2013 11:45:15 -0400

LINCOLN, Nebraska - A longtime faculty member at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln has been chosen as director of the Great Plains Veterinary Education Center in Clay Center.

Survey: Bat disease hasn't reached Wisconsin

Fri, 17 May 2013 05:08:49 -0400

MADISON, Wisconsin - Wisconsin wildlife officials say a third survey has turned up no signs a deadly bat disease has reached the state.

Swine flu found in elephant seals off California

Thu, 16 May 2013 14:02:22 -0400

DAVIS, California - Researchers have detected swine flu in elephant seals off the Central California coast, saying it was the first time a human pandemic strain has been found in marine mammals.

Pasco baby bitten by bat treated for rabies

Wed, 15 May 2013 15:13:14 -0400

PASCO, Washington - A baby is being treated for rabies after it was bitten by a bat that flew out of a patio umbrella on the deck of her grandparents' Pasco home, the Tri-City Herald reported Tuesday.

Wis. budget committee OKs elk importation

Wed, 15 May 2013 15:09:23 -0400

MADISON, Wisconsin - The Legislature's finance committee has approved a plan in Gov. Scott Walker's budget that would relax Wisconsin's chronic wasting disease testing protocols and allow elk importation.

Pa. Senate confirms Wolf to be health secretary

Wed, 15 May 2013 14:51:19 -0400

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania - The man who had been Pennsylvania's acting secretary of the Department of Health since October now has the job.

N. Idaho family gets rabies shots after bat visit

Wed, 15 May 2013 09:26:46 -0400

BOISE, Idaho - A northern Idaho family is undergoing rabies shots after a rabid bat flew into their home.

Shenandoah park seeks to stop deer disease spread

Wed, 15 May 2013 08:38:13 -0400

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia - Officials at Shenandoah National Park are working on a plan to stop the spread of chronic wasting disease.

Neb. Humane Society: Dogs being left in hot cars

Tue, 14 May 2013 18:28:18 -0400

OMAHA, Nebraska - The Nebraska Humane Society says it's receiving numerous calls about dogs being left in overheated cars.

Jaguars QB Rodgers has sports hernia surgery

Tue, 14 May 2013 17:23:54 -0400

JACKSONVILLE, Florida - The Jacksonville Jaguars are down a quarterback for the rest of the offseason.

2 new diseases could both spark global outbreaks

Mon, 13 May 2013 09:43:19 -0400

LONDON - Two respiratory viruses in different parts of the world have captured the attention of global health officials - a novel coronavirus in the Middle East and a new bird flu spreading in China.