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Davis County adds day to veterinarian's schedule

Last updated Friday, January 6, 2012 - 2:50pm

FARMINGTON -- In the name of kitty and puppy love, Davis County Animal Care & Control has added a third day to its veterinarian's contract.

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Secondhand smoke is harming pets

Bryon Saxton Standard-Examiner

Last updated Tuesday, December 20, 2011 - 11:33pm

CLEARFIELD — If Spot could speak, he might tell his owners — if they smoked — that all that secondhand smoke is “ruff” on the both of them.

A Davis County Health Department educator and a nationally recognized Davis County veterinarian, after reviewing information from recent veterinary studies, contend secondhand smoke has serious effects on pets in the household.

They hope that educating pet owners who smoke about the dangers of secondhand smoke and the risk it poses to their pets will encourage them to quit smoking.

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Animal shelter worker fired for creating 'fear factor' during euthanizations

David Zahniser Los Angeles Times

Last updated Wednesday, December 14, 2011 - 12:18pm

LOS ANGELES -- A veterinary technician at a Los Angeles city animal shelter was fired last week after officials found that he had subjected dogs to inhumane treatment while euthanizing them.

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All horse quarantines lifted after virus outbreak

The Associated Press The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, July 6, 2011 - 1:42pm

SALT LAKE CITY -- Utah agriculture officials say all quarantine orders issued to prevent the spread of a potentially deadly horse virus have now been lifted.

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There's one medicine guaranteed to make pets sick - yours

Jamie Lampros Standard-Examiner correspondent

Last updated Wednesday, March 2, 2011 - 11:33pm

Last year, human medications sickened more pets across the country than any other toxin.

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Mindy Rabideau (left) and Jennifer Evans take a female bald eagle back to her quarters recently after Dr. Doug Folland, Doctor of Veterinarian Medicine certified with the American Board of Veterinary Practitioners, checked on the wing he operated on in December. The eagle had a revolutionary surgery called arthrodesis, or surgical fixation of a joint, and is now recovering at Tracy Aviary in Salt Lake City.

Wing Has A Prayer

Dana Rimington Standard-Examiner correspondent

Last updated Monday, February 14, 2011 - 9:53pm

CENTERVILLE -- Most veterinarians in the Top of Utah are accustomed to working with dogs and cats.

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Oregon dog to get stem cells to help heal hip

The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, February 11, 2011 - 10:52am

MEDFORD, Ore. -- A former Oregon military dog that did two tours of duty sniffing out bombs in Iraq is going to receive stem cell therapy to treat osteoarthritis in his hips.

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Utah State's proposed vet school hits roadblock

The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, November 15, 2010 - 10:49am

LOGAN -- Utah State University's plan to launch a veterinary program is competing with funding requests from other cash-starved colleges.

The Utah Board of Trustees is questioning the Logan school's plan, saying the money needed for a veterinary program might better be spent churning out more doctors at another state school, the University of Utah. The state is projecting a need for more primary-care doctors as Utah's population grows and ages. Rural Utah, meanwhile, is short on veterinarians.

Randy Dryer, chairman of the Utah Board of Trustees, told The Salt Lake Tribune it's a question of priorities: Does Utah need more doctors to treat animals or people?

Trustees at Utah State want to offer a veterinary program in a partnership with one of the nation's most established programs. Up to 30 students would spend their first two years studying at Utah State, then finish a degree at Washington State University.

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