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| Veterinary Medicine Update |  |  | | |  | - Boots & Barkley treats recalled due to salmonella contamination
Kasel Associated Industries of Denver is recalling its Boots & Barkley American Beef Bully Sticks, sold at Target stores, after detecting salmonella contamination in certain lots. Salmonella-contaminated pet foods can be a source of infection for people via direct contact with the food or with surfaces that have been exposed to the food. AnnArbor.com (Mich.) (9/22)      - Week-old giant panda cub dies at Washington's National Zoo
The National Zoo's panda cub was pronounced dead this weekend, less than a week after its much-celebrated birth. When zoo staff noted distress calls from mother Mei Xiang, they removed the cub from her care, taking it to a medical treatment area where zoo veterinarian Nancy Boedeker attempted CPR for 10 minutes. Preliminary necropsy findings include liver abnormalities and unusual abdominal fluid, but chief veterinarian Suzan Murray warned against drawing conclusions too quickly. "Judging too much on the initial necropsy can be a little bit dangerous at times," Dr. Murray said. "Something that might appear abnormal to you visually, when you look at it under a microscope, it may indeed be normal." The Washington Post (9/24) - JFK Airport to build $32 million animal care center
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has approved a $32 million renovation of a vacant building at John F. Kennedy International Airport that will feature a veterinary hospital, rehabilitation area, boarding kennels and quarantine facilities. It will encompass 14.4 acres of the airport grounds and will accommodate some 70,000 animals per year, including dogs, cats, horses and birds. The Wall Street Journal/The Associated Press (9/23)  | Find what you need with a simple click. Visit Order.WedgewoodPetRx.com!
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- Economy, drought mean desperate times for horse owners
After being stretched to their financial limits by the flagging economy, many horse owners have been pushed to the breaking point by the drought, and they are desperate to find homes for their animals. With hay prices nearly triple the usual cost and the horse market flooded, some owners try to give their horses away to rescue organizations that don't have space, while other owners simply abandon their animals, according to Tony Pecho of Illinois Horse Rescue of Will County. The Beacon News (Aurora, Ill.) (9/24) - Agricultural animals are essential to humans in many ways
In addition to serving as a source of food, animals such as pigs are useful to humans in many other ways, contributing to human medical products, including heparin, insulin and estrogen, while the skin of pigs often helps human burn patients and swine heart and artery tissue are important for treating people with cardiovascular problems. "Animal agriculture is all around you and in everything you do," writes Colorado State University extension agent Megan Jedlicka. Journal-Advocate (Sterling, Colo.) (9/22)  | Scan as fast as you work. Scan as fast as 60 pages per minute with the new Canon DR-M160 and increase your productivity with a bigger daily scan volume of up to 7,000 pages. The document quality is improved with a scan resolution as high as 600 DPI.
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- Podcast: Rabies
Friday, Sept. 28, marks the sixth annual World Rabies Day, an international event created to help raise rabies awareness and save lives. Despite major efforts to eradicate the virus, rabies remains a major concern worldwide, killing more than 55,000 people every year. In the United States, more than 6,000 rabid animals, as well as 6 human cases of rabies, were reported to the US Centers for Disease Control in 2011. In this podcast, Dr. Lynne White-Shim, assistant director of the AVMA's Scientific Activities Division, talks about rabies and World Rabies Day. Listen to the podcast.
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