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Health & Nutrition

DENTITION: Site #1 and Site #2: very informative sites about teeth with great pictures i.e. retained dediduous teeth, maloclusion, interdigitation of premolars, wry mouth, malocclusion, missdirected teeth etc. etc.

VetGo Cardiology

MITRAL VALVE DYSPLASIA UPDATE FROM ANTA

Miscellaneous Health & Nutrition

The Ostrander Laboratory at the National Human Genome Research Institute at NIH in collaboration with the Comparative Oncology Program at Purdue University and the Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences at the University of Minnesota is conducting research on transitional cell carcinoma (TCC) of the urinary bladder in terrier breeds. Contact Dana Mosher at mosherd@mail.nih.gov if you want to participate.

BIRTH DEFECTS IN DOGS: CLEFT PALATE WHY AND WHEN - Chinaroad Lowchens of Australia

CANINE HERPES Virus (CHV-1) is a virus that has been largely forgotten for many years, due in part to the difficulty in making a definitive diagnosis. This is a very informative site with the newest information on Canine Herpes.

FORT DODGE TO COMPLY... Fort Dodge Animal Health, of Overland Park, Kansas, at FDA's request, has agreed to immediately cease production and recall its heartworm medication ProHeart®6 from the market until the FDA's concerns about adverse reaction reports associated with the product can be resolved. FDA is requesting that the firm continue to conduct research to determine the cause of related adverse reactions and develop a strategy to help prevent such problems in the future before the product is marketed again. The FDA will convene an independent scientific advisory committee to thoroughly evaluate all available data.

CHF: Canine Health Foundation

CHIC: Canine Health Information Center

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