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blog posts - November 09

  • Will you be an ABCD & Merial young scientist award winner in 2010?

    ABCD   Merial Young Scientist Award Winner 2009  Dr Jonas Wensman.

    The European Advisory Board on Cat Diseases (ABCD) is inviting entries for the ABCD & Merial Young Scientist Award 2010 before the deadline closes on 1 February 2010.…

    By: David Watson
    Published: 28 Nov 2009
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  • Difficult personal decision? Tap into collective wisdom

    Looking for advice.

    Besides using the internet just to keep up with things on a personal front, some surfers who are facing important decisions are clicking on sites that help them with personalised advice based upon the collective wisdom of other people who have faced simil…

    By: David Watson
    Published: 25 Nov 2009
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  • German study brings good news for turkeys

    Young turkey poults

    A novel approach to classifying the gender of six-week-old turkey poults could save millions of male chicks from being killed shortly after birth, according to Dr Gerald Steiner and his team from the Dresden University of Technology in Germany.…

    By: John Bonner
    Published: 24 Nov 2009
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  • AAHA aggregates pet microchip data

    Lost puppy.

    A new internet-based resource has become available for unifying the data on the multiplicity of branded microchips currently used for permanent pet identification in the USA.…

    By: Peter Beaumont
    Published: 23 Nov 2009
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  • RCVS Trust funding puts WikiQuiz online

    WikiQuiz logo

    The WikiQuiz project - a free online question and answer tool which enables vets and veterinary students to test their knowledge - is now online, thanks to £4,770 of funding from the RCVS Trust.…

    By: David Watson
    Published: 20 Nov 2009
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  • New US drug approval for canine Cushing's disease therapy from Dechra

    Canine Cushing's disease case history. (Photos: Dechra)

    In approving the Penn Pharmaceutical (Wales) formulation of trilostane for the treatment of pituitary-dependent and adrenal-dependent hyperadrenocorticism in dogs, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has also cautioned against continued use of other so…

    By: Peter Beaumont
    Published: 17 Nov 2009
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