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• Orthopaedics and engineering combined at North Carolina State University to help ‘bionic' dog

  

  Orthopaedic veterinary surgeon Dr Denis Marcellin-Little and engineering professor, Dr Ola Harryson, of North Carolina State University, have used the groundbreaking technology of osseointegration to fit amputee dogs and cats with permanent prosthetic lim…

  By: Peter Beaumont
  Published: 13 Oct 2009
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• Are you brave enough to find out what your clients really think of you?

  

  Very few veterinary hospitals survey their clients for their satisfaction with services offered. Is this because they really are not that interested, fear the results, or feel that such tools are "too commercial"?…

  By: Peter Beaumont
  Published: 07 Oct 2009
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• Cause of bleeding calf syndrome still not clear

  

  European veterinary scientists and agriculturalists are mystified as to the exact cause (or causes) of an acute clinical syndrome affecting calves under the age of one month.…

  By: David Watson
  Published: 06 Oct 2009
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• No more portfolios for UK student veterinary nurses

  

  The traditional NVQ ‘portfolio' system for student veterinary nurses could be phased out from summer 2010, under draft proposals from the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS).…

  By: David Watson
  Published: 05 Oct 2009
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• Newcastle University researchers receive Ig Nobel Award for work on contented cows

  

  Researchers Catherine Douglas and Peter Rowlinson, from the agriculture, food and rural development department of Newcastle University, have discovered that cows given names are more prolific milk-producers than those without.…

  By: David Watson
  Published: 03 Oct 2009
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• Leading Italian virologist at One Health conference calls for more enlightened approach to influenza viruses

  

  Speaking at the ‘Animals + Humans = One Health' conference in Brussels on 28 September, leading European virologist, Ilaria Capua, challenged the 400 delegates to adopt a more enlightened approach to influenza viruses and their control.…

  By: David Watson
  Published: 02 Oct 2009
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