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  • Mother's junk food diet linked to liver disease in offspring

    Young women eating junk food.

    A study carried out at the RVC, London suggests that pregnancy and lactation are not the time to overindulge on fatty, salty and sugary foods as this may cause long-term liver damage to the offspring.…

    By: David Watson
    Published: 07 Mar 2010
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  • CVS set to acquire Veterinary Enterprises

    cvs logo

    'Dog eat dog' is a well-worn saying in business circles. That cliché has a particular bark to it with the news that CVS (UK) Limited is in the process of acquiring Veterinary Enterprises.…

    By: David Watson
    Published: 23 Feb 2010
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  • Physician, heal (it) thyself!

    Pills & prescription pad.

    US veterinarian, Patty Khuli, who writes a regular column in USA TODAY, has quite an agenda on the subject of human doctors treating their own pets and her piece, headlined ‘Vets pet peeve: When human physicians diagnose animals', is worth a read!…

    By: David Watson
    Published: 30 Jan 2010
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  • OCD gene discovered in dogs?

    Woman and Doberman face to face.

    My attention has been drawn to an article in the New York Times which describes how researchers claim to have identified a gene which is shared by individual Doberman pinschers that exhibit the stereotypical behaviour of sucking their flanks.…

    By: David Watson
    Published: 20 Jan 2010
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  • CCL model turns swords into ploughshares

    An angry exchange.

    Sometimes a subject pops up in one of the specialist discussion groups that merits wider circulation and discussion. I commend for your consideration a piece spotted by LinkedIn member, Jason Canapp, on the subject of ‘Turning Conflict into Conversation'.…

    By: David Watson
    Published: 10 Jan 2010
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  • Genetically, humans are closer to horses than dogs

    Humans closer genetically to horses, than dogs.

    A paper published in Science magazine details the decoding of the entire gene sequence of the domestic horse and suggests that, from a genetic point of view, humans are closer to horses than dogs.…

    By: Peter Beaumont
    Published: 18 Dec 2009
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