The Asian Water Monitor (varanus salvator) is a challenge to keep as pet even for herpers used to handling lizards. Herpers are people involved with reptiles and amphibians. It comes from the word herpetology which is the study of reptiles and amphibians. This lizard’s native habitat is southern Asia from India east to the […]
North Carolina State College of Veterinary Medicine is recruiting patients with canine osteosarcoma to conduct a new study called “The Impact of Palladia on Canine Osteosarcoma.” Palladia, manufactured by Pfizer Animal Health specifically for dogs and approved by the FDA early in 2010, has been used to treat canine mast cell tumors. If you feel […]
The American Animal Hospital Association Canine Vaccination Task Force has issued new guidelines in 2011 for vaccinations. They recommend that vaccinations for Distemper, Parvovirus and Adenovirus can now be administered every 3 years instead of annually. The task force also said that distemper and parvo vaccines provide at least 5 year immunities and adenovirus vaccine […]
