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Best Friends 2012 Pet Conference
Best Friends is hosting the No More Homeless Pets Conference to be held October 25-28, 2012 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Early registration is $275, a $50 savings off the regular registration fee. Registrations for this event have begun. The 2012 Conference begins on Thursday and ends Saturday with optional workshops free on Sunday for registrants. […]
Burmese
Vital Statistics: Place of Origin: United States Coat Type: short, silky Color: Most colors of cat Temperament: intelligent, sociable, talkative, affectionate Where do Burmese cats come from? Dr. Joseph Thompson of San Francisco brought a chestnut colored, female cat from Burma and began a breeding program with Siamese cats in the early 1930s. In 1936, […]
Proventricular Dilation in Birds
Proventricular Dilation Disease (PDD) affects primarily parrots, but also some other birds. It is also known as the Wasting Syndrome. The Proventriculus is a glandular part of the avian stomach that may store and or begin digestion of food before it moves to the gizzard. The gizzard is a muscular pouch behind the stomach that […]