James Herriot was the pen name of James Alfred Wight, a Scottish veterinarian who was born in 1916. In 1969 Wight wrote If Only They Could Talk, the first of the now-famous series based on his life working as a vet. This book and some of his other stories were collected in a book called […]
The Welsummer breed originated in the Netherlands at the beginning of the 20th century. In the 1920s it was imported to England. Representations of cockerels in the media are often based upon the “classic” Welsummer look. The most common example of this would be the Kelloggs Cornflakes rooster. Wellsummers lay beautiful brown eggs, but are […]
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 […]
