Animals provide companionship and can offer unconditional affection, which people don’t always get from other humans, said Lori Kogan, chair of the Human-Animal Interaction Section of the American Psychological Association and a professor at Colorado State University.
“We need a treatment that stops the progression of osteoarthritis; that decreases the long-term inflammation in the joints,” says Felix Duerr, DVM, MS, DACVS-SA, DECVS, DACVSMR, assistant professor of small animal orthopedics and sports medicine at CSU.
Doug Thamm, a veterinary oncologist at the animal hospital, is conducting the Vaccination Against Canine Cancer Study, VACCS. The trial is the largest clinical study of canine cancer to date. Pet patients are being enrolled now.
As human companions, dogs are subject to many of the same environmental factors that may contribute to cancer development. “They’re breathing the same air, they’re walking on lawns treated with the same chemicals, they’re drinking the same water,” says Douglas Thamm, a professor of veterinary oncology at Colorado State University.
The most popular pet in America doesn’t bark. It purrs. Cats outnumber dogs in the United States by about 5 million, yet cats are killed in shelters at a rate 30% higher than dogs. Herein lies the feline paradox.
Firefighters, police officers, paramedics and others worked to warm the horse, while a Colorado State University (CSU) veterinarian attended to it. The horse was stabilized and taken to the CSU Vet Hospital for further care.
There’s no doubt that the veterinary profession has its share of mental challenges. Most of us feel the strain at least occasionally, if not regularly.
Anna Fagre, a veterinarian and postdoctoral fellow at Colorado State University who collaborates with Carlson’s project, proposes that we start by developing comprehensive measures for what a healthy wildlife population looks like.
Firefighters, police officers, paramedics and others worked to warm the horse, while a Colorado State University (CSU) veterinarian (Dr. Luke Bass and Dr. Megan Ahearne) attended to it. The horse was stabilized and taken to the CSU Vet Hospital for further care.
CSU joins the growing ranks of veterinary colleges at schools such as the University of Pennsylvania, the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University (the first veterinary school in the US to eliminate all terminal procedures in all species), Michigan State University, The Ohio State University, the University of California, Davis, and, just last January, Tuskegee University.