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    Investing in Animal Health Protects Everyone (link is external)

    PA Secretary of Agriculture Russell Redding wrote an op-ed about the PADLS laboratories and their value to the Commonwealth.

    Penn Vet’s Carlo Siracusa Receives Morris Animal Foundation Mark L. Morris Jr. Investigator Award (link is external)

    DENVER/March 16, 2021 — Morris Animal Foundation has awarded its second Mark L. Morris Jr. Investigator Award to Dr. Carlo Siracusa, Associate Professor of Clinical Behavior Medicine at the University…

    New Ethogram Describes 70+ Discomfort Behaviors in Horses (link is external)

    Dr. Sue McDonnell and Catherine Torcivia developed an Equine Discomfort Ethogram, cataloging over 70 behaviors.

    How to Handle 8 Stallion Behavior Problems (link is external)

    Learn how to handle eight troublesome behaviors and teach your breeding stallion manner with tips from Dr. Sue McDonnell.

    How Female Frogs Tune Out Useless, Noisy Males (link is external)

    Dr. Amritha Mallikarjun was interviewed about her prior research on human and canine speech perception in noise.

    Do Dogs Really Make Us Happier? (link is external)

    Do Dogs Really Make Us Happier? A look at our psychological relationships with dogs and how they can improve our mood

    Penn Vet Develops New Gene Doping Test (link is external)

    Researchers have developed a new test to detect the local administration of illicit, gene doping therapies in equine athletes.

    Meet the Dogs That Can Sniff Out Cancer (link is external)

    Annemarie DeAngelo and Dr. Cynthia Otto talk about the Working Dog Center’s ovarian cancer detection research.

    Newborn puppies to become search and detection dogs through Penn Vet Working Dog Center (link is external)

    Training Director Annemarie DeAngelo was interviewed for a story featuring the new Pinto x Oso litter of puppies.

    My Dog Ate Weed. Now What? (link is external)

    Dr. Kenneth Drobatz talks about dogs ingesting marijuana products.

    Our Pets, Post-Pandemic (link is external)

    Dr. Carlo Siracusa provides tips about how to prepare pets for life without owners at home post-pandemic.

    No bad dogs? Pet owner’s personality can affect canine training success, study finds (link is external)

    New research suggests the trick to training problem pups may depend on the the owner’s personality, as well as the bond between human and dog.

    COVID sniffing dogs: The next tool against coronavirus? (link is external)

    Director of Communications and Marketing Martin Hackett spoke with The Morning Call about Dr. Cynthia Otto’s ongoing COVID-19 detection research.

    Extroverts have more success training their dogs than introverts (link is external)

    Dogs with certain kinds of behavioural problems are more likely to show improvement during training if their owners are extroverts and open-minded.

    Hyemi Sevening- People on the Move (link is external)

    The School of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania (Penn Vet) has named Hyemi Sevening, a senior fundraising professional with more than 17 years of development experience, as its…

    Penn Animal Blood Bank is looking for donor dogs as program gets back on track (link is external)

    A blood bank for dogs is getting back on track after COVID-19 restrictions slowed operations down. “It majorly impacted us,” said Kym Marryott, a certified veterinary technician at Penn Vet…

    Clinician: Equine Ear Infections Might Spread to TMJ (link is external)

    A case study found swelling and pain in the upper jaw between the eye and the ear might indicate an infection in the temporomandibular joint (TMJ) area.

    Fetlock Arthrodesis Advances Provide Options for Injured Horses (link is external)

    In most cases, the prognosis for horses who suffer severe fetlock breakdowns is grim, but a procedure pioneered at the end of the 1970s called the fetlock arthrodesis suddenly provided…

    Hemp Seed has promising future as livestock feed (link is external)

    A protein rich, low cost, high yield way to feed livestock could soon be competing with traditional row crops and forages