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    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

    Dr. Gustavo Aguirre Wins the Sanford and Susan Greenberg Prize for Ending Blindness (link is external)

    ACVO Diplomate, Dr. Gustavo Aguirre, recently received the Sanford and Susan Greenberg End Blindness

    Dogs Can’t Tell the Difference Between Similar-Sounding Words (link is external)

    New research shows that dogs can’t tell the difference between words that only vary by one sound

    Hinrichs Receives AAEP Award for Reproductive Research (link is external)

    The American Association of Equine Practitioners has presented the 2020 AAEP Research Award to Dr. Katrin Hinrichs

    AAEP Bestows Research Award upon Renowned Theriogenologist Dr. Katrin Hinrichs (link is external)

    The American Association of Equine Practitioners presented the 2020 AAEP Research Award to Katrin Hinrichs, DVM, Ph.D., DACT, whose pioneering research in the field of equine assisted reproductive techniques (ART) has transformed…

    Researchers on Why Dogs Learn only a limited number of words (link is external)

    Researchers look into why dogs learn on a limited number of words