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    Philadelphia researchers train dogs to detect “silent killer” canine cancer

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    PODCAST: Dr. Cindy Otto on latest dog overheating research, working dog science, and more

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    Annual Penn Vet Clinic Delivers Preventive Care to Hundreds of Philadelphia Pets

    The Ryan Hospital at the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Veterinary Medicine (Penn Vet) hosted the 16th annual Dog and Cat Wellness and Vaccination Clinic on the Martin Luther King,…

    A black lab being trained to sniff for specific items.

    Sniffing out cancer: Trained dogs can detect hemangiosarcoma by scent

    Penn Vet’s Cynthia M. Otto and Clara Wilson and colleagues show that trained dogs can identify the odor of hemangiosarcoma, a devastating canine cancer, offering the hope of a better…

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    Newly Identified Gene Deletion in Standard Poodles Sheds Light on Severe Vision Disorder

    Inherited retinal diseases form a broad and complex group of genetic conditions that cause progressive vision loss and blindness. Dogs, like humans, are susceptible to many such disorders. Because of…

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    Vision Scientists at Penn Vet Launch DogAEye, a Novel AI-Based Tool To Improve Early Diagnosis of Retinal Degeneration in Dogs

    Veterinary ophthalmologists and vision scientists at the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Veterinary Medicine (Penn Vet) have announced the release of DogAEye, an innovative artificial intelligence (AI)–based clinical decision support…

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    $1.5 Million Gift from Nestlé Purina PetCare Company Fuels Growth of Canine Cognition and Performance Research at the Penn Vet Working Dog Center

    The University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine’s (Penn Vet) Working Dog Center (WDC) has received a transformative $1.5 million gift from Nestlé Purina PetCare Company to establish the Purina…

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    Penn Vet’s Nicola Mason, BVetMed, PhD, DACVIM, FRCVS, Receives Penn Center for Innovation’s Inventor of the Year Award

    The University of Pennsylvania (Penn) School of Veterinary Medicine (Penn Vet) congratulates Dr. Nicky Mason, the Paul A. James and Charles A. Gilmore Endowed Chair Professor and Professor of Medicine…

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    Penn Vet’s Total Hip Replacement Program Helps Heal Dogs With Hip Dysplasia So They Can Live ‘Their Best Lives’

    Stephanie and Michael Fullmer fell in love with Cora, a sweet-natured rescue Golden Retriever, as soon as they saw her photo. And Cora loved back – kids, kittens, other dogs,…

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    To bark is divine: The contest that the National Dog Show is not going to televise

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