Animal Care

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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,…

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    Ryan Hospital and New Bolton Center’s Infection Prevention and Biosecurity Programs Strive to Safeguard Health for Animals and People

    Drug-resistant bacteria are one of the most urgent health challenges of our time, affecting people, animals, and the environments they share. The University of Pennsylvania’s School of Veterinary Medicine (Penn…

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    Comforting Philanthropy

    At Penn Vet’s Ryan Hospital, world-class clinical care is matched with deep compassion for animals and the people who love them.

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    Penn Vet Teamwork Comes Through for a Dog with a Strong Will but a Sick Heart

    Something about Litte Dove just wasn’t quite right. Even in her favorite Philly park with her favorite people, the usually plucky shepherd mix sat down abruptly in mid-walk.

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    Monkey’s Cross-country Journey Ends with a New Kidney… and Friend

    Monkey is a people cat, the kind of kitty who eagerly greets his owners when they come home. He has been a little lovebug since Erik Palitsch and Angi Whitford…

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    One Tiny Dog’s Outsized Contribution to Brain Surgery

    Geddy Lee has lived a big life for a little dog. As a puppy, the tiny terrier mix was abandoned in Mississippi during a high-speed car chase. Rescued by law…

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    Penn Vet Accelerates Community Impact through University of Pennsylvania’s 30th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service

    Faculty In This Story The Ryan Hospital at the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Veterinary Medicine (Penn Vet) hosted the 15th annual Dog and Cat Wellness and Vaccination Clinic in…

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    Penn Vet Holds Ribbon Cutting for New $2.8 Million Richard Lichter Advanced Dentistry and Oral Surgery Suite

    The University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine (Penn Vet) commemorated the official re-opening of the newly named Richard Lichter Advanced Dentistry and Oral Surgery Suite at Ryan Hospital with…

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