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U.S. Free of Canine Rabies Virus
By
Maggie Fox
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal health
experts declared a small victory against a fatal and untreatable virus on
Friday, saying canine rabies has disappeared from the United States.
While dogs may still become infected from
raccoons, skunks or bats, they will not catch dog-specific rabies from
another dog, the Atlanta-based U.S. Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention said. MORE
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Vaccination Protocols
By Christie Meyer
Few in veterinary practice today can recall a time when serious infectious
diseases were not preventable by the administration of safe immunizations.
With the exception of the canine parvovirus (CPV) pandemic in the late
1970's, widespread morbidity and mortality due to life-threatening diseases
have largely been preventable in recent years. Even when CPV erupted on the
scene, the rapid response by researchers and biologics (vaccine)
manufacturers allowed our profession to curtail the terrible losses of dogs
to this disease. It is therefore safe to say that no single achievement has
had greater impact on the lives and well-being of our patients, our clients,
and our ability to prevent infectious diseases than the development and
ongoing improvements in companion animal vaccines.
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Doc Does Drugs
By John T. Holleman, IV
Unfortunately, I have a sad
beginning to my story of love and involvement with American Bulldogs. A
couple of years ago my wife was diagnosed with having a couple of rare brain
tumors on her brain stem. I have an extremely busy law practice and a number
of business involvements that keep me traveling almost constantly. Although
we live in a nice neighborhood five minutes from the Arkansas state capital,
our neighborhood has suffered some petty crimes that cause more worry than
problems. Due to my travel schedule, I wanted another "man" around the house
to help out my wife and to keep an eye on my 11 year old daughter.
I
began researching the various guardian breeds and a client in Texas sent me
Dave Putnam's bible on American Bulldogs, The Working American
Bulldog.
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Preparing For The Oral Interview
By Rodney Spicer
Every since you joined the police department,
you have always wanted to become a K9 handler. For the last two years you
have participated in the K9 training sessions on your off time and have also
helped out, acting as a bad guy for public demonstrations. A new K9 handler
position has just been posted, and although you have been putting in time at
K9 training for the last two years, several well-respected officers are also
applying for the position. Even though you have helped at K9 training in the
last two years on your off time, this does not mean you are the next
handler. There are NO GUARANTEES!! But with the proper preparation,
you can get the edge over the other applicants. Below are some suggestions
and some information that will help you stand out over the other applicants.
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Impressions, 2003 USA Sieger Show
By Fred Lanting
For a number of reasons, this year’s
United Schutzhund Clubs of America (USA) Sieger Show was smaller than usual,
though there were sufficient world-class dogs there, that anybody would be
proud to own. The relative isolation of a West-coast location kept many from
east of the Rockies from attending, although last year’s show in Las Vegas
did not suffer to the same degree.
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Looking at OFA and PennHIP in 2003 and 2004
© 2003, Fred
Lanting
A
contributor to an e-mail discussion group reproduced a public-relations
flyer from OFA without realizing that many of its statements were old
repeated ones that long ago became inaccurate and misleading by their lack
of currency. I only have time to comment on a few of these. The quotes from
the 1998-copyright OFA mailing (a repeat of the pamphlet sent in 1994 which
in turn repeated some older claims) are in italics, and my response is in
regular typeface. MORE
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The
Nose Knows
By: Michael DeLee
Humans have teamed with dogs for thousands of
years to hunt for food; it's only natural that these days, we pair up in the
search for contraband. Here's a primer on how a dog's nose works so you can
explain it simply to a jury. MORE |
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