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What AMC’s New Surgical Institute Means for Your Pet
With great fanfare, the Schwarzman Animal Medical Center held a “leash cutting” ceremony to mark the grand opening of the Denise and Michael Kellen Institute for Surgical Care. The press release describes...
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UncategorizedAugust 15, 2011
DNA Testing for Your Pet: Not Just for Criminals!
DNA testing appears daily in the news. The OJ Simpson trial in 1995 made DNA testing famous and the technology continues to help juries determine innocence or guilt. Veterinarians use ...
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UncategorizedAugust 11, 2011
On the Road Again: Safety Restraints for Car-Traveling Pets
According to the American Automobile Association, 30.9 million Americans will drive to their vacation destinations this summer. Sixty-one percent of pet owners take their pets on vacation. If you do ...
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Pet Safety Responsible Pet OwnershipAugust 08, 2011
Collars vs. Harnesses
A Facebook friend of The Animal Medical Center wrote in and said, “I wish the AMC would run a piece on using halters [harnesses] rather than neck collars on dogs. ...
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OncologyAugust 04, 2011
Will that be One Lump or Two? A Guide to Lumps on Your Dog
My telephone and email have been ringing and pinging this week with questions about lumps on dogs. The subject line of the first email said “Lump on Rump” which sounded ...
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Responsible Pet OwnershipAugust 02, 2011
Animal Hoarding: How Many Pets are Too Many?
When most people think of animal hoarding, they think of the extreme cases shown on Animal Planet’s Confessions: Animal Hoarding, or similar programs on A&E and Discovery networks. Others think ...
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Responsible Pet OwnershipJuly 28, 2011
Pet Food Pantries
Last Sunday, I was at St. Bartholomew’s Church in New York City attending a discussion of its Crossroads Community Services Program which supports breakfast for 150-200 New Yorkers three days ...
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