DogExplorer.com News - Dog and horse owners in Birmingham, Alabama, are finding that alternative health care therapies like acupuncture, massage and herbal remedies yield real improvements in their pet's quality of life.
One owner of a ten-year-old Doberman Pinscher with Wobblers Syndrome says her dog has done well with the services of a licensed Veterinary Acupuncturist. Another 13-year-old dog with cancer has been treated for two years with straight acupuncture and electrical impulses through the needles instead of chemotherapy and radiation (after first having a tumor removed).
DogExplorer.com News - Officials have confirmed that the highly pathogenic H5N1 type of Bird Flu was found in turkeys on a farm in East Anglia, Suffolk, United Kingdom.
Fred Landeg, Acting Chief Veterinary Officer, Veterinary Laboratories Agency, says the infection consists of the Asian highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 strain related to virus found over the Summer in the Czech Republic and Germany.
Some 6,500 birds are to be destroyed in an attempt to control the spread of the infection.
DogExplorer.com News - Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus or the so-called super bug known as the Staph infection MRSA could be transmitted by your dog.
According to one Veterinarian, both human and dog could carry and transmit this sometimes deadly bacteria but in most cases, as long as there is no open sore or wound the risk of actual infection is low.
DogExplorer.com News - Video highlights from the Splash Dogs Dock Jumping World Championships competition in Scottsdale, Arizona, November 3 and 4, 2007.
DogExplorer.com News - Ellen DeGeneres is in the middle of a mess over her admitted breach of a written agreement with a dog rescue. The actress and her partner Portia de Rossi recently adopted a dog. DeGeneres is well known as an animal lover who often features them on her popular daytime program, the Ellen DeGeneres Show.
From statements made by DeGeneres and published accounts, it appears that before the dog was adopted, her household was home to several cats. The dog is called Iggy and reports describe it as a Brussels-Griffon mix.
Ellen DeGeneres is in trouble with a pet rescue after giving an adopted dog away to her hairdresser because it didn't get along with her cats. She her view on her show. (16 October 2007)
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