This article is slightly more than an update on the hip registries operating in the U.S. (and Canada, to a great extent). I hope to not only bring you the current status of each as we turn the corner into 2003, but also stress again the importance of lobbying for an …
Month: June 2002
SZ 1674219 SchH3 FH “a” normal Medium tall, medium strong, dry and powerful, high withers, firm back, short croup, straight front, upper arm a bit short and steep, good rear angulation, walks straight front and back, very ground covering gaits. Sound temperament, courage fightdrive pronounced, does out.
Still Arguing About The Standard(s)? (subtitle: “Where’s the Beef?”) Many have spoken about the GSD Breed Standard in many places, but some have not been allowed to add their voices in the official journal of the GSD Club of America. Those who run the club also run the magazine, and how much of a tight …
(A MODERN VETERINARY SNAFU) Presentation to: Staff & Students Faculty of Veterinary Science Massey University Palmerston North, New Zealand 9 September, 1993Please visit Tom’s Web Site http://www.rawmeatybones.com/ Table of Contents Summary Introduction The Name Logic Psychology Politics and Economics Environmental Impact Veterinary Science Health Periodontal Disease Periodontal Consequence Foul Mouth AIDS – A Dietary Disease …
Previous Page POLITICS AND ECONOMICS In our modern world the final arbiters of truth are the ‘experts’ (until the populace tires of being misled). Consequently politicians, bureaucrats and consumer watchdogs defer to the veterinary profession as presumed experts for a ruling as to what is acceptable. In fact, the veterinary profession appears to have abdicated …
PREVIOUS PAGE FOUL MOUTH AIDS – A DIETARY DISEASE The following paper was published in the Post Graduate Committee in Veterinary Science’s Control and Therapy Series. Raw Meaty Bones Promote Health Control and Therapy No. 3323 The raw versus processed food debate became obstipated. A stand-off occurred across the …
PREVIOUS PAGE FLUTD FLUTD is one of the intractable diseases encountered in feline practice. The July, 1993 edition of the JSAP carried an article by Sydney University, Associate Professor ADJ Watson in which he reviewed the work of Markwell (JSAP 34 pp157-162) and commented on the work of Osborne et …
The pet food industry, a billion-dollar, unregulated operation, feeds on the garbage that otherwise would wind up in landfills or be transformed into fertiliser. The hidden ingredients in a can of commercial pet food may include roadkill and the rendered remains of cats and dogs. The pet food industry claims that its products constitute a …
“Every time a pet trustingly eats another bowl of high sugar pet food, he is being brought that much closer to diabetes, hypoglycemia, overweight, nervousness, cataracts, allergy and death” R.Geoffrey Broderick DVM The multi-billion dollar pet food industry is killing our pets. With millions of dollars to spend on promotion and hype, pet owners have …
Early genetics When Mendel’s work was rediscovered at the beginning of the twentieth century, the new field of Genetics went in several directions. The T. H. Morgan (1) school quickly got tired of crossing green to yellow peas and moved on to discovering white-eyed fruit flies, linkage and genetic maps. …