In research surveying 7,290 participants in eight European countries, Jo�l Mossong and colleagues determine patterns of person-to-person contact relevant to controlling pathogens spread by respiratory or close-contact routes.
For two years, Kara Johnson tried it all: scratching posts, bottles of citrus spray, blasts of canned air, even little plastic covers for the nails of her two cats. Nothing deterred them from doing serious damage to her house -- and each other -- with their tiny claws.
For the first time, veterinary students participated in the Intercollegiate Animal Welfare Judging and Assessment Competition, highlighting the increased attention veterinarians are receiving for their role in ensuring animal welfare.
Citing concerns about the spread of disease and injury, inhumane treatment of animals, and ecological damage, Dr. Gail Golab, PhD, DVM, director of the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) Animal Welfare Division, spoke on the dangers of nonhuman primates kept as pets before a subcommittee of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Natural Resources.
It's a routine surgery performed daily by veterinarians across the country. The nails and part of the bones they grow from are removed from cats. For some cat owners it seen as absolutely necessary. For animal-rights activists, it is nothing short of torture. Such is the polarizing debate over cat declawing.
F or two years, Kara Johnson tried it all: scratching posts, bottles of citrus spray, blasts of canned air, even little plastic covers for the nails of her two cats. Nothing deterred them from doing serious damage to her house -- and each other -- with their tiny claws. Sofas were reduced to shreds, shoes to tatters. The cats inflicted three serious eye injuries on each other. And then,
Veterinarians across the country perform the procedure daily, sometimes marketing it in conjunction with spaying or neutering. But the opposition is vocal.
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