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Saturday, July 23, 2011

The ethics of dog breeding: to breed or not to breed?

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It’s challenging to breed purebred dogs well. You have to balance appearance, health, and temperament, and of course by “health” I actually ...
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Tuesday, July 19, 2011

The art of dog breeding: Puppy has two daddies

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Not just every puppy has two daddies. How would it happen? It’s a long story, so stick with me. Let’s say you’re deeply involved in the do...
Monday, July 11, 2011

Neurology rotation

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I just completed my two-week neurology rotation. You might think that, because I love dog brains, this would have been right up my alley. Ac...
Sunday, July 3, 2011

Bringing them back from the edge

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When I was on my small animal medicine rotation a few months ago, I had a patient with bad kidney disease. This little dog was sixteen years...
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Tuesday, June 14, 2011

How to give a horse his eye medications, or, What is an SPL?

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One of my patients on my Large Animal Medicine rotation had a very sick eye, for which he needed approximately 9187346 medications every few...
Saturday, June 4, 2011

Shelter medicine externship

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I recently spent two weeks of elective time at a shelter medicine externship at a different vet school. Half the time was spent in academic ...
Sunday, May 29, 2011

$200 worth of oops

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This Saturday I was “on duty” in the large animal hospital, meaning that I was in the hospital for about 12 hours, theoretically helping wit...
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Jessica Perry Hekman, DVM, PhD is fascinated by dog brains. She is a postdoctoral associate at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, where she studies the genetics of dog behavior. Her interests include the stress response in mammals, canine behavior, canine domestication, shelter medicine, animal welfare, and open access publishing. You may learn more about Jessica at www.dogzombie.com, or email her at jph at dogzombie dot com. All opinions expressed here are her own.
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