The Dog Zombie

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Monday, June 25, 2012

Where I'm coming from

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In his keynote address to the second UK Conference of Science Journalists, Jay Rosen wrote, “I think every writer, every journalist, every ...
Sunday, June 24, 2012

Generation Anthropocene: a review

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The Generation Anthropocene podcasts, interviews of Stanford faculty by Stanford students, were published back in May. I didn’t get around ...
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Thursday, June 21, 2012

Organic standards and animal welfare

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Over on Animal Science Review , Austin J. Bouck just posted his paper, Do organic animal operations encourage management decisions that nega...
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Sunday, June 17, 2012

Mobile veterinary practice and federal drug restrictions

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Mostly, when I took my cats to the vet, I would cram them into a carrier while they protested and drive them to a clinic. It was a rough tri...
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Saturday, May 26, 2012

Perceptions of snoring pugs

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Researchers at a veterinary hospital were studying the prevalence of particular diseases in different breeds of dogs, and owner recognition ...
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Thursday, May 24, 2012

Antimicrobial oversight in veterinary news

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Antibiotic resistance is growing, and we’ve all heard that doctors should prescribe fewer antibiotics. But the bulk of antibiotic use in the...
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Tuesday, May 22, 2012

The Dog Zombie, DVM, MS!

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Yes, that is a Pet Doctor Barbie graduation cake. I graduated! You may now call me Dr. Dog Zombie. Next: shelter medicine internship i...
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Marlborough, MA, United States
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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