Vet P.O.V. Microchip safety in pets: Leon’s story and the rodents in question

(Thanks to Alex  for this fab Frenchie image.)

Breaking news! Have you heard? It’s suddenly big news that microchips in pets can cause cancer. There’s one reported case out of hundreds of thousands of  microchipped pets. But mice, apparently, show an impressive susceptibility to cancer at the...

September 10th, 2007 14 Comments

Vet P.O.V. They Eat What We Are: New York Times Magazine ventures into nutrition and pet food (Part 2: My take)

Ah, the New York Times…all the news that’s fit to print…and a Sunday magazine that gives its writers a little room to maneuver around the news—with editorial vigor, if necessary. And that’s my primary objection to the article. The writer stalked this project with a jaundiced eye aimed squarely...

September 10th, 2007 14 Comments