Pet News
Please check this column regularly for timely information regarding pet news stories, articles and pet health alerts. Our goal is to provide you with useful and entertaining information and to stay in touch with the pet community.
Animal Clinic of Santa Maria
Stamps to the Rescue Campaign -posted May 3, 2010
To help increase awareness of the millions of shelter pets that need good homes, the U.S. Postal Service has recently launched Animal Rescue: Adopt a Shelter Pet stamps. Start using these stamps and help spread the word. See the rest of the story on the Animal Clinic of Santa Maria page on Facebook
The Animal Clinic of Santa Maria is now on Facebook -posted April 24, 2010
We encourage community participation on our forum on Facebook. Have a great pet photo or a general question, comment or interesting story about pet health? Post it on the Animal Clinic of Santa Maria page on Facebook
Teaching low stress handling of cats -posted April 21, 2010
Nursing staff members follow along as Dr. Denise Porte and Rosie Muranaka, RVT demonstrate low stress handling techniques in cats after attending the UC Davis Behavior Medicine Club Symposium.
City issues rattlesnake warning -posted April 21, 2010
Walter the basset hound was bitten on the nose by a rattlesnake at Beattie Park.
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The Animal Clinic of Santa Maria has rattlesnake vaccines available for dogs that are frequently taken on hikes or at risk of encountering a rattlesanake. Vaccinated dogs, when bitten by rattlesnakes, will typically present with less severe symptoms and recover more quickly. Even vaccinated dogs bitten by rattlesnakes should be seen by a veterinarian immediately because of the possibility of complex snake bite circumstances and secondary infection.
Wayward NM cat gets free flight home from Chicago -posted April 17, 2010
No one knows how a tabby cat named Charles traveled the 1,300 miles from his New Mexico home to Chicago, but he's set for a complimentary flight home on American Airlines in a carrier donated by an Albuquerque business.
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Barn Cats Will Work for Food-posted March 3, 2010
County Animal Services is seeking homes for feral and semi feral cats. Ideal homes should have a barn, warehouse or other shelter for cats.
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Guidelines for Pet Adoption-posted February 20, 2010
In a special report in the Veterinary Medicine journal, Dr. Denise Porte discusses several important questions to ask before adopting a pet.
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