Lakeside Pet Hospital

04/28/2026

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01/08/2026

We did this at Lakeside Pet Hospital in the 80s. We had this Pelican that was not doing well, xrays showed a big fish hook. We discussed surgical options. I then blurted out I just reach in and remove the f ish hook, so I did. It was one of those simple solutions.

Curated by Smartbrief. Veterinarian Jessica Comolli manually removed fishing hooks from a pelican's stomach while the bird was sedated. Brown pelicans routinely swallow large fish, so Dr. Comolli could reach down the bird's throat without causing injury.

05/22/2025

We all need to work on this issue. Veterinarians, Physicians and Patients

Pets are often prescribed similar or the same antimicrobials as people, increasing opportunities for microbes to evolve resistance, say veterinarians Claire Fellman and Ian DeStefano. A survey published by the AVMA found that 90% of veterinary schools lack dedicated staff time for antimicrobial stew...

04/10/2025

We know that loose dogs cause problems for wildlife. There are many people who don't think there is a problem with dog f***s, but alas there is.

Keeping dogs leashed and away from wildlife and properly cleaning up and managing their f***s can reduce their negative impacts on the environment and wildlife, says Bill Bateman, lead author of a review in Pacific Conservation Biology. The review found that unrestrained dogs disturb, injure and kil...

04/10/2025

Obviously this makes no sense at all.

Three USDA National Animal Health Laboratory Network employees accepted financial incentives to leave the agency at the end of the month. The employees' jobs include ensuring avian influenza testing is consistent, managing funding and providing administrative support, according to someone with knowl...

04/10/2025

We may be in for a rough ride with this virus.

Mexico has reported its first confirmed human death from H5N1 avian influenza. A 3-year-old girl in Coahuila died of multiple organ failure, according to the health department. People who had close contact with the child have been tested and are being monitored, but health officials have not identif...

04/10/2025

This is interesting. Never thought about this phenomenon happening in zoo animals.

Siku, a polar bear at Chicago's Lincoln Park Zoo, developed allergies to substances including human hair dander, highlighting how animals in human care can develop allergies due to limited exposure to microbes and parasites, experts say. The rise in allergies among zoo animals, pets and farm animals...

04/08/2025

Its important to have native plants in your gardens for the bees.

There are more than 4,000 species of native bees in the US, each of which has unique pollination abilities, none of which live in hives or produce honey, and many of which have only a mild sting, says biologist Sydney Shumar of the US Geological Survey's Bee Lab. Shumar notes that native bee populat...

04/05/2025

At least we have a little good news.

A test using synthetic pheromones to mimic the odors of sick or dying bees can help identify pest- and pathogen-resistant honey bee colonies, according to a study in Frontiers in Bee Science. The test, which uses synthetic pheromones to evaluate how well a colony identifies diseased brood, potential...

04/05/2025

Reduction in testing capabilities at the same time as increase in exposures is incomprehensible.

The USDA recently confirmed 15 cases of H5N1 avian influenza in mammals, including domestic cats in Kansas, Pennsylvania, Iowa and Illinois, as well as skunks, mice, foxes, a raccoon and a bobcat. The department also reported H5N1 outbreaks in poultry in Indiana and Maryland and in another dairy cat...

03/18/2025

Things could get much scarier

The D1.1 strain of H5N1 avian influenza that infected two cats in New Jersey carried the PB2 E627K mutation, which is associated with mammal-to-mammal transmission of the virus, according to Henry Niman, founder of vaccine research firm Recombinomics and who reviewed the sequencing data. Infectious....