Veterinary Blog in Gilbert

Be aWEAR…

No, don’t beware, be aWEAR, as in  aWEARness Clothing, a T-shirt company founded by University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine (UF CVM) senior student Allison Montague.  We learned about Allison and her clothing venture in the Winter 2008 issue of Florida Veterinarian; a quarterly publication produced by our alma mater that highlights the UF…

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Upcoming events

Dr. Burns, Natasha, Shea, and I spent yesterday morning at the R. Scott Detherage Kid’s Safety Day, sponsored by the Basha’s that anchors Vista del Oro, the shopping center the hospital is located in.  The event had a great turnout despite gray skies early on; we were joined by local police and fire agencies, a talking schoolbus…

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Companies Indicted in Pet-Food Recall Case

The Associated Press reported today that a federal grand jury in Kansas City has handed down indictments against two Chinese and one US-based company related to the pet-food contamination recall of last spring. While accurately quantifying the impact of illnessess caused by the melamine-tainted foods is difficult, the U.S. Attorney’s office estimated that some 4,000…

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Babies!

Dr. Burns and I became and aunt and an uncle for the first time last month when Dr. B’s sister Molly and her husband Brian welcomed Sienna Mai into their hearts and home.  While we’ve had to settle for photos of our new neice so far, Dr. Burns has a trip to Florida coming up…

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