By Staff Sgt. Jon Cupp, USA - Members of Embedded Provincial Reconstruction Team Baghdad 5, attached to the 1st "Ironhorse" Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, working alongside personnel from 492nd Civil Affairs Battalion, are bringing supplies to Iraqi veterinarians throughout the brigade's area of operations.

MU Study Suggests that Weight Gain, Not Type of Diet, Contributes to Diabetes in Cats

College is an exciting time in a person's life, but it can also be stressful at times and, for those who are experiencing their first time away from home, lonely.

While warm weather is welcomed by most people, spring and summer can bring certain dangers to pets. A Kansas State University veterinarian says pet owners should be alert to seasonal health issues.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) continue their investigation of imported rice protein concentrate which has been found to contain melamine and melamine-related compounds.

PetsIn the wake of the recent pet food recalls, the idea of home-cooked pet food has grown in appeal to some pet owners. The American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) warns that preparing a meal for a pet at home is no simple task.

PetsThe American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA), in response to a national pet food recall, offers the following information and advice to concerned pet owners:

The nation's first guide dog school - The Seeing Eye - was founded on this day in 1929 in Nashville, Tennessee.

It may sound like a movie script, but some brave sled dogs and their drivers actually saved many lives in Nome, Alaska, on this day in 1925.

A diphtheria epidemic had broken out in the town and the weather was too bad to fly in the needed serum. So, a relay of sled teams made the almost 700-mile journey in 50-below zero temperatures in just 127 hours. After the serum was thawed and administered, no more deaths occurred. The two lead dogs, Togo and Balto, became national heroes, and a statue of Balto was erected in New York's Central Park. In 1925, there were some 1,500 people living in Nome. Today, Nome and its surroundings are home to almost 3,600.