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Glyphosphate

How Glyphosphate Affects Plants Did you know that the first patent on glyphosate, granted in the 1960s, was as a boiler cleaner and descaler ?Their second patent was granted as an herbicide.Another patent, applied for in 2003 and granted in

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Water is part of nutrition

Did you know that most issues found in farm animals stem from errors in nutrition and management ? These can involve stresses of confinement, effects of unbalanced or incomplete rations, inappropriate use and misuse of supplements, rough handling and bullying

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My Cat, My Life Coach

My Cat, My Life Coach :: Life Lessons from a Tuxedo Cat Named Hunter In April 2014, my cat, Hunter, was diagnosed with hermangiosarcoma.  Just mention that word to a vet, and the expression on their face will invariably say

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Food, Medicine and Advancing Health: Lemongrass

Food, Medicine and Advancing Health: Lemongrass Richard Palmquist, DVM, AHVMF Research Chair At AHVMF we are very excited about improving research into natural medicine for animals. We are born into a world of vast resources. One of our major challenges

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Integrity of Nutrition Research

The Integrity of Nutrition Research W. Jean Dodds, DVMHemopet, 11561 Salinaz Avenue, Garden Grove, CA 92843; http://www.hemopet.org Introduction Although the integrity of industrial funding for pharmaceutical research and its implications for public health have been thoroughly studied and questioned, parallel

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Dr. Dodds Speaks About Grants and Research

Jean Dodds Speaks About AHVM Foundation Grants and Research Richard Palmquist, DVM, Foundation Past President Jean Dodds, DVM is a well thought of and talented veterinarian who is in charge of our research grant approval process. She is busy on

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