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Wisconsin vet says officials forced shut down after employee tested positive for Covid. Health Dept tells a different story.

In America’s heartland, a new and unlikely participant has joined the debates that have defined so much of the COVID-19 pandemic: Wisconsin veterinarian and practice owner Kristie Ponce of Wisconsin Rapids, where the local economy is being ravaged by the pandemic. Dr. Ponce and her practice started attracting media attention earlier in July when, according to Ponce, she and her staff were ordered by local health department authorities to quarantine at home after one employee tested positive for COVID-19.

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NYC Family Dog Dies Weeks After Becoming America’s First Confirmed Canine Covid Case

A family’s beloved 7-year-old German shepherd dog “Buddy” was euthanized earlier this month, 41 days after becoming the first confirmed canine case of COVID-19 in the United States. Buddy’s owners, Allison and Robert Mahoney of Staten Island, New York, have provided a gut-wrenching account of what they and Buddy endured during his final weeks.

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California Vet Board Revokes DVM and Hospital Licenses. Two weeks later, the hospital remains open and he continues to work there, a local paper reports.

California Vet Board Revokes DVM and Hospital Licenses. Two weeks later, the hospital remains open and he continues to work there, a local paper reports.

The Mountain View Voice is reporting today that although California veterinarian Tejpaul Ghumman’s license was revoked by the state’s Veterinary Medical Board (VMB) earlier this month along with his ‘premise license’ to operate Alta View Animal Hospital,  which he  co-owns, Alta View Animal Hospital continues to be open for business and Ghumman is continuing to work there.

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VIN News Refuses To Issue Correction

TCR is requesting a correction or clarification in a VIN News story by reporter Edie Lau. Lau has not yet made any changes to her story, nor has she responded to TCR’s most recent e-mail. TCR is publishing the exchange with Lau in full:

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UPDATED *** A DOG IN GEORGIA TESTS POSITIVE FOR COVID-19, EUTHANIZED AFTER ‘SUDDEN ONSET OF NEUROLOGICAL ILLNESS.’ NOT KNOWN IF COVID PLAYED A ROLE.

UPDATED *** A DOG IN GEORGIA TESTS POSITIVE FOR COVID-19, EUTHANIZED AFTER ‘SUDDEN ONSET OF NEUROLOGICAL ILLNESS.’ NOT KNOWN IF COVID PLAYED A ROLE.

A six-year-old mixed breed dog in Georgia has tested positive for COVID-19; however, the dog was not showing any signs of respiratory illness, according to Georgia’s Department of Public Health. The dog “developed sudden onset of neurological illness which progressed rapidly over the course of a couple of days, and was humanely euthanized,” Georgia’s Department of Public Health said in a statement on Monday. 

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Oxford University Press CEO Responds With Apparent Acquiescence to Journal’s Non-Disclosure Disclosure

On Monday morning, Oxford University Press chief executive officer Nigel Portwood declined to answer questions about how OUP supervises its journals and oversees its policies with regard to conflicts of interest and disclosure. His answer was limited to an apparent acquiescence to the Journal of Animal Science’s limited addendum ‘for clarity,’ which did not concede or specify the authors’ direct conflict of interest in a controversial article about canine dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) – a progressive heart disease that can eventually lead to congestive heart failure – and possible links to certain types of diets.

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Controversy swirls around journal’s non-disclosure of conflicts in DCM article. Journal CEO says inquiry is underway.

Controversy is swirling around a prominent science journal’s article that defends the pet food industry against charges that one of its products endangers canines. Last week, the Journal of Animal Science — which describes itself on its website as “one of the most frequently cited peer-reviewed, agriculturally oriented research journals in the world” — and whose publisher is Oxford University Press — published an article that seeks to debunk the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s reports about its investigations into cases of canine dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) – a progressive heart disease that can eventually lead to congestive heart failure – and possible links to certain types of diets.

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