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The Harvard Center for Risk Analysis looked at the risk to U.S. citizens of mad cow disease in 2001 and again in 2003. The Harvard report determined the risk to be very low to humans. The study felt that as long as the FDA and USDA continued with current restrictions to processing ‘at risk’ meat materials into human food, and with current restrictions to processing ‘at risk’ animal material into animal feed of ruminants (cattle, sheep, pigs), the risk to humans would remain low. Unfortunately, it is a different story for our pets. Current regulations allow ‘at risk’ materials to be processed into pet food and it is a very common practice.

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Apart from Frontline flea and tick treatment, the second most effective flea treatment available in the market is Advantage flea and tick treatment.

It provides a very efficient flea control for dogs and it is made by a name you can trust, Bayer. Advantage flea control for dogs and cats remains one of Bayer’s most popular products. This leader also makes many other lines in the healthcare industry.

Biting fleas are stopped in three to five minutes after Advantage Flea and Tick control is applied. Within an hour of application it begins to kill adult fleas, and after 12 hours of application, 98-100 percent of fleas are killed.

It is a very convenient and clean way of dealing with such an unsavory problem, as a single application lasts a month.

It is essential to get rid of fleas as soon and thoroughly as possible because besides causing skin infections and discomfort, fleas also spread other parasites like tapeworm.

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if we don’t protect our pets they may become statistics. Not something we would want when we could avoid the problem by using today’s technology. The Microchip RFID Tag is a simple and useful tool in stopping uneccesary euthanasia.

Microchip RFID technology is widespread throughout the world and allows pets to be scanned and their owners identified through their registration in pet recovery databases. The chip, the size of a grain of rice, is implanted under the skin near the shoulder blades of the animal. This can be done at the same time your veterinarian is doing the animals vaccinations and or booster shots. The chip is a small radio transponder which is excited by the scanner and allows the chip number to be read.

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Many owners must put down their pet because they cannot afford the rising cost of necessary treatment. Every year 1 in 3 pet become injured or sick, and the most common reasons for a pet to visit the vet are: cuts or lacerations, lameness, road traffic accident, cancer and abscess.

Most visits to the vet are unexpected and cannot be planned for. This is why pet health insurance can help you when the unexpected visit to the vet come round. Here are some good reasons why you should investigate pet health insurance.

Costs Won’t Get in the Way of Proper Treatment

Today, the medical technology available to pets is increasing at an enormous rate. Your pet has a greater chance of surviving a traumatic injury than ten year ago thanks to advances in veterinary techniques. Only a few years ago it was unthinkable that an ordinary dog or cat could have open heart surgery or chemotherapy. And yet today this is common.

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As well as for humans, agility dog trainig makes your pet more confident, increases its speed and its physical flexibility while helps excercise its feet. Agility dog training is currently a fast growing sport for dogs. This young dog sport is fun for both the dogs and their owners.

A little history of Agility Training for Dogs

Agility dog training started at the end of the ’70’s in England, and its invention was based on horse show jumping. Both agility dog training and horse jumping were found to make a strong foundation between the owner and the animal. This sport is useful also to develop strategy and teamwork. A dog agility event is won if you and your dog complete the course in the fastest time with the fewest number of faults. As you can see, there are tight similarities to horse jumping when the horse knocks down one of the poles of the fence.

Good Benefits for Dogs

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The beginnings of the Ragdoll cat breed are filled with strange stories and controversy. The stories told by this breed’s fonder are bizarre and downright silly. The facts known about Ann Baker are that she started breeding Ragdoll cats in the 1960s in California. Ann was a eccentric person that liked to tell wild stories about her cats. The first Ragdoll cat was called Josephine and belonged to Ann Baker.

Ann Baker recognized a characteristic in Josephine and her kittens that became the defining feature of the breed. Ragdolls simply go limp when you pick them up and hold them. Ann Baker even trademarked the breed name so that anyone that wanted to breed the cats had to pay her a royalty. She founded the first registry for Ragdoll cats but eventually lost control of the breed partially due to her wild claims and erratic behavior.

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