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A veterinarian demonstrates how to apply a tourniquet to a simulated dog during the Nero’s Law training session.

Training for the Trainers

Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine helps train medical personnel for “Nero’s Law”

Buddy, a Coonhound mix, stands on a porch outside

Two Dogs on Ventilators Defy the Odds, Make Full Recoveries

Buddy and Teddy, recent patients at the Foster Hospital for Small Animals at Tufts, are healthy and home with their families thanks to a team of critical care veterinarians

Three veterinarians, Dr. Ray Kudej, Dr. Tasha Faletti (rotating intern) and Samantha Prusak, V23 performing a ureteral diverticulum on a dog

A Poster Child for Progress

Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine and Tufts teamC researching new technologies to advance treatment of heart defect present at birth

three-month old puppy chihuahua and rat terrier mix

The Saga of Sage

Three-month old puppy survives scare from leptospirosis

An illustration of a dog with a scarf and a cat with a sweaterl. Text: Keeping pets safe in the winter months.

Winter Hazards for Pets

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Man carrying his dog into Foster Hospital for Small Animals in North Grafton, MA

How a dog’s life may change the course of cancer in people

The Boston Globe highlights Jellybean, a clinical trials patient, in a feature story with quotes from members of the clinical trials team.

An illustration of a bag of saline fluid

Veterinarians at Tufts Raise Awareness of Intravenous Fluid Therapy Complications

Clinicians at Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine launch an initiative encouraging animal hospitals to rethink the use of intravenous fluid in hospitalized patients

Loki Defeats Panleukopenia

Kitten survives nearly five weeks in hospital after numerous complications from rare viral disease

A Mini Miracle

Four-pound dachshund saved by treatment on new extracorporeal therapy machine

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