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Over a year ago, i remember the posting about the After Dark Horror Fest series that had come out...
Well, the second part of this series is coming to DVD in March. its got 8 more movies...
Borderland, Lake Dead, Crazy Eights, The Deaths of Ian Stone, Mulberry Street, Nightmare Man, Tooth and Nail, and Unearthed...
for all of us movie buffs, and B-Movie fans out here...
I truely can not wait to see these.And wanted to give everyone a heads up to keep an eye open fer them

Jodi

Is everyone following the winning dogs? Best of Breeds are being places now, and again tomorrow. the site is here
http://www.westminsterkennelclub.org/2008/results/breed/index.html
dont forget to watch it on tv

 OSU Laboratory First to Discover a Virus in United States - OADDL Identifies A New Canine Parvovirus

A team of Oklahoma State University (OSU) veterinarians, virologists and pathologists at the Oklahoma Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory (OADDL) recently published a paper in the Journal of Clinical Microbiology on their findings from a Canine parvovirus (CPV) study. Led by Dr. Sanjay Kapil, the group is the first to describe the CPV type 2c variant in the United States.

“We were quite fortunate to discover this variant,” explains Kapil. “It has been known for six years in Italy but nobody paid attention to it here until we found it last year.”

Shortly after Kapil joined the OSU Center for Veterinary Health Sciences, he received a case at the OADDL. The adult dog had been vaccinated multiple times and still became sick with Parvovirus.

“This was very unusual and we were totally surprised that it was CPV type 2c, which had not been found in the U.S. until then,” says Kapil. “What was so interesting was that after we described this disease, we ended up with samples from other locations here in the U.S.”

A patent has been filed on the characteristic s of the U.S. CPV-2c. The team reports that 500 samples were submitted from locations in south California to south Florida. The published paper has been presented at national level meetings and internationall y in Italy and Melbourne, Australia. However, their work is not done.

“The team work was most important. Sometimes we received ten dead puppies a day. We are working with several veterinarians and are receiving samples from cases with a history of vaccine failure,” continues Kapil. “Diagnostic laboratories need to be involved to identify CPV-2c. The disease now exists in all countries except Australia because of its geographical isolation.”

According to Kapil, the disease presentation is different in that normally parvovirus does not affect adult dogs only puppies. However, since publishing their findings, the OADDL has received samples from adult dogs in Minnesota.

“Veterinarians are confused because the in office diagnostic tests come up negative,” explains Kapil. “Clinically it looks like parvovirus so they send it to us. The OADDL tests it and it is parvovirus. Now world-wide (except for Australia), this particular variant can attack the heart and intestines.”

He goes on to say that the mortality has been quite heavy. One breeder lost 600 puppies in one night. Without further testing, it is not known if the cause was simply this virus or if other factors were involved.

“We will continue to study CPV-2c. Through collaborations with others we will search for more effective vaccines,” he promises.

Of 80 cases tested by the OADDL, 26 were from Oklahoma puppies/dogs. Of those 26, 15 tested positive for CPV-2c. For more information on the Oklahoma State University Center for Veterinary Health Sciences, visit http://www.cvhs.okstate.edu.
Last Updated ( Monday, 14 January 2008 )

http://www.cvhs.okstate.edu/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=437&It

our friend got a puppy, it looks to me like a rotti X shepard or so... anyway, here are pics of her and Jigsaw playing. sorry some are blurry, my cam was dying

We're home from London, thank goodness. not that i didnt have a great time, but the weather home was MAD. we were driving highway 400, and they said on the radio they were closing due to multiple accidents, bad white out conditions... this guy in a big white truck cut us off, infront of the turn off of the highway. he stops... talks to a cop whos leading people away- waitin waiting, finaly, the cop comes to us and tells us to go around, he wants thru cuz his son was in an accident and that there is a 50 car pile up down the road. HOLY MOLY.  so we go, and we lost over an hours time...anyway, the radio said there was two accidents, with 80 to 100 cars all together. Well, we got home, the news said theres 3 pile ups. one with 50 one with 30 and another one. my god. im so glad we made it thru safely.
Anyways- the dog show was great. reba got two best of breeds, no group placements, jigsaw got reserve winners bitch in the open class. but nothing more than that. it was a nice show. ALOT of dogs. I met Alex (London_Pyr_lov er) and met up with Kim (LibbyP) and her husband Jamie. we all went out for supper. it was nice.
All in all, i had an awesome weekend, even if we didnt do any big wins... here are some pics.
just a few for now. i have SO many.
 

If you havent seen this movie yet, i very much say "WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR" lol.
It was nominated for 4 Golden Globe awards, and if you havent heard yet- it has won two!!!!! Best Motion Picture- comedy or musical. AND it won for Best Actor, Johnny Depp!
omg. go seeeeee it! its brilliant

January 18,19 & 20 is the Dogshow in London Ontario. hopefully some of your southern ontario-ians are coming out!!!
I will be there with Jigsaw and Reba... it seems its going to be a huge show with over 500 enteries Saturday!!!