Q: Gretchen, our 9-year-old German shepherd, recently developed hind leg weakness. Her veterinarian recommends testing for degenerative myelopathy. Many years ago, another of our shepherds had ...

Editor’s note: Dr. Lee Pickett has retired, but Creators continues to distribute columns from her archive. This one is from 2020. Q: Gretchen, our 9-year-old German shepherd, recently developed hind ...

The mSOD1 mouse, harboring a mutated human superoxide dismutase (SOD1) gene, has long held the spotlight as the model of choice for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). It has yielded scores of papers ...

Imagine watching your dog waddle into the room and noticing that he is walking on the top of his back paw. While you may classify it as a harmless quirk, in reality, that “knuckling” action can ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Steve kicks of this week’s edition of Steve ...