Exotic

Worth the Whistle

Wednesday, January 12th, 2022

The ZCAM team pulled out all the stops to care for service intern Lucyanne Megan’s guinea pig

grey guinea pig named Whistler standing on a blue and white blanket having his picture taken

Reptiles 101: Adopting with Care

Thursday, October 21st, 2021

With National Reptile Awareness Day just around the corner, thousands of bearded dragons, leopard geckos, snakes, and more are bound for new homes.

Little turtle eating vegetables from a pet dish

Pets Exhibit Behavioral Issues with Humans Home in Pandemic

Wednesday, November 18th, 2020

Clinical assistant professor Stephanie Borns-Weil talks with WBUR’s “All Things Considered” about how the pandemic has impacted pet behavior.

An umbrella cockatoo, named Izzy, is perching on a fence screeching

Our Four-Legged Friends During COVID-19

Tuesday, October 6th, 2020

Megan Mueller, the Elizabeth Arnold Stevens Junior Professor at Cummings School, and Clinical Assistant Professor Stephanie Borns-Weil were featured on WCVB’s Chronicle talking about the human-animal bond and animal behavior during the pandemic.

playful young white unicolored cat looking at feather

A Deadly Rabbit Virus Spreads in the U.S.

Monday, July 13th, 2020

Veterinarians urge pet owners to prepare for the arrival of rabbit hemorrhagic disease

Veterinarian Kimberlee Wojick, A01, V06, cares for a New England cottontail rabbit that’s part of a captive breeding program at Roger Williams Park Zoo.

People probably caught coronavirus from minks. That’s a wake-up call to study infections in animals, researchers say.

Monday, June 22nd, 2020

Professor Jonathan Runstadler was quoted by The Washington Post among experts studying animals and the novel coronavirus and the likelihood of transmission between species

white and orange cat being examined with stethoscope by vet wearing protective gloves

Can Pets Get or Spread COVID-19?

Tuesday, April 14th, 2020

Cummings School scientists launch a study to better understand the novel coronavirus and how it may infect pets and other domestic animals

Can Pets Get COVID-19?

Monday, April 6th, 2020

There have been news reports that two dogs (both in Hong Kong) and two cats (one in Belgium and one in Hong Kong) tested positive for the COVID-19 virus, but there were no clear clinical… Read More