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Dr. Kurt Schrader wins election to Congress from Oregon

Dr. Kurt Schrader of Canby, Ore., will be the only veterinarian in the U.S. House of Representatives when he takes office next year.

The Democrat won in Oregon's 5th District, and he will be serving his first term in Congress. The U.S. Senate also will have one veterinarian in the 111th Congress, Dr. John Ensign, who is in his second term.

"We are very excited to have another veterinarian serving in the U.S. Congress," said Dr. W. Ron De… Continue

Hey everyone, with all of the scientific knowledge within the forum of NW Science I thought that I might be able to attain some insight.

The private Human Genome Project run by Celera was a company that everyone was under the impression would be a boom and a success. The compan is publicaly traded (CRA) and thus I looked into the trade prices / share and it was above $200.00 after the Wall Street Journal described their involvement in the Genome Project, and then the price fell out of the botto… Continue

This past Saturday was a perfect example of always expect the unexpected. The morning was hectic while seeing cases that really should have been treated during the week but with everyone's very busy weekly work schedule their animal's health took a back seat until the weekend. Thus, Sat we worked through our clients as fast as possible that consisted of everything from abscessed teeth requiring surgery, dog fights requiring surgery, fulminate liver failure and whelping bitches, one of which requ… Continue