Women who crammed 172 animals in home face jail term, lifetime ban

Two New Jersey women who were arrested in December 2022 after police found them to be keeping 129 dogs and 43 cats in the house where they lived with the teenage daughter of one have pleaded guilty to two counts of cruelty to animals, the website NJ.com reported. Two dead dogs were also found in the home on the day of the search. Michele Nycz, 60, of Brick, pleaded guilty to the two charges on...

U.S. FDA clears generic from India to treat heart ailment in dogs

The first generic of veterinary drug pimobendan, used to manage congestive heart failure in dogs due to clinical myxomatous mitral valve disease or dilated cardiomyopathy has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The drug is manufactured by Cronus Pharma Specialities India Pvt Ltd, the Hyderabad-based manufacturing subsidiary of privately held U.S. veterinary drug research company Cronus Pharma based in East Brunswick, New Jersey. The FDA on Thursday approved Pimomedin chewable tablets for...