Veterinary care isnt just for dogs and cats anymore

Veterinarian Lori Corriveau at Purdue Universitys School of Veterinary Medicine recently removed a malignant abdominal tumor weighing about 2.2 pounds from a koi, named Karla, owned by Dick Thomas of Lafayette.

With an increasing availability of sophisticated apparatus and modes of veterinary treatment, a growing number of pet-owners are opting to have their pets undergo the latest medical procedures to increase their longevity.
http://news.uns.purdue.edu/x/2008b/081219M-CorriveauKoi.html

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[vencugar]

lovely fish. i wish it good health and that the tumor never returns.

[Southernflounder]

Worth every cents to save this nishikigoi.

[campcoskuro]

poor thing. beautiful though!

[crystalclearwolf]

Ya know, with koi, it's sometimes worth it. Really high quality fish can be 10k or more in value.

[JJ2955]

oh my goodness. Is a fish really a pet? If that were my fish, I would give her a last meal of Dom and fresh worms and then use her for sushi. After dinner, I would call a local shelter and donate twelve hundred dollars to save real pets, like cats and dogs. They say there is one born every minute. God bless your fish; I hope she lives long enough to collect social security. P.S. Can you send me some money for my grasshoppers heart transplant?

[thrbrdrider]

lovely Shiro Utsuri