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About the AKC Canine Health Foundation

News Releases

  AKC Canine Health Foundation Marks Pet Cancer Awareness Month with Over $902,000 in New Canine Cancer Research Grants Awarded This Year
      05/01/20

  AKC Canine Health Foundation Announces Updates to Board of Directors
      04/20/20

  AKC Canine Health Foundation Welcomes Calvin B. Carpenter, DVM, MBA, DACLAM as Executive Director
      04/13/20

  AKC Canine Health Foundation Chief Executive Officer to Step Down
      03/02/20

  The AKC Canine Health Foundation Awards Over $2.1 Million in New Canine Health Research Grants
      02/27/20

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CHF in the News

RVC research finds potential in ground-breaking new dietary treatment for canine epilepsy - from the Royal Veterinary College, University of London

More than meets the eye: How a veterinary ophthalmologist is addressing a disease that can affect Golden Retrievers - from Purdue University 

CVM Faculty Members to Promote Canine Health with New Research Grants - from Texas A&M University Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences

Bartonella Bacteria Found in Hemangiosarcoma Tumors from Dogs - from North Carolina State University's Veterinary Medicine News

WSU study aims to prevent adverse drug reactions in dogs - from Washington State University's WSU Insider

AKC Expands Support of PVM Canine Research - from the Purdue University College of Veterinary Medicine 2019 Annual Report

With Genetic Counseling, CVM Takes Deeper Dives into Dog DNA - courtesy of North Carolina State University's Veterinary Medicine News

Canine Health Research Helps Dogs Live Healthier, Longer Lives

Survival of the Friendliest? - courtesy of The Canine Chronicle, July 2019 issue

Kennel Club of Philadelphia Shares Its Success With Three Major Dog Organizations

Dog DNA testing takes off, and generates debate

Can CBD Oil Help Dogs With Epilepsy? The AKC Canine Health Foundation Investigates

Blackbaud’s Customer Profile of the AKC Canine Health Foundation

What Dogs are Teaching Us About Cancer

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