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PET NEWSJANUARY 9, 2013

Matters of the Heart: Congenital Heart Disease

Humans and animals often have similar health problems.  One example of this is Congenital Heart Disease. Congenital Heart Disease refers to a problem the animal is born with.  There are multiple types of Congenital Heart Disease: valve malformations or dysplasia, valve narrowing or stenosis, abnormal openings between the heart chambers or septal defects, and patent ductusarteriosus.

MULLETT OVER BY JAMES WHITEMULLET OVER BY JAMES K. WHITE  |  JANUARY 9, 2013

Are you feeling brawny today?

In 1867 Frederick Maytag (age 10) moved to a farm near Laurel, Iowa. It was in 1893 when Frederick pooled some funds with two of his brothers-in-law and began to make and sell farm implements. Business was slow in the colder months, so Maytag began to use slack time designing and assembling washing machines in the winter of 1906-1907. By 1927, the Maytag Company was making more clothes washing machines than anyone else in America. Maytag had a reputation for striving to keep two groups happy – his employees and his customers.