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RALEIGH – Deep down, pet owners know it. Veterinarians do, too. There’s the bulldog who seems tougher than other breeds and the pug who’s a little more squeamish than others. There’s the golden retriever who is as happy-go-lucky as only golden retrievers can be, even when in pain. What’s unknown is if there is actual science behind the perceptions. A new study at the NC State College of Veterinary Medicine is hoping to be the first to answer an intriguing and potentially impactful question: Are there actual breed differences when it comes to pain sensitivity? “We’re trying to pinpoint whether it’s just a stereotype that we carry around or if there is something to it,” says Margaret Gruen, CVM assistant professor of behavioral medicine, who is overseeing the research project. “If there is this biological basis for a difference in pain sensitivity, that would be something important for us to know from the standpoint of treatment of dogs, but al ....
Staff Writer A grand jury returned indictments against 17 people in Marshall County, including one man who faces more than a dozen counts of sexual abuse offenses against a child. Daniel Todd Williams, 52, of Seventh Street, Moundsville, was indicted Tuesday on 16 separate charges: six counts of sexual abuse by a custodian, two counts of first-degree sexual abuse, one of first-degree sexual assault, three of second-degree sexual assault, three of third-degree sexual assault, and one count of soliciting a minor via computer. These charges span a period of more than eight years. In April 2019, a girl, then age 16, reached out to her high school resource officer to say that Williams had been molesting her since she was 5, and said he had first assaulted her when she was 10. ....