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Client handout: What's in your cat's mouth?
Client Education -- Prepare to talk to pet owners about basic preventive care and your recommendations for keeping pets healthy longer - Thu, 02/02/2012 - 11:00pm
Here's a veterinary handout that will gross out—and educate—clients about feline dental care.
Categories: Careers, Veterinary Economics , Veterinary Practice
It's OK to gross out veterinary clients
Client Education -- Prepare to talk to pet owners about basic preventive care and your recommendations for keeping pets healthy longer - Tue, 01/31/2012 - 11:00pm
When it comes to feline dental care, a photo helps your message hit home.
Categories: Careers, Veterinary Economics , Veterinary Practice
Work the veterinary drug ring
Client Education -- Prepare to talk to pet owners about basic preventive care and your recommendations for keeping pets healthy longer - Tue, 01/31/2012 - 11:00pm
Boost goodwill and veterinary visits by helping clients dispose of unused meds.
Categories: Careers, Veterinary Economics , Veterinary Practice
Bite into these veterinary resources
Client Education -- Prepare to talk to pet owners about basic preventive care and your recommendations for keeping pets healthy longer - Tue, 01/31/2012 - 11:00pm
These dental sites will help you and your veterinary clients.
Categories: Careers, Veterinary Economics , Veterinary Practice
Mind Over Miller: Poetic advice on grieving
Mind Over Miller -- Commentary on veterinary medicine and surgery in the past and today from the perspective of an experienced mixed-animal practitioner. Updated monthly. - Tue, 01/31/2012 - 11:00pm
Every practitioner has experienced an owner's lament at the demise of a beloved animal: "Never again. I can?t go through this again."
Categories: Careers, Veterinary Practice
Hot Literature: Vinblastine—A promising alternative for treating urinary tract TCC in dogs
Hot Literature -- Summaries of the latest veterinary research that has immediate application to your practice. Updated twice a month. - Tue, 01/31/2012 - 11:00pm
A recent study investigated this option for treating this common urinary tract malignancy.
Categories: Veterinary Economics , Veterinary Practice, Veterinary Science
Livestock, Not Mongolian Gazelles, Drive Foot-And-Mouth Disease Outbreaks
Veterinary News - from Medical News Today - Tue, 01/31/2012 - 5:00am
Wildlife health experts from the Wildlife Conservation Society have published evidence which supports the conclusion that Mongolian gazelles - one of the most populous large land mammals on the planet - are not a reservoir of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD), a highly contagious viral disease that threatens both wildlife and livestock in Asia...
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National Pet Dental Health Month 2012
Animal Tracks is a weekly podcast for pet owners featuring pet health and safety tips from some of the leading veterinary experts in the United States. - Mon, 01/30/2012 - 9:00am
February 1 marks the beginning of National Pet Dental Health Month. More than just a cosmetic issue, bad breath and yellow teeth can be a sign of serious disease in our pets, which may affect their kidneys, livers, and hearts. Oral disease is the most frequently diagnosed health problem for pets, and 80 percent of dogs and 70 percent of cats by age 3, according to the American Veterinary Dental Society. In this podcast, Dr. Linda DeBowes, veterinarian at Shoreline Veterinary Dental Clinic in Seattle, talks about the importance of dental health for our pets.
Categories: Animal welfare , Associations , Veterinary Practice
How to manage your team members' emotional outbursts
Doctor Communication -- strategies for veterinary practitioners - Thu, 01/26/2012 - 11:00pm
Dealing with the emotions of others starts with handling your own.
Categories: Veterinary Economics , Veterinary Practice
Schmallenberg Virus - BVA Concerned, UK
Veterinary News - from Medical News Today - Thu, 01/26/2012 - 7:00am
Following the AHVLA's confirmation of the discovery of Schmallenberg virus (SBV) on four sheep farms in Norfolk, Suffolk and East Sussex, the British Veterinary Association (BVA) has renewed its call for heightened vigilance. Scientists believe that the virus is vector-borne, even though they have not ruled out other routes of transmission...
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Study Of Pet Dogs Shows Lyme Disease Risk In UK Bigger Than Previously Thought
Veterinary News - from Medical News Today - Wed, 01/25/2012 - 3:00pm
The risk of a person living in the UK becoming infected with Lyme disease is much greater than previously thought, according to a study from Bristol University that surveyed pet dogs to find out how many of them harboured the ticks that transmit the disease...
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Retinitis Pigmentosa In Dogs Cured By Gene Therapy
Veterinary News - from Medical News Today - Tue, 01/24/2012 - 4:00am
Members of a University of Pennsylvania research team have shown that they can prevent, or even reverse, a blinding retinal disease, X-linked Retinitis Pigmentosa, or XLRP, in dogs. The disease in humans and dogs is caused by defects in the RPGR gene and results in early, severe and progressive vision loss. It is one of the most common inherited forms of retinal degeneration in man...
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Man's Best Friend Shows Explosive-Detecting Capabilities And Saves Marine's Lives
Veterinary News - from Medical News Today - Mon, 01/23/2012 - 2:00am
Specialty canines were on a mission to sniff out trouble and display their explosive-detecting abilities as part of an Office of Naval Research (ONR)-hosted "Top Dog Demo 2012...
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Helping Dogs (and Humans) With Spinal Cord Injury Walk Again
Veterinary News - from Medical News Today - Fri, 01/20/2012 - 2:00pm
On Wednesday, US researchers announced they are testing a new drug in dogs that has already proven effective in mice. The drug is designed to substantially reduce the hind limb paralysis that follows certain spinal cord injuries. There are currently no therapies that can do this. The researchers suggest if the drug succeeds in dogs, it could also work in humans...
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Video: Feline obesity: Behavioral solutions
Video Videos -- featuring veterinary experts discussing relevant topics and demonstrating procedures in clinical medicine and surgery. Updated monthly. - Thu, 01/19/2012 - 11:00pm
Predation, play, and perches are key to helping cats expend more energy, says Dr. Jacqueline Neilson.
Mange in Pets
Animal Tracks is a weekly podcast for pet owners featuring pet health and safety tips from some of the leading veterinary experts in the United States. - Tue, 01/17/2012 - 9:00am
Most pet owners that have dealt with skin issues in their pets will agree that they are some of the most common (and also some of the most frustrating) problems an animal can have. In this podcast, Dr. Marcia Schwassmann, a board-certified veterinary dermatologist in Maitland, Fla., discusses mange in pets.
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Researchers Find That African Bats Have Antibodies That Neutralize Deadly Hendra Virus
Veterinary News - from Medical News Today - Sat, 01/14/2012 - 2:00am
A new study on African bats provides a vital clue for unravelling the mysteries in Australia's battle with the deadly Hendra virus. The study focused on an isolated colony of straw-coloured fruit bats on islands off the west coast of central Africa...
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The Importance Of Tracking Diseases Associated With Illegal Wildlife Trade
Veterinary News - from Medical News Today - Thu, 01/12/2012 - 3:00am
An article released in PLoS ONE entitled, Zoonotic Viruses Associated with Illegally Imported Wildlife Products, from a collaborative study led by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), identified evidence of retroviruses and herpesviruses in illegally imported wildlife products confiscated at several U.S. international airports, including John F...
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Smuggled Bushmeat, Wildlife Products Bring Viruses Into The US
Veterinary News - from Medical News Today - Wed, 01/11/2012 - 3:00pm
A pilot study reported online this week in the journal PLoS ONE reveals how scientists found evidence of potentially dangerous viruses, including retroviruses and herpesviruses, in bushmeat and other wildlife products smuggled into the US...
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Dogs Read Our Intent
Veterinary News - from Medical News Today - Mon, 01/09/2012 - 2:00am
Dogs pick up not only on the words we say but also on our intent to communicate with them, according to a report published online in the Cell Press journal Current Biology on January 5...
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