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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
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
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.
Categories: Animal welfare , Associations , Veterinary Practice
Image Quiz: A panting Great Dane with red eyes
Veterinary Medicine - Editors' Pick - Sun, 01/08/2012 - 11:00pm
Which location contains the most important lesion in this dog's left eye?
Categories: Veterinary Practice, Veterinary Science
How to increase veterinary client visits in this economy (8-part video series)
Client Service -- Tips and strategies that help veterinary practitioners deliver great service and build strong one-on-one relationships with pet owners - Thu, 01/05/2012 - 11:00pm
In this eight-part video series from Dr. Karen Felsted, CEO of the National Commission on Veterinary Economic Issues, you'll learn how to increase veterinary client visits.
Categories: Veterinary Economics , Veterinary Practice
How to increase veterinary client visits in this economy (8-part video series)
Client Education -- Prepare to talk to pet owners about basic preventive care and your recommendations for keeping pets healthy longer - Thu, 01/05/2012 - 11:00pm
In this eight-part video series from Dr. Karen Felsted, CEO of the National Commission on Veterinary Economic Issues, you'll learn how to increase veterinary client visits.
Categories: Careers, Veterinary Economics , Veterinary Practice
Cats: Hidden veterinary patients in waiting
Client Service -- Tips and strategies that help veterinary practitioners deliver great service and build strong one-on-one relationships with pet owners - Wed, 01/04/2012 - 11:00pm
Grow your feline practice.
Categories: Veterinary Economics , Veterinary Practice
Cats: Hidden veterinary patients in waiting
Client Education -- Prepare to talk to pet owners about basic preventive care and your recommendations for keeping pets healthy longer - Wed, 01/04/2012 - 11:00pm
Grow your feline practice.
Categories: Careers, Veterinary Economics , Veterinary Practice
Hot Literature: Plasma BNP as a screening test for occult cardiomyopathy in cats
Hot Literature -- Summaries of the latest veterinary research that has immediate application to your practice. Updated twice a month. - Tue, 01/03/2012 - 11:00pm
Can this screening test help identify this silent killer in cats?
Categories: Veterinary Economics , Veterinary Practice, Veterinary Science
Image Quiz: The case of the crying rat
Veterinary Medicine - Editors' Pick - Mon, 01/02/2012 - 11:00pm
What's behind the tearing and irritation in this rat's eye?
Categories: Veterinary Practice, Veterinary Science
Have You Heard? Considering the canine IQ
Veterinary Medicine - Editors' Pick - Mon, 01/02/2012 - 11:00pm
A dog that can distinguish among more than 1,000 objects—including toys—is helping to show that dogs learn in much the same way as humans do.
Categories: Veterinary Practice, Veterinary Science
Idea Exchange: Keep spare glasses on hand for hurried pet owners
Idea Exchange -- Creative clinical ideas for veterinary medical practice sent to us by veterinarians and staff members. Updated monthly. - Sat, 12/31/2011 - 11:00pm
Owners dropping off their pets for surgery in a rush will appreciate this reader tip.
Categories: Associations , Veterinary Economics , Veterinary Practice
Lead the way: 7 steps to boost acceptance of your medical recommendations
Veterinary Medicine - Editors' Pick - Sat, 12/31/2011 - 11:00pm
Try these 7 steps to boost acceptance of your medical recommendations.
Categories: Veterinary Practice, Veterinary Science
Periodontal disease: What to do about those pesky suprabony pockets
Veterinary Medicine - Editors' Pick - Sat, 12/31/2011 - 11:00pm
Depending on the degree of disease, locally applied antimicrobials may help.
Categories: Veterinary Practice, Veterinary Science
