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CVC Highlights: Interactive play: Essential for pets and peopleLike food and shelter, animals need play. When taking histories from clients during routine examinations or visits regarding their pets’ behavior problems, remember to ask clients whether they play with their pets.
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The most sensitive method of detecting and evaluating hind limb lameness in horses (Proceedings)Lameness is a clinical sign. Detecting lameness and evaluating its amplitude is important to equine veterinary practice.
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Image Quiz: Chronically pruritic and odoriferous ears in a basset hound (Sponsored by Intervet/Schering-Plough Animal Health)A young, adult basset hound presents to you for evaluation of chronic recurrent ear pruritus and a strong "musty" odor. Which of these diagnostic tests would be most useful initially?
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How associates can ride out the recessionYou're an integral part of your practice's finances, whether you own the practice or not.
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Finding generational middle groundWhat a brand-new, young associate might say to her Baby Boomer employer and vice-versa.
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Managing pulmonary fibrosis in dogs (Proceedings)Pulmonary Fibrosis (PF) is an interstitial lung disease (ILD) that involves gradual replacement of the lung parenchyma with fibrotic tissue, resulting in diffusion impairment.
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Books and record keeping for dummies (Proceedings)Accurate and complete financial recordkeeping is important to any hospital owner, but is also important to those who work with the veterinarian. People both inside and outside the hospital all depend on the accurate recording of financial transactions.
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An ever-changing professionFor most members of the veterinary industry, it’s clear that evolution unrelated to medicine is moving at the speed of light.
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Practical Matters: Radiography helps confirm complete radiopaque calculi removalCystotomy is commonly performed in small-animal practice to remove cystic calculi that cannot be treated medically or with other nonsurgical extraction techniques (urohydropropulsion, catheter or basket removal). Unfortunately, if numerous smaller calculi are present in the bladder and urethra, particularly in male dogs, the risk of leaving calculi after cystotomy can be as high as 15% to 20%.
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Canine mast cell disease: introducing tyrosine-kinase inhibitors to their treatment plan (Proceedings)Mast cell tumors are the most commonly encountered malignant skin tumor in the dog. They account for 16-21% of all cutaneous tumors and boxers, Boston terriers, Labrador retrievers, beagles and schnauzers are documented to be at increased risk. Alterations in the c-kit receptor (receptor for growth factor SCF) are noted in many high grade tumors. Histologic grade is highly predictive of behavior.
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I've been sued. Now what?Your Medical Career and financial stability flash before your eyes. A gut-wrenching feeling takes hold. This is it; you've been hit with a malpractice lawsuit.
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Bacterial resistance to antimicrobials: From the Golden Age to the Bronze Age of antibiotic useIt used to be that physicians could select almost any one of several antibiotics to use empirically in treating an infection in a patient-even in a critically ill patient-and stand a great chance of having selected an effective therapy. But that Golden Age of antibiotic use is over.
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The role of wildlife in the expansion of tick populations in eastern North AmericaNumerous factors have contributed to the increased range of these parasites
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Is your insurance agent a good catch?Use this four-question litmus test to decide whether you're settling for so-so service.
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Developing individualized vaccine protocols for your practiceDeveloping vaccination protocols for cats and dogs used to seem like an exercise in futility. But now that the American Animal Hospital Association (AAHA) and the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) have each published vaccination guidelines for these species the exercise has become more rewarding because practitioners can now use this information as a benchmark to tailor a specific program for each patient.
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Choosing and using vaccines in the animal shelterThe principles involved in designing a vaccination program for the animal shelter are the same general principles behind any disease prevention program. The difference is in the relative importance of various concepts as they pertain to the shelter population and environment.
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The CSI approach to pruritic pets: interviewing the witnesses (owners) before assessing a crime scene (skin) (Proceedings)The skin is the largest organ of the body and, in the view of many practitioners, it often accounts for the largest number of headaches. One would expect that since the skin is so easy to visualize, a diagnosis should be an easy task when compared with other, more hidden body organs. The problem is that many skin conditions have the same clinical presentation.
