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Tips for making veterinary visits less stressful for patientsIn this Q&A, Marty Becker, DVM, Elite FFCP-V and Paul Bloom, DVM, DACVD, DABVP (Canine and Feline), Elite FFCP-III share extensive advice on how to minimize fear, anxiety, and stress in patients
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Shelter animals offer different challenges for parasite controlDr. Kerry Muhovich discusses the special considerations practioners need to be aware of when providing parasite control for newly adopted pets.
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Increasing the feline half of your practiceTreating just one species is challenging enough, but veterinarians in general practice must care for dogs and cats every day of the week, and many of these general practitioners consider the following two facts incontrovertible:
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Leading Off: How are you combating healthcare-associated infections in your practice?Need-to-know information about minimizing the risk of disease transmission and documenting infection incidence in a healthcare setting.
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Capture new pets' photosWhat pet owner doesn't love photos of a new pet? That's the philosophy of team members at All Creatures Animal Hospital in Amelia, Ohio.
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Lower respiratory infections in dogs (Proceedings)Infectious tracheobronchitis is a contagious respiratory disease of dogs caused primarily by Bordetella bronchiseptica, associated or not with other bacterial and viral agents.
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Tie-over bandage: Photo 1Photo 1: The tie-over bandage is a simple, inexpensive, versatile bandage that is especially useful for covering areas that are otherwise challenging, such as the shoulder, neck, trunk, hip, inguinal region, perineum and caudal thigh.
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Handling heat and humidityYou want to build a safe, comfortable work environment. Not too hot. Not too cold. Here's how to make sure your facility is "just right."
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Put on your techie hatDust off those manuals, warm up those keyboards, and prepare to make your software sing. Rickee Miller, a veterinary assistant at Lockwillow Avenue Animal Clinic in Harrisburg, Pa., found that learning to maximize her practice's software was a great way to grow in her job.
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Canine demodectic mange: A few treatment provisosWe asked veterinary dermatologist Dr. Rudayna Ghubash how to match the right treatment to the right patient.
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Over-treatment at a veterinary cancer referral clinic (Proceedings)Veterinarians will see more pets with cancer, since our pet populations are living longer.
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Glucocorticoid use in catsUnderstanding these feline-specific differences is important when prescribing these commonly used drugs.
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Records, records, records (Proceedings)Everything we have discussed to this point is actually about establishing a records plan that will allow us to serve the dairy industry of the future using the records that are efficiently gathered so we are not spending all of our time keeping or organizing the records. As our herds get larger, as the number of animals examined at any one time increases, as we are examining groups of diverse animals at one time, and as we struggle to maintain a cow side presence, the organization of the records becomes more critical.
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Communicating an appropriate aim of insulin therapy to cat ownersThis veterinary internist says for cats owners to put themselves in their cats' shoes before shooting for diabetic remission as the ultimate goal.
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The day I told my veterinary client the truthWe can't let fear keep us veterinarians from broaching this taboo topic with pet owners.
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Build a buzz with client seminarsDo you yearn to learn and enlighten clients with your know-how? If you're passionate about client education, consider hosting educational classes for clients.
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From veterinarian to betterinarian: How I improved my productionPaying your bills and chipping away at your student loans as a veterinary associate? These strategies can help you build your incomeand practice top-notch medicine.
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Q&A: How to switch roles in veterinary practice and salariesTime to reevaluate your position in the practice. Here's how to make the transition a smooth one.
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Leading Off: New guidance for treating bacterial UTIsDr. Joseph Bartges discusses how a new set of guidelines provide an important framework.
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Review of the blood smear cell identification, morphology, and parasites of the three main cell lines (Proceedings)Evaluation of a properly prepared blood smear by the trained human eye is an absolutely necessary compliment to machine evaluation of peripheral blood in all species.
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Do your raises keep up with the times?The cost of living creeps up and up. Does team members' pay keep pace?
