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Antimicrobial dosing strategies: Applying PK/PD principles (Proceedings)Concerns regarding bacterial resistance to antimicrobials are increasing the awareness of rational use in human and veterinary medicine. Successful antimicrobial therapy relies on administering sufficient doses so that pathogens at the site of infection are killed or sufficiently suppressed so that they can be eliminated by the host's immune system.
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Chronic rhinitis (Proceedings)Among the key frustrations is a lack of understanding about exactly what this condition represents (i.e. Is there really a causal relationship to some form of infection? is it immune-mediated? Allergic?...). Since it is a diagnosis of exclusion, there is also always a bit of doubt about whether or not I may have missed a primary nasal diseas.
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How Do I Say…?: When clients lie about preventive dosingCommunications expert Wendy S. Myers provides scripts for confident client conversations
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AAAS symposium-Society, laboratory animals, and the laboratory-animal veterinarianSocietal concerns about animal welfare have led to changes in the philosophy and practice of laboratory-animal medicine that are advantageous to research animals as well as to laboratory-animal veterinarians.
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Visual lameness exam detects subtle flawsThe visual lameness exam is the art of practical science when evaluating a performance horse. It is applied in highest form during the pre-purchase examination. It is a most powerful tool when examining for the more subtle lameness occurrences where a horse is not performing up to expectations or previous performance levels.
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How I handle clients with "wild" petsSquirrels are all the rage in my practice's hometown. Here's how I let clients know they're not appropriate housepets.
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The shakyyyyy......doogggg... (Proceedings)Tremors in people are classified/described in many different ways: neuroanatomical location, rate, amplitude, rhythmicity, relationship to rest and movement, posture, performance of specific tasks, medical and family history.
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Ensign: colorful, yet controversialVeterinary medicine was not on the forefront of John Ensign's mind until playing softball with a vet in college, which led to volunteering at his clinic. "The first day down there that was it," he says. "I fell in love with it." So he changed his major from marketing to veterinary medicine, thus beginning 14 years of animal practice.
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Just Ask the Expert: How do you detect Physaloptera species eggs?Dr. Kevin Kazacos helps you pinpoint this parasite.
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Leading Off: Pets, people, and pathogens: Emerging diseasesDr. Cathy Lund discusses how building bridges between the two fields will help to strengthen primary care for both animals and humans.
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Grow revenue, loyalty, horse health with routine dental examinationsDoes every horse that you see undergo a dental exam? Is a complete oral exam including the use of sedation, a full-mouth speculum, a good headlight and a dental mirror part of your yearly preventative maintenance program? Do you include a complete oral exam as a part of all your pre-purchase exams? If you answered "Yes" to these questions, then you are, unfortunately, in the minority of equine practitioners today.
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Gastrointestinal disease in ferrets and rabbits (Proceedings)Sacculus rotundus; spherical thick-walled enlargement at ileocecal junction. The adjacent cecum has a round patch of lymphoid tissue called the cecal tonsil. The increased thickness of these two lymphoid structures is due to aggregates of organized lymphoid tissue and macrophages in lamina propria and submucosa. Important to recognize this palpable thickening as normal.
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Thoracic trauma (Proceedings)Traumatic injuries of the respiratory system are fairly common in the dog and cat. Most of these injuries can lead to life threatening complications. It is important that the veterinary clinician be familiar with the clinical signs associated with these injuries and be prepared for aggressive intervention when required.
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Weight loss: Case discussions (Proceedings)A 5-year-old Oldenburg gelding used for dressage, was presented for evaluation of mild bouts of recurrent colic, more frequent over the past month. The colic signs included flank watching and intermittent sternal recumbency and were either self-limiting or responsive to a single dose of Banamine.
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Geriatric medicine: A TCVM approach (Proceedings)According to the National Research Council, the term "senior" refers to an animal's functionality, such as decreased activity, weight gain, and other age-related physical and behavioral changes.
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Equine vaccination recommendations: what now? (Proceedings)Vaccination is a critical component of an equine health maintenance program. Veterinarians play a crucial role in client education, risk assessment, and herd evaluation to determine which vaccination program is best suited for an individual horse or herd. Selection of vaccinations must take into account the horse's age, sex, geographic location, use of the horse, pregnancy status, risk for developing disease, and associated costs of immunization to the client.
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Set veterinary clients straight about this pet food fallacy'A business would not take its own consumer and put them in the food,' nutritionist says.
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Cushing's disease: Webinars to help you diagnose, treat and monitor dogsTwo free On Demand CE webinars presented by Dr. Christopher Byers and sponsored by Dechra
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Incomparably rude doesn't equal incompetenceA Pennsylvania veterinarian's public reprimand by the State Board of Veterinary Medicine was overturned by a Commonwealth Court panel, according to the Associated Press.
