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4 reasons patients should see techs instead of vetsWhen clients schedule appointments with technicians instead of veterinarians, everyone wins. Find out if your practice could benefit from starting technician appointments.
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Letter to dvm360: The veterinary profession needs more practical standards of careHarsh penalties hurt lower-income clients.
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Pain assessment (Proceedings)We already know that the way we each perceive pain will be different depending on our past experiences. The way we respond to that pain also varies from person to person. These two points make recognizing and treating pain difficult, especially in regards to our veterinary patients.
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Saved by the bellWhen the school bell rings at Heritage Animal Hospital in Maple Grove, Minn., team members celebrate.
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Feline oral disease (Proceedings)Cats are different! Being obligate carnivores, they do not have chewing teeth, but instead have carnassial teeth that aid to cut up their food into manageable pieces.
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Nails, ears and other painful exams: Using analgesia and sedation to make it better for the patient (Proceedings)Currently available sedative analgesic agents have opened up a wonderful world of opportunity to practice with intelligent compassion: to work smarter, not harder when managing patients that resent a variety of necessary procedures.
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Heartworm-positive dog requires tailored treatmentDr. John McCall details how to treat patients suffering from heartworm disease. Treatment takes time and strict monitoring but yields positive outcomes.
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The idiosyncrasies of itchy catsCats are not small dogswe've heard that before. It's never quite so true in veterinary medicine as for a dermatologist!
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Common diseases of meat goats: Herd diseases (Proceedings)Information on caseous lymphadenopathy, caprine arthritis encephalitis virus, Johne's disease, and mycoplasmosis in goats.
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Checklist: The rule of 20Download this list of 20 critical parameters to evaluate in critically ill patients every day.
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From Chile to chill parenting: Where Dr. David Bruyette draws inspiration and enjoymentDr. Bruyette may like his adventures and ambitions to be big, but when it comes to veterinary patients, he prefers small.
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Estrous synchronization (Proceedings)Estrous synchronization is the manipulation of the reproductive cycle so that cows can be bred in a predefined interval. Typically, estrous synchronization has been used to facilitate artificially insemination (AI) by decreasing labor to detect estrus and to schedule breeding to specific days.
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Other chronic intestinal diseases, especially infiltrative ones (Proceedings)Intestinal biopsy may be accomplished two ways: endoscopy and surgery. CBC, serum chemistry profile, and urinalysis are useful and may point out systemic manifestations of the disease which will aid in correctly diagnosing and prognosing the problem (e.g., hypoalbuminemia due to histoplasmosis), but are also useful as a preanesthetic work up before endoscopy.
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Toiling to catch up with technologyOne practice's struggle to update their practice-management software proves highly worthwhile.
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Making the most of Monday morningsDr. Ron Linkenheil, owner of the Corning Animal Hospital, in Corning, N.Y., brightens up staff members' Mondays with a special snack, which helps jump-start the week.
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Canine hypothyroidism (Proceedings)Hypothyroidism is the most commonly diagnosed endocrinopathy in dogs, and is usually the result of lymphocytic thyroiditis or idiopathic atrophy.
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Relishing the rustic charmDrs. Lamar and Amber Crossland knew they wanted Sunset Canyon Veterinary Clinic in central Texas to appeal to long-time ranchers as well as to the Austin urbanites who'd fled the city for greener pastures in Dripping Springs, Texas. And the mixed animal practice also needed to accommodate a gamut of patients, from livestock to polo horses to pampered pooches. One last requirement: seamless movement between the large animal and small animal sides of the practice, because all staff members worked in both areas.
