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VFD: The new law every food animal veterinarian needs to knowAntibiotics that are medically important to people will soon be off-limits for growth promotion in livestock. And after Jan. 1, DVMs will decide what's medically necessary in animal feeds and what's not.
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Self-test: Are you suffering from compassion fatigue?Check yourself with this quick list of symptoms. Then seek help.
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CVC report: Are you everyone's favorite team member?Find out how you can be your veterinary practices MVP with these tips from Heather Prendergast, RVT, CVPM, in her CVC D.C. session, Becoming the Indispensable Team Member.
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Why I left the veterinary professionWhen you give the veterinary profession all youve got, it can be exhausting if you dont feel like its making a difference. I didnt realize the depths of what I was feeling until the symptoms hit.
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A Fear-Free tip for your ophthalmic examinationsGet pet owners involved to make the experience more comfortable for everyone.
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Commentary: A case for specialists in veterinary medicineBlurring lines between specialists and untrained generalists demand reckoning.
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Mu opioids: The key to safe ER analgesiaEmergency, critical and trauma patients benefit greatly from these pain medications, says criticalist Dr. Garret Pachtinger.
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Dog breed identification and what it means (Proceedings)What breed a dog is, matters. In recent years, numerous public and private restrictions have been applied to specific breeds of dogs and to dogs believed to be partially those breeds.
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Treating mitral regurgitation -damming up the spill (Proceedings)Studies have been performed in humans to determine if early administration of ACE inhibitors to human patients with ischemic dilated cardiomyopathy decreases the progression of myocardial failure and so reduces mortality.
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Are long-acting injectable medications the future of long-term medication in animals?Biodegradable, polymer-based long-acting injectable medications can eliminate the need to administer pills daily
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Work your way backwards to get pet owners in the doorBehavioral event modeling is a fancy business term for thinking about who will pay for a product or service in your veterinary hospital exam roomand thinking about how to get that person there in the first place.
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CPCR update (Proceedings)Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) or cardiopulmonary cerebral resuscitation (CPCR) refers to specific attempts to revive patients who have suffered a cardiac or respiratory arrest, or who otherwise have experienced a severe drop in perfusion pressure (e.g. due to pulseless ventricular tachycardia).
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A refresher on IV fluid therapy (Proceedings)Fluids are divided into two main groups: crystalloids and colloids. Crystalloids contain solutes (variable amounts of electrolytes), water and may contain dextrose.
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Oronasal fistula closure (Proceedings)An oronasal fistula is a communication between the oral and nasal cavities that can be a result of periodontal disease, iatrogenic fracture of palatal bone during extraction or traumatic avulsion of a canine tooth.
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CVC highlights: Q&A on ultrasound-guided samples, aspiratesHighlights on bowel samples, lesion quality, hemorrhage and more as Tod Drost, DVM, DACVR, addresses CVC attendee questions.
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6 things I didn't learn in school about being a practice managerSchooling and book learning didn't prepare me for the emotional, communication and management headaches that come with the harried job of the veterinary hospital manager. Come sympathize with my agonies-or, better yet, learn faster than I did.
