Medical

West Lafayette, Ind. - Researchers at Purdue's School of Veterinary medicine have discovered the use of hydralazine can counteract the effects of acrolein after trauma.

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PHILADELPHIA - 05/16/06 - University of Pennsylvania's ongoing study of first responders to the Pentagon and World Trade Center reveal no clinical signs of nasal or respiratory cancers that relate to mission completed before, during or since 9/11.

PHILADELPHIA - 5/10-06 - The University of Pennsylvania (Penn) School of Veterinary Medicine inked a collaborative deal with NetJets, a private aviation company, to offer its clients access to quality veterinary care for their companion animals nationwide.

CHEYENNE, WYO. - 5/2/06 - The Cheyenne Animal Shelter is under a self-imposed quarantine following an outbreak of canine influenza.

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Trenton, N.J. - He's put away the scuba gear, paused the pottery wheel and plans to rearrange time spent as his practice to do one thing - run for the New Jersey General Assembly.

Soft-tissue sarcomas (STS) are common for a practitioner to see as they compromise up to 15 percent of all skin tumors in dogs. The terms spindle-cell tumors and mesenchymal tumors have also been used to describe these tumors. STS are considered to be a family of tumors given that they are all derived from connective tissues and have a similar biologic behavior regardless of the histologic type (see Table 1). Histiocytic sarcomas, oral sarcomas, hemangiosarcoma and synovial cell sarcoma are generally not included given that these tumors have a different biologic behavior.

Fort Collins, Colo. - Dr. Janice Bright, a cardiologist at Colorado State University (CSU) is conducting ongoing research on feline arterial thromboembolism (ATE), using anti-platelet drugs called GP Iib/IIIa blocking agents.

A significant number of bacteria associated with pyuria indicates the inflammatory lesion is active.

NORTH GRAFTON, MASS. - 4/28/06 - Deborah Turner-Kochevar DVM, PhD, was named dean of the Cumming's School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University.

SCHAUMBURG, ILL. - 4/27/06 - Lyle Vogel, DVM, MPH, has been named inaugural director of the American Veterinary Medical Association's (AVMA) newly formed Animal Welfare Division.

OKLAHOMA CITY - 04/25/06 - A bill approaching the Oklahoma Senate floor will protect veterinarians who report suspected animal abuse cases from civil liability.

DENVER - 4/24/06 - The American Animal Hospital Association (AAHA) and the Ontario Veterinary Medical Association (OVMA) are joining together to offer an international joint conference in Toronto, in 2011.

MELVILLE. N.Y. - 4/10/06 - Henry Schein Inc. completed its deal to acquire NLS Animal Health, a privately held, full-service veterinary distribution business, in an effort to increase the company's presence in the companion-animal veterinary market.

ITHACA, N.Y.- 4/7/06 - Cornell University announced Dr. Donald Smith, the university's Austin O. Hooey Dean of Veterinary Medicine, will end his 10-year tenure in June 2007.

Las Vegas - A comprehensive feline vaccination report from the American Association of Feline Practitioners (AAFP) is in the drafting stage from a multidisciplinary panel of experts.

College Station, Texas - Researchers at Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biological Sciences report a correlation between docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and its effects on visual stimulus response in puppies.

In 1981, calcium oxalate was detected in only 2 percent of feline uroliths submitted to the Minnesota Urolith Center, whereas struvite was detected in 78 percent.

If you are not using centrifugal flotation, then you're missing the boat on fecal diagnostics.

Dental extractions are among the more common veterinary dental procedures. With that said, there are key considerations every veterinarian must consider before an extraction is performed. This article explores the options.

COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS - 3/10/06 - The Texas A&M University College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences celebrates its 90th anniversary with a look back at its beginnings.

KNOXVILLE, TENN. - 3/9/06 - The University of Tennessee's veterinary teaching hospital has been renamed to honor Dr. W. W. Armistead, the institution's founding dean.

Madison, Wis. ? Some dogs, albeit few, experience total remission following an experimental melanoma vaccine therapy.

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Dietary therapy can reduce the size and number of many metabolic nephroliths.

GAINESVILLE, FLA. - 3/1/06 - James Thompson, DVM was named interim dean of the University of Florida (UF) College of Veterinary Medicine Feb. 20.

Drug therapy and behavior modification have been at least partially effective.

TOPEKA, KAN. - 2/14/06 - A Kansas Senate bill would classify serious acts of animal cruelty as a felony.