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Keeping stock tanks clean remains one important step in prevention

Petronix, Inc. introduces the Petronix? Boundary Manager, an electric household system that uses radio control and computer technology

Investigation looked at fusarium and mycotoxins

The University of California, Davis, (UC Davis) Center for Equine Health has shelved blueprints for a new West Nile Virus (WNV) vaccine.

Animal Care Training Programs has just released Technician Skills on VHS and DVD.

E.I. Medical, a veterinary diagnostic ultrasound manufacturer, announces the launch of its latest unit, the Bantam.

San Diego- "Imagine how many car dealers would be up in arms if the government decided to sell Chevys."

Fort Dodge Animal Health announces the Food and Drug Administration recently approved Synovex? Choice

The American Veterinary Chiropractic Association (AVCA) will continue its attempt to regulate animal chiropractors despite another disapproval at the state level.

Legal loophole could relinquish pharmacy board from controlling the dispensing of veterinary drugs

Easy Breathin? Group, Inc. introduces Aller-Rx? Anti-Allergen Pet Shampoo.

Vera Stingy was so upset that she rushed one of her dogs over to see me after waiting just three days longer than she should have. (Usually, she waits until death is imminent.)

Universal Hospital Services, Inc. introduces Birch Point Medical?s IontoPatch? for transdermal drug delivery.

Intellectual curiosity, word-of-mouth keeps West Nile Virus on front burner of differential diagnosis list

Spidell Veterinary Specialties introduces a Memorial Pet Paw. This bronze-colored sculpture stands about 4 inches high

Truth stranger than fiction in trying to explain reason for speeding to long arm of the law

Pfizer Animal Health announces the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Rimadyl? Chewables for pain control associated with soft tissue surgery in dogs.

Pullman, Wash.-Oregon State University (OSU) has officially terminated its decades-long partnership with Washington State University's College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM), effective fall 2004, handing WSU a $2.4 million budget crisis.

Laparoscopy would be our choice if our surgeon gave us the option of having our gall bladder removed by laparotomy or laparoscopy.

After history and physical exam, laboratory testing is generally the next step toward arriving at a diagnosis.

Spectrum Surgical Instruments improved its ultrasonic cleaner

Cutting Edge Diagnostics announces the Toshiba Nemio?, a new ultrasound designed for veterinarians.

North Platte, Neb.-Nebraska may lose its second diagnostic laboratory in one year and there's little hope of curbing it, according to one laboratory official.

We always seem to have an eye on teeth. Many of our patients would like to sink them into us. Today, though the kind of teeth we were watching out for was a bit unusual

Columbus-Animal growth hormones may stimulate estrogen-modulated genes that would enhance growth of breast cancer cells in women, a new study suggests.

Sarstedt, Inc. introduces its Prepared Micro Tubes, available in a range of additives

Bitebuster LLC offers an alternative to handling gloves commonly used in the pet industry for bite and scratch resistance.

Wesco introduces its Digi2 Digital Imaging System.

University Park, Pa.-By spring of 2003, Penn State University's College of Agricultural Sciences plans to have a firm grasp of the economics of the equine industry.

The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) plans to go national with what began as a grassroots pet project of a rural-based equine practitioner in Knoxville, Tennessee.