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November! It brings the most beautiful of American holidays, Thanksgiving.

Pipe insulation is a wonderful tool to use on dog tails that need to recover from trauma.

Dr. Kevin Fitzgerald's thoughts on clinical practice are featured in his weekly blog, Practice Makes Perfect, found at dvm360.com. We've selected these two blogs to give you a taste of what is available online.

Not all diagnoses are equal in terms of their prognostic and therapeutic implications.

A group of veterinary specialty practices is working on a plan expected to result in a consolidation of about 12 practices next year.

Cumming, Ga.- Tracy Land is the only veterinarian among 10 finalists vying for Animal Planet's Hero of the Year title.

Market research and normal product testing costs are not considered research expenditures under the tax laws.

All seemed to be going great until I cut the ovary away. ... I could feel my first real case of surgical panic coming on.

Anna ... thinks a person is obese if every bone in his or her skeleton is not prominently displayed.

The California Veterinary Medical Board has approved new requirements for the Registered Veterinary Technician Examination to help fill technician vacancies.

Some patients, doctors, and veterinarians are fighting to keep pets in the lives of people with serious disease.

At least 150 cases have been seen in the past year, all due to exposure to sugarless gum.

Hartz Chicken-Basted Rawhide Chips have been voluntarily recalled because of possible contamination with Salmonella.

Canada, Mexico, and the United States have signed an agreement to work together to help control rabies outbreaks in North American wildlife.

We come into contact with young people every day. Take the time to nurture their minds.

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Many White House residents have benefited politically by embracing their furry family members.

Dr. Michelle Chappel discusses how building a veterinary practice changed her perspective on veterinary business and medicine.

Working women 44 percent more likely to quit jobs in dual-breadwinner housholds.

DVM reports that veterinary practice loans and sales are staying healthy in these difficult economic times.

Government officials are saying that without a bailout, some Americans will lose their jobs. Learn whether you might be one of those people.

The database, Animal Drugs @ FDA, allows searches in eight different categories.

After an onychectomy, we routinely place the patient in a cat bag for short-term recovery.

Vomiting is among the most common reasons that dogs and cats are presented for evaluation.

No different from our clients, we fear the pain and suffering of friends and companions, human or non-human.

Incidence of feedlot lameness varies by feedlot from .03% to 2.3% of cattle inventory on a health data base that includes 5,540,000 cattle in feedlots that vary in capacity from 5000 to 80,000 head.

Initial nonspecific management of vomiting includes NPO (in minor cases a 6-12 hour period of nothing per os may be all that is required), fluid support, and antiemetics.

We are reminded daily of the obesity problems facing Americans and we see how these issues are mirrored by the percentage of pets that are overweight.