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Washington - The public continues to rate veterinarians high when it comes to honesty and ethics.

Washington - The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) updated its guidelines on occupational exposure to avian influenza from infected birds.

This bioethicist and philosophy professor is on a mission to improve the lives of all animals and emphasizes communication as key in this process. "People skills can make the difference between life and death for an animal."

Orlando, Fla. –– Veterinarians are falling short of their original mandate to be guardians of the nation's food supply, and that could pose a security risk in the event of a major food-animal emergency, a recent study shows.

Chicago - Veterinarians are still beloved and clients remain willing to pay high fees despite growing public expectations and prices rising faster than inflation. Yet practitioners, wary of practice ownership, aren't eager to put in a lot of hours, a trend that's straining the U.S. supply of DVMs.

Definitive diagnostic criteria should be used to aid in the selection of available agents.

Vancouver, British Columbia - Teetering on financial ruin, the British Columbia Veterinary Medical Association (BCVMA) faces roughly 50 lawsuits carrying millions of dollars in punitive damages if veterinarians from India prove Canadian regulators guilty of discrimination.

Colorado - Not yet able to fully assess the level of damage inflicted to southeastern Colorado's cattle population, officials hope for the best but fear the worst after back-to-back blizzards dumped enough snow and ice to bury pastures and trap livestock among snowdrifts more than 10 feet high.

Mushroom poisoning of companion animals, particularly dogs, is a potentially underestimated problem in North America.

Washington - U.S. Sen. Wayne Allard wants to return to being a "country veterinarian."

Rather than just throwing away the inflatable packaging that comes in boxes from our distributors, we cut them open and give them to clients to pick up their dogs' waste on outings.

Perry, Iowa - The American Association of Swine Veterinarians Foundation establishes the Alex Hogg Memorial Fund with a $50,000 bequest from the namesake's estate.

Orlando, Fla. - Credited with changing the way veterinarians treat cancer, Stephen J. Withrow, DVM, DACVS, Dipl. ACVIM, received the prestigious 2007 Mark L. Morris, Sr. Lifetime Achievement Award.

Application and song list for your audition as singer in the hardest-working rock band in veterinary medicine

These case reports from a university teaching hospital and private referral practice describe the clinical features and diagnostic evaluations of five cats with fibrocartilaginous embolic myelopathy.

When printing prescription labels, print two--one for the prescription bottle and one for the patient file.

Wearing a necktie can greatly enhance male veterinarians' professional image.

In this controlled clinical trial from a university hospital, nine dogs with chronic forelimb lameness and radiographic evidence of elbow osteoarthritis were treated with electrostimulated acupuncture.

Spinal abscess, or epidural empyema, is an uncommonly described septic condition of the epidural space.

Rockville, Md. - The Food and Drug Administration's Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM) posted client information on its Web site about veterinary non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID) in an attempt to educate consumers and stave off adverse events.

Q: Clients sometimes schedule an appointment for one pet and show up with several. What should we do?

Kansas City, Mo. - The American Association of Veterinary State Boards (AAVSB) names Robyn Kendrick executive director, effective Jan. 2.

Many of you have asked us to post Veterinary Medicine's full content online, so in 2007 we're happy to oblige. Beginning this month, you can read Veterinary Medicine both in print and online at vetmedpub.com.

Dealing with people is the part of veterinary medicine that one can never truly say they are good at. Some may profess to be comfortable with it, but most will agree that it is the hardest part of the job.

Auburn, Ala. - Auburn University ordered an internal investigation after allegations of animal abuse and fund misappropriation stemmed from a nine-month undercover PETA operation in the veterinary college.

St. Paul, Minn. - Minnesota cattle owners paying for bovine tuberculosis (TB) testing for their cattle can offset testing costs with a new tax credit.

Despite years of experience, even veterinarians can be caught off guard by aggressive dogs, experts say. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), dogs bite 4.7 million people each year with 800,000 Americans seeking medical attention. Of those injured, 386,000 require treatment in an emergency department and about a dozen die. The rate of dog bite-related injuries is highest for children ages 5 years to 9 years, and the rate decreases as children age. Almost two thirds of injuries among children ages 4 years and younger are to the head or neck region.

Not long ago, I received a promotional piece in the mail that touted the benefits of natural healing and alternative medicine for dogs.