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ITHACA, N.Y. — Behavior ranks as veterinary medicine's most inconspicuous specialty, often overlooked at academic and professional levels. No affliction treated is devoid of a behavior mechanism.

Veterinary Pet Insurance introduces a new booklet, the VPI Resource and the VPI Reference Series, to provide professionals a comprehensive analysis of VPI Pet Insurance policies, procedural guidelines and literature on the current thinking in specific areas of clinical medicine.

WAUKESHA, WIS. — SurgiVet introduces Pure-Guard ? a passive gas evacuation system that traps gas emissions, protecting against anesthetic gasses.

Chamber dilatation results in secondary atrioventricular valvular regurgitation.

Spectrum introduces surgical stainless steel elevators with winged tips that can be used in most extraction procedures.

Anacom introduces a new filing system starter kit for the veterinary profession.

American Business Card relaunched its Web site.

MILLSBORO, DEL. — Intervet's Vetsulin (porcine insulin zinc suspension) is the first and only insulin approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to manage canine diabetes.

Mila's unique valve allows quick, safe aspiration and evacuation with a syringe.

Neogen introduces a new formulation of thyroid replacement therapy to its line of small animal products.

Kodak introduces computed radiography (CR) systems and other medical imaging solutions specifically to meet the needs of veterinarians.

WestCoast introduces a water walker treadmill to provide hydrotherapy to clients of a variety of sizes and needs.

The Milk and Dairy Beef Quality Assurance Center announces an updated "Caring for Dairy Animals" technical guide and self-assessment for the nation's milk producers.

DVM December 2004 BPA Statement

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Dear Doctor August/September 2004

Dear Doctor October/November 2004

Heska introduces ThyroMed' chewable tablets for the treatment of canine hypothyroidism.

Should we actually charge for medicine or give it away?

Orlando, Fla. - New graduates pay an average 5.3-percent more for student loans while starting salaries rose 3 percent in 2004.

To help restrain fractious cats, use a bathmat.

As a small luxury, I provide scented hand soap, lotion, and ring cleaner at the staff sink.

To prevent our dental prophylaxis patients from looking like wet mops, we place disposable plastic shower caps on them.

We use colored zip strips, usually used for securing wire or cabling, to mark our cold-tray instruments.

Don't forget to moisten your glass stoppers with glycerine, the hygroscopic property of which will keep them from sticking in the bottle.

In my practice, we give clients a different thank-you gift each month.

In the article "Three-minute peripheral blood film evaluation: The leukon" in the December 2004 issue, the last sentence in the section titled "Is there a left shift present?" on page 1036 should read, "If the narrowest portion [of the nucleus] is greater than one-third of the widest portion, the cell is classified as a band cell or an immature neutrophil."

New graduates do not have the privilege of "dating" practices. This a one reason why so few stay with their first practices.