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Practitioners have a variety of reasons for wanting to integrate alternative medicines into their practice.

Animal abandonment and abuse are two of the darkest consequences of a failed human animal bond, both of which are defined as animal cruelty in most, if not all, states.

Antibiotic selection is generally based on a range factors including tentative diagnosis, culture and sensitivity data, pharmacokinetic constraints, economics, and legality.

Methanol (also known as methyl alcohol or wood alcohol) is found most commonly in "antifreeze" windshield washer fluid and varies in concentration from 20-100% (with 20-30% being the most common form).

When discussing replacement heifers in a beef herd, a few questions must be answered before we even select our first potential replacement.

Alternative therapies have become increasingly popular in recent years, but their use in veterinary medicine is not without controversy.

You are presented with a 9 day old Holstein-Friesian heifer calf with a chief complaint of diarrhea of four days duration.

Ruminants are uniquely susceptible to hypomagnesemic tetany (HMT) caused by a variety of factors.

Foot rot (interdigital phlegmon, foot abscess, foul-in-the-foot, infectious pododermatitis, interdigital necrobacillosis) is an infection of the interdigital tissue of cattle caused by Fusobacterium necrophorum and Prevotella melaninogenicus or Porphyromonas levii.

Copper deficiency occurs when the diet contains an abnormally low amount of copper (primary copper deficiency) or when copper absorption or metabolism is adversely affected (secondary copper deficiency).

Leptospirosis is a broad range of clinical and sub-clinical disease problems caused by a number of Leptospira serovars.

Adequate resuscitation of the newborn is critical to decreasing calf losses in both beef and dairy herds.

With the recent increase in prices of feedstuffs used in beef rations along with the increasing availability of by-product feeds, now is the time for veterinarians to become more involved in nutrition consultation with their beef clients.

Histoplasmosis is a systemic fungal infection caused by Histoplasma capsulatum.

Bovine leukosis virus is an oncogenic retrovirus of cattle.

The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) estimates that there may be anywhere between 4-6,000 animal shelters in the United States.

The 2008 National Animal Health Monitoring System (NAHMS) data indicates 77% of bull calves in the U.S. are castrated before marketing and 75% of those are castrated before three months of age.

Homeopathy is a philosophy of health and a system of therapeutic remedies that has been used for nearly two centuries.

You are presented with a 4 year old Suffolk ewe for evaluation of abnormal behavior.

There are many reasons why the veterinary profession is addressing the issue of animal abuse now.

Chiropractic is a form of health care that has long been used in man and animals.

Whenever there is a disease outbreak, one of the first control measures should be a thorough, first-hand review of sanitation procedures.

While there are several different products that may be used as rodenticides, including strychnine, zinc phosphide, and aluminum phosphide, this presentation will focus on the rodenticides that are most often encountered: anticoagulants, bromethalin, and cholecalciferol.

The antinuclear antibody test is an assay that detects the presence of antibodies that bind to nuclear antigens.

The general principles of therapy for digital diseases are to eliminate the pain first and foremost and then to correct the underlying problem if possible.

Recent recommendations for vaccination of dogs and cats have diverged from the previously adhered to yearly multiple booster schedule.

As a healing method, acupuncture has been used for several thousand years.

Treatment protocols are often the means by which veterinarians guide the treatments given to sick cattle when detection, examination, and treatments are all conducted by farm personnel.

While some questions of efficacy remain, the industry is experiencing a much greater acceptance of supplements in all areas of pet care.

The regulation of herbs and other dietary supplements differs from most pharmaceutical drugs.