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Hartford, Conn. -- Connecticut veterinarians are now required by law to obtain at least 24 hours of continuing education every two years.

An animal's quality of life depends on more than physical parameters--it includes all aspects of an animal's life that matter from the animal's point of view.

Scientists are increasingly finding pockets of animals afflicted with cancer due to the dumping of harmful chemicals into the environment.

Columbia, Mo. -- A $1 million pledge to establish two scholarships at the University of Missouri?s College of Veterinary Medicine has been made by a Missouri couple whose dogs were treated at the school.

The transfusion of blood products to treat acute blood losses, coagulopathies, and severe anemia has become indispensable in the care of critically ill veterinary patients.

Although the combination of hypoalbuminemia and hypoglobulinemia is "textbook" for a protein-losing enteropathy (PLE), it should be noted that a normal, or even elevated globulin level should never be the only reason to take PLE off a list of differentials that was generated by a history and physical examination.

Life expectancy for cats has risen, on average, to 14-16 years of age.

Before considering pathologic cytology of lymph nodes, it is necessary to define normal lymph node cytology.

Disorders of the esophagus include inflammation (esophagitis), neuromuscular dysfunction (megaesophagus, dysautonomia), anatomical abnormalities (stricture, herniation), obstruction (foreign bodies, vascular ring anomalies, extraluminal masses), and neoplasia.

In veterinary medicine, cats are too often treated as strange small breed dogs. To those who work with cats every day, the fallacy of this supposition is obvious.

Obese female cats are at greatest risk of developing hepatic lipidosis.

The normal physiologic and pathologic vaginal conditions.

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

Diarrhea is one of the most common presenting complaints in feline medicine.

Transfusion of blood products is a frequent necessity in small animal practice.

Blood gas analysis provides information about respiratory function and acid/base status.

Hemograms consist of both quantitative data (total cell counts, differential cell counts, red cell indices, etc.) and qualitative data (blood film morphology). Proper interpretation depends on the integration of both.

Accumulations of excessive fluid in the pleural, peritoneal, or pericardial space represent edema of these body cavities.

Many things can impact litter size in the bitch.

Successful management of the critically ill patient requires anticipation-not reaction.

It is important that the clinician formulate a treatment protocol based on a correlation of clinical course, laboratory and gross findings, and histologic findings rather than relying on histologic changes alone.

In the last ten years, exfoliative cytology has been gaining popularity as a diagnostic aid in veterinary practice.

Gastric dilatation and volvulus (GDV) is an acute, life-threatening condition which requires immediate medical and surgical intervention.

Dysautonomia is a neuropathy of unknown etiology that affects all aspects of the autonomic nervous system.

The circulating white blood cells include the granulocytes, the monocytes, and the lymphocytes.

The gastrointestinal tract acquires and digests food, absorbs nutrients and water, and expels unabsorbed material in the form of feces.

Nodules aspirated through the skin may be non-neoplastic, neoplastic but benign, or neoplastic and malignant.

Inflammatory bowel disease is signified by gastrointestinal signs over 3 weeks duration with incomplete response to dietary trials and anthelminthics, histologic lesions of mucosal inflammation on biopsy and clinical response to immunomodulatory therapies.

The clinical pharmacology of emesis and anti-emetics is dictated by the neurochemistry of the vomiting (emetic) center as well as the various afferent (input) and efferent (outflow) pathways involved in the act of emesis.

Renal insufficiency/failure is the most common cause of morbidity and mortality in older cats.