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Knoxville, Tenn.- A $5 million federal grant will help the University of Tennessee develop training programs for animal-related disasters.

We once had a cluster of renal failure patients that received maintenance fluids twice a week. We scheduled all the patients at the same time, and the clients became a support group.

Peer review is essential to ensuring the quality and integrity of the articles that appear in Veterinary Medicine and are posted on its Web site. Every manuscript submitted to the journal is reviewed by at least two acknowledged experts, usually specialists, on the paper's topic.

The modes of transportation for equine veterinarians are changing. Take a look through the decades.

National Report - Veterinarians are protesting a state proposal to tax veterinary services in California. Hundreds of letters were sent to the California Veterinary Medical Association. Currently, only three other states tax veterinary services - Hawaii, New Mexico and South Dakota, according to the American Veterinary Medical Association.

Talk about last-minute changes in tax laws that will affect veterinarians.

National Report - State licensing boards are waging war against lay persons performing veterinary medicine, but with attorneys unwilling to prosecute the problem continues to grow. Some believe lay persons are pushing the boundary by offering therapeutic massage, reproductive and chiropractic services.

New research demonstrates that probiotics may improve gastrointestinal­ health in dogs.

Lexington, Ky. - A retrospective study of 57 horses treated for proliferative enteropathy aims to help equine practitioners make a timely diagnosis.

The Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council recently updated its guidelines for veterinary practices and other businesses.

To prevent a difficult dog from removing its muzzle during an exam, I thread one of the muzzle straps under the dog's collar and then snap the muzzle clip closed.

Chicago - A millionaire spinal surgeon with an affinity for animals hopes to step up research on finding a viable nonsurgical method of sterilization for cats and dogs by offering $75 million in incentives.

National Report - AVMA pledges to help affected food-animal producers by providing information on alternative production systems.

Having newly elected U.S. Rep. Kurt Schrader in Congress means veterinarians have a representative in government who understands issues specific to the veterinary community, officials say.

Washington, D.C. -The financially threatened Food Animal Residue Avoidance Databank garnered a few extra months of life support, but with drastic cutbacks.

I will never forget Christmas in Germany after the most horrible war in history was over.

Schaumburg, Ill.- Veterinarians are the most content with their jobs, according to a 2007 member needs assessment survey conducted by the American Veterinary Medical Association.

Franklin, Tenn. - Mars Petcare US voluntarily recalled a limited number of bags of a gourmet dry cat food.

Boston - Henry L. Foster, DVM, died of cancer Oct. 14. Foster helped found Tufts University's Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine.

Thousands of horses in U.S. Bureau of Land Management holding facilities could be saved if the agency decides to accept an offer from Madeleine Pickens, wife of Texas billionaire T. Boone Pickens.

After completing a year as president of ACVS, Dr. Larry R. Bramlage was installed as chairman of its Board of Regents.

A patient we were treating for extensive burns over its shoulders and back was using its hindlimbs to scratch the wound, making it worse.

Topeka, Kan. - A newly formed veterinary task force in Kansas will determine whether DVMs there will remain exempt from a new law requiring those who dispense scheduled substances to report to an electronic prescription monitoring program.

Pocatello, Idaho -- A recent televsion news series about Idaho's toughest jobs from KPVI-TV -- an NBC affiliate here -- featured mixed-animal veterinarian Dave Stanley.

Washington, D.C. - The Food and Drug Administration wants you to report adverse events from pet food.

DVM News Poll: How has the Internet influenced your products sales?

A careful diagnostic process will help you determine whether your veterinary patients will require long-term immunosuppressive therapy.

Washington, D.C. - An FDA-ordered ban of extra-label use of cephalosporin antimicrobial drugs was delayed after nearly 300 comments poured in during an extended period.

Dr. Fitzgerald reminds us that veterinarians have a lot to be thankful for.