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Elmont, N.Y. - A quarantine was issued at Belmont Park after a 3-year-old gelding was euthanized, according to news reports.

National Report -- Home euthanasia is a luxury more DVMs are offering their ailing patients.While it might not always seem convenient or cost-effective for veterinarians, offering at-home services like euthanasia might be necessary to keep owners from seeking alternative means to their pet's end.

Dr. Fitzgerald reminds us that laughter is essential and that humor can be found everywhere.

Baton Rouge -- Horse owners in southern Louisiana with equine needs they can't meet or with questions related to storms like Hurricane Gustav have a new resource.

Shreveport, La. -- More than 1,000 animals -- including cats, dogs, lizards, rabbits, turtles and snakes -- filled the Louisiana Mega Shelter to capacity Sept. 1 as Hurricane Gustav hit.

National Report -- Damage assessments began Sept. 2 by the Federal Emergency Management Agency following Hurricane Gustav's Labor Day weekend arrival.

Baton Rouge -- Louisiana State University's (LSU) campus is set to reopen Sept. 5 following a Sept. 1 visit from Hurricane Gustav.

National Report -- Louisiana residents returned to their powerless homes and businesses Sept. 3 despite warnings from officials.

New Orleans -- Hundreds of area veterinarians were among the 2 million people evacuated before Hurricane Gustav set its destructive path through the region.

We all get bloodstains on our clothes, and using water or hydrogen peroxide to get the blood out usually leaves a stain.

Ending horse slaughter would cause more suffering of horses, the American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP) recently testified before a subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee.

The recently announced partnership between Pets Best Insurance and the American Veterinary Medical Association's Group Health & Life Insurance Trust (GHLIT) has some competitors crying foul.

As a California veterinarian, my clients expect the best possible care and advice for their pets and horses. However, my clients also ask me about other animal-welfare issues, and the public expects the state's premier veterinary organization, the California Veterinary Medical Association (CVMA), to weigh in on important policy matters related to the welfare of animals.

I have been on crutches for half a year, following unsuccessful knee surgery.

North Carolina State University's College of Veterinary Medicine received a $625,000 grant from Novartis Animal Health US Inc., to support the clinical trials program administered by the college's Center for Comparative Medicine and Translational Research.

More than half of the veterinarians surveyed report revenue growth for the first two quarters of 2008.

By attaching an LED or high-intensity flashlight to your dental x-ray tube, you get an inexpensive, unobstructed light with excellent positioning ability.

Veterinarians "in general have a roguish attitude" toward protecting themselves against dangerous infections and zoonotic diseases.

It's a cloudy day for veterinary medicine.

Clinical research struggles for acceptance in veterinary academic and private practice environments.

A new book chronicles what is being called the largest equine rescue ever.

The University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine will welcome its fifth dean Oct. 1 with the appointment of Dr. James Thompson.

They worked long days, sometimes from dawn to midnight, caring for 218 world-class performance horses competing in the 2008 Olympic equestrian games.

What is your interpretation and diagnosis?

Five horses in Manatee County tested positive for equine piroplasmosis (EP), a disease not reported in the United States since 1988.

The American Heartworm Society (AHS) asked 40,000 animal-health professionals to respond to a two-question survey this summer that could help prevent the spread of heartworm disease to areas that, until recently, rarely had had a case, AHS President Sheldon Rubin says.

The term "quarter crack" was heard much more frequently this year after Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner Big Brown was treated for the hoof condition prior to the Belmont Stakes, but equine veterinarians, podiatrists and farriers know that quarter cracks affect all types of racing and performance horses and sometimes work horses.

In a recent article (The Effect of Hydration Status on the Echocardiographic Measurements of Normal Cats, by Campbell, F.E. & Kittleson, M.D. J Vet Intern Med 2007), the authors examined the effect of hydration status on echocardio-graphic findings in normal cats.

Studies show new associate veterinarians switch jobs faster than average workers.

Nearly 100 volunteers descended on New Orleans in July to volunteer at four area animal shelters.