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AUBURN, AL -11/14/06 - Auburn University veterinary researchers received a $1.4-million National Cancer Institute grant to study targeted gene therapy for lymphoma, a project that could change the treatment regimens for dogs and humans.

HARRISBURG, PA - 11/13/06 - Pennsylvania's award-winning animal health database system has become a national model for use by other states, according to the Department of Agriculture.

RALEIGH, NC - 11/10/06 - Against the backdrop of war and shrouded in secrecy and heavy security, six American veterinarians traveled to Northern Iraq recently to meet with about 90 of their Iraqi counterparts.

WEST LAFAYETTE, IN - 11/9/06 - Purdue University officials recently dedicated Indiana's first radiation therapy facility to treat cancer in small animals as veterinarians throughout the region are booking its first patients.

KENNETT SQUARE, PA - 11/7/2006 - Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro's right hind leg cast was removed yesterday, according to his medical team.

MADISON, WI - 11/6/06 - More than 150 individuals representing Wisconsin's farm industries, the university, and an interested public helped celebrate the completion of the new Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory (WVDL) recently.

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BREA, Calif. 11/2/2006 - In November, Veterinary Pet Insurance (VPI) launched Pet Cancer Awareness Month to call attention to the nation's No. 1 killer of dogs and cats.

Washington, D.C. - Dr. R. Douglas Meckes, a former congressional fellow of the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA), joined the association's Governmental Relations Division in October to deal with research, Homeland Security, pharmaceuticals and other hot-button issues.

Many of our team members have the same style and color of stethoscope.

For years I was troubled by artifacts on slides stained with Diff-Quik (Dade Behring) when I used the standard three-jar dip method.

When I perform a feline onychectomy, after the tourniquet is loosely placed on the proximal part of the limb, I squeeze the paw with one hand and milk the rest of the limb toward the body several times before the technician tightens the tourniquet.

National Report -Though many veterinarians fret about student loans prohibiting them from buying a practice, the real killer is revolving credit, such as credit cards and car loans.

Non-competition agreements almost always hide issues involved when a veterinarian agrees to limit the scope or location of his or her right to practice veterinary medicine.

Fresh out of college, Dr. Carlos Vareli earns $72,000 a year and pays on $75,000 in education loans.

Before you even applied to veterinary school, you had a vision of what you wanted to accomplish once you had that DVM license in your hands.

Years of study and knowledge amount to nothing if veterinary graduates fail in the communication department.

PHILADELPHIA - 11/1/06 - Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine have discovered an evolutionary link between the immune systems of fish and mammals in the form of a primitive version of B cells - white blood cells of the immune system.

Columbus, Ohio - According to a survey of animal shelters across Ohio, the outlook for sheltered dogs has improved considerably in the last decade. But conditions have deteriorated for cats.

Proper broodmare feeding is not much different than for any other female breeding animal. When it comes to nutrient needs for all young-bearing animals, the latter stage of pregnancy - especially lactation - is most demanding. What's most important prior to pregnancy is that the mare is neither too thrifty nor overweight, with a proper body condition score for her size (5-6, moderate to fleshy).

Veterinarians celebrate the strengthening of the human-animal bond because it frequently allows us to provide improved medical care for our patients. However, this bond may also make handling a pet's death or deciding on the extent of an animal's treatment difficult for clients.

Angelo, Texas - Dr. Wendi Mae Davidson, 28, was sentenced to 25 years in prison last month after pleading no contest to charges she murdered her husband, Dyess Air Force Base Staff Sgt. Michael Leslie Severance.

At no time in the article "Reach for More Pay" (September/October 2006) did you tell the person who got the raise to say "thank you." I gave all of my staff members a raise without anyone asking for one, and I didn't get one "thank you." Should I take it away?

At the same time, Tufts researchers have designed a treatment.

Columbia, MO - A group of researchers is exploring ways to diagnose and treat osteoarthritis in the earliest stages, before irreversible damage is done to joints.

How can we best use our freedom to make choices in context of responding to blame?

Always be honest, says this large-animal internal medicine specialist who helped treat Barbaro. The first error in medicine is making a mistake. The second error is lying about it.

Will Dawdle was a great veterinarian in the 1970s. In fact, he still is.

Consider the following situations in practice. How would you handle each one?

Phosphatemia management in the treatment of chronic kidney disease.