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Los Angeles, Calif. - 5/15/07 - VCA Antech, Inc., a leading animal healthcare company, announced they will acquire Healthy Pet, which operates 44 animal hospitals, for $152.9 million. On completion of the merger, the combined companies will operate more than 430 animal hospitals in 38 states.

Trail Hand The author reads an excerpt from his novel.

Dr. Rosenkrantz tells you what you need to know about otoscope cone and bulb syringe contamination.

Melamine and cyanuric acid: An update on what practitioners need to know

Check here for updates from Veterinary Economics on the pet food recall

Check here for updates from Veterinary Economics on the pet food recall

Denver - 5/9/07 - The fight against canine cancer received $500,000 of funding for the next five years from the Golden Retriever Foundation (GRF).

Customizable Word document of a sample letter to send clients about the pet food recall.

The American Animal Hospital Association (AAHA) is now accepting proposals for scientific management, veterinary technician and client service presentations to be given at the 2009 conference on March 26-29 in Phoenix, Ariz.

Fort Collins, Colo. - 5/3/07 - Dr. C. Wayne McIlwraith, professor in the department of clinical sciences in Colorado State University's College of Veterinary Medicine, was presented the Scholarship Impact Award?one of the establishment?s top annual honors for research accomplishments.

Westlake Village and Palo Alto, Calif - 5/2/07 - National Veterinary Associates, the largest U.S. private owner of companion animal hospitals, received a $128-million investment from Summit Partners, a private equity and venture capital firm.

When you have a cat that just won't stop purring during its physical exam, try holding an alcohol-soaked cotton ball in front of its nose.

We use an ordinary paper cup with the bottom removed, two strategically placed holes, and some roll gauze as a muzzle for cats.

When not in use, we clip the leads for our electrocardiograph machine to a tongue depressor to prevent tangles.

Brisbane, Australia - BioChip Innovations (BCI) is working to release Influenza PrimRset, a new product that can identify each of avian influenza's 144 strains, allowing quicker response time and appropriate treatment for outbreaks.

The recall has left clients questioning your recommendations-and you questioning manufacturers. Tackle the job of earning back trust one step at a time, client by client and case by case.

Your editor's note, "I Love My Job" (January/February 2007) hit the nail on the head.

Denver, Co. - The American Animal Hospital Association presented its 2007 awards, recognizing individuals for their outstanding service to the veterinary industry, at the annual conference in Denver.

Leesburg, Va. - Virginia Tech's Marion duPont Scott Equine Medical Center resumed full operations, including inpatient and emergency care, after a quarantine of nearly six weeks, imposed by the Virginia State Veterinarian's Office, was lifted April 2.

Have you ever had a close-up look at an ostrich? Do you have any idea how big those rascals really are?

The article "How to Beat a Bully" in the January/February issue really hit home.

The clinical signs of hepatic insufficiency in horses are highly variable, nonspecific and depend on the extent and duration of hepatic disease.

"The biggest myth that we deal with is that most people believe their dog or cat got fleas from direct contact with another pet.

Ceres, Calif. - State officials quarantined a Stanislaus County hog farm after finding melamine traces in the urine of animals. The compound was identified as a contaminate in the ongoing national pet-food recall.

The technology will help many patients, but will be of particular benefit to athletic horses.

The list of legal actions continues to grow as officials sort the aftermath of the largest pet-food recall in history. DVM Newsmagazine compiled this short list of actions filed at press time.

Westlake Village and Palo Alto, Calif. - National Veterinary Associates (NVA), the nation's largest private owner of free-standing companion-animal hospitals, announced that it received a $128 million investment from Summit Partners, a private equity and venture-capital firm.

Any office call involving Mr. and Mrs. Flipflop can be quite a challenge. They truly seem to love their pets, or maybe they don't. And nothing is too much trouble when it comes to their animal's welfare, or maybe nothing is all they are willing to do. It is hard to tell. The truth is, though, they usually are all talk and no action.

Baltimore - Nutramax Laboratories is taking Cosequin® over-the-counter because of Internet bootlegging, but says new distribution-control strategies are in place to save its newest generation product, DasuquinTM, from meeting the same fate.

Davis, Calif. - "It's like a wet finger in the wind," says Dr. Paul Pion, of the Veterinary Information Network (VIN), in assessing the health impact of the massive recall affecting about 1 percent of all pet foods.