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Kinetic introduces Oral HA Conquer to reduce joint swelling in horses.

DermaPet introduces a lime dip with a 97.8 percent sulfurated lime solution.

BATON ROUGE, LA - 9/29/06 - The Louisiana State Animal Response Team (LSART) is encouraging horse owners to have a disaster plan their animals.

COLUMBIA, MO - 9/29/06 - Joe Kornegay, DVM, PhD, professor and dean of the University of Missouri College of Veterinary Medicine, has accepted a faculty position at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, effective October 16.

ITHACA, NY - 9/28/06 - Samples from more than 90 live bird markets in New York City are being routinely tested for the H5 and H7 strains of avian flu, reports Cornell University.

DAVIS, CA - 9/27/06 - Veterinarians have been assisting with wildfire rescue efforts here since Thursday, Sept. 21.

MADISON, WI - 9/26/06 - Dr. Christopher Olsen has accepted the position of associate dean for Academic Affairs at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Veterinary Medicine, effective in late October.

STILLWATER, OK - 9/25/06 - Dr. Larry Rice was selected as the 2006 David E. Bartlett Award recipient and was honored at the SFT/ACT Annual Conference and Symposia held in St. Paul, Minn.

STILLWATER, OK - 9/22/06 - The Center for Veterinary Health Sciences at Oklahoma State University was awarded an additional $2.99 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in connection with the veterinary center's current NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases seven-year contract.

RALEIGH, NC - 9/20/206 - The Veterinary Teaching Hospital (VTH) at North Carolina State University's College of Veterinary Medicine added a dentistry service to its list of 14 services available to support referring veterinarians.

DAVIS, CA - 9/19/2006 - In a statement released yesterday, veterinarians and staff at the University of California-Davis (UC-Davis) Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital say they were greatly saddened to learn that Lost in the Fog had lost his battle with lymphoma and was euthanized at Golden Gate Fields on Sunday, Sept. 17.

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COLUMBIA, MO - 9/15/2006 - Last month, the number of West Nile virus cases in horses for the year thus far exceeded the number recorded in Missouri for the entire season last year, according to Dr. Gayle Johnson, of the University of Missouri-Columbia College of Veterinary Medicine.

Urbana, IL - 9/13/06 - Three veterinarians have been selected by the University of Illinois (UI) College of Veterinary Medicine and its Veterinary Medical Alumni Association to be honored on September 14.

WASHINGTON - 09/12/06 - The Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges (AAVMC) plans to launch a jobs board Sept. 20 on the group's Web site.

GAINESVILLE, FLA. - 9/12/2006 - A University of Florida study aimed at discovering better ways to place pacemakers in dogs with complete heart block has received a $100,000 boost through a grant from the Morris Animal Foundation.

DAVIS, CALIF. - 9/8/06 - Corvids, including American crows, Yellow-billed Magpies, Western scrub-jays and other members of the Corvidae family, serve as the primary reservoirs or incubators for the mosquito-borne virus, according to research entomologist William Reisen of the Center for Vectorborne Diseases (also known as CVEC), a unit of the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine.

Like many citizens, I think, I feel split on the issue of breed-specific legislation. And it doesn't seem like the news stories I hear or read are tapping veterinarians for information. Yet you're exposed to all types of breeds. And you know about animal behavior. Should some breeds with aggressive tendencies be singled out?

ITHACA, N.Y. - 9/5/06 - The Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine plans to build a 126,000 square foot Animal Health Diagnostic Center to replace existing facilities. The new center is expected to be completed in 2010.

Konsyl Pharmaceuticals, Inc. offers Konsyl Original, a powder-form, natural fiber supplement and bowel normalizer for animals.

This year for our clinic calendar, which we send to clients as a holiday card, we will use 12 photos of staff members' pets!

To get a cat into a carrier without the cat panicking and flailing about, pull a pillowcase over the cat and loosely twist the pillowcase closed.

In "Repairing mandibular symphyseal fractures with no slipping," which appeared in the June 2006 Idea Exchange, a pin was recommended in certain situations to stabilize and repair these injuries.

We use a toothbrush cover to keep our Doppler probe from getting damaged.

We keep the tip of the surgical tissue glue from getting clogged by placing a 20- or 22-ga needle on the tip.

At our busy feline-only practice, subcutaneous fluids need to be administered often.

We place animals recovering from surgery in a rectangular playpen in the treatment room.

A veterinarian recently asked me, "What do we need to pay our veterinary technicians to keep them with us? And what do we need to offer to get more educated technicians in the field?"

Washington - The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) cut mad cow testing in the country by 90 percent, starting last month.