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From the time his experienced jockey, Edgar Prado, gently pulled him up and kept him quiet while veterinary assistance arrived until this very day, Barbaro's new battle has been one of a convergence of fate, veterinary excellence and most of all, teamwork.

National Report - While many veterinarians shun convenience euthanasia, problems associated with pet relinquishment live on.

United Radiology Systems introduces the PXP-16HF Micro Portable X-ray unit.

Impromed introduces the Treatment Area Electronic Whiteboard, for use with Impromed's Infinity's treatment plans module.

Abbott Animal Health introduces 19-gauge (color- coded yellow, TransIVa? Winged Infusion Sets.

Equilite Inc. has released Ricochet Horse Spray?, a new product designed to help horses be more comfortable, the natural product provides a pleasant and refreshing citrus scent, the company says.

Spectrum Surgical Instruments introduces a 1-mm Micro Laminectomy Rongeur.

Overcoming clients' preconceived notions can be difficult, especially as newer research suggests that treating horses as individuals might be more effective than a shotgun deworming regimen.

Topeka, Kan. - Hill's Pet Nutrition introduces the 2006 National Pet Fit? Challenge to serve as a tool to aid health-care team members in talking with clients about their dogs' or cats' weight gain.

Shawnee Mission, Kan. - Bayer Animal Health introduces Legend? (hyaluronate sodium), an FDA-approved intravenous equine joint therapy.

AFP Imaging introduces two portable X-ray systems, the Image Vet 9015HF and Image Vet 135HF.

Aesculight Lasers introduces a new family of CO2 surgical lasers.

STARKVILLE, Miss. - 6/28/06 - Mississippi State University's (MSU)College of Veterinary Medicine received a $500,000 endowment to decrease the number of animals euthanized in the county.

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PHILADELPHIA - 06/12/06 - For the first time, public money was used to improve the New Bolton Center at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine.

SCHAUMBURG, ILL. - 6/6/06 - First-year students tracking toward food animal careers report the human-animal bond does not drive their interest in veterinary medicine. They're also less concerned about working nights and weekends or having frequent vacation time than their classmates planning for small animal practice.

BELLEVILLE, ONTARIO - 06/06/06 - Bioniche Life Sciences issued a warning about a counterfeit version of its Hippiron 1000 product that could be associated to the death of a horse in Ontario.

LOUISVILLE, KY. - 06/02/06 - Despite being forced to move its meeting from hurricane-battered New Orleans last year, attendance at this year's American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine (ACVIM) Forum remained on target, conference organizers report. In its second day, the meeting nearly met overall attendance goals.

Philadelphia - The University of Pennsylvania (Penn) School of Veterinary Medicine and the Philadelphia Animal Care and Control Association (PACCA) partnered to help fight euthanasia of adoptable animals in Philadelphia with the launch of the spay/neuter component of the school's new shelter animal medicine program.

Study groups can negotiate significant benefits from better-known vendors.

Our technicians hated blowing serum out of hematocrit tubes onto refractometers because their lips often touched the tubes.

When drawing blood from or trimming the nails of difficult large dogs (especially ones that continue growling and being aggressive despite being muzzled), place a small folded towel over their eyes.

About twice a month, owners present patients for evaluation of weird respiratory signs, which the owners describe as anything from asthma to seizures.

Mad cow, or bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), is slowly progressive, degenerative, fatal disease affecting the central nervous system of adult cattle. For 16 years, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has conducted aggressive surveillance of the highest risk cattle going to slaughter in the United States. The following lists a breakdown of the nation's three confirmed cases.

Bioniche Animal Health USA Inc. announced the introduction of EPIC Calf Electrolyte for young calves.

Though many experts believe magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is underused in equine veterinary medicine, greater availability of the technology and access to interpretation experts are facilitating greater adoption, especially when diagnosing lameness.

Stifle injuries should be treated like tendon or ligament injuries in other areas of the horse.

Recent research has shown that topical low-concentration (0.015%) triamcinolone acetonide spray is safe and effective for the treatment of allergic pruritus, including flea allergic dermatitis in dogs.

Blacksburg, Va. - John Robertson, VMD, MS, PhD, director of the University of Virginia-Maryland Center for Comparative Oncology, is experimenting with frankincense oil as a possible treatment for malignant melanoma in horses.

Most commonly, tracheal collapse occurs in middle-aged to old dogs including Yorkshire terriers, Pugs, Chihuahuas, Pomeranians, Maltese, as well as Miniature and Toy Poodles.