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Older owners: a growing market.

Swheat Scoop introduces a disposable litter box for quick changes and reduction of the spread of diseases.

Penn Vet Supply introduces a veterinary medical supply Web site.

Intervet introduces Vista, a modified-live respiratory and reproductive vaccine line for cattle.

Spectrum Surgical Instruments Corp. introduces previously owned power equipment, which includes all makes and models of pneumatic and battery-powered hand-pieces, attachments, air hoses, batteries and sterilization/storage cases.

Merial introduces Zimecterin? Gold (ivermectin/praziquantel), a broad-spectrum equine dewormer that provides protection against a variety of parasites, including tapeworms.

Vision USA introduces Blue Raised Bar Magnifiers, which rest more than an inch over the viewable surface.

SmartWorks introduces the DP-6600, a digital black-and-white ultrasound platform that provides USB image storage, image clarity and ease of use.

NJ Phillips Pty Ltd. announces the release of the Trigger-Lock Syringe?.

Merial releases a Web site for the Purevax? Recombinant Leukemia vaccine and the Vet Jet? transdermal vaccination system.

Schering-Plough introduces Aquaflor? Type A Medicated Article (florfenicol), an antimicrobial for the control of mortality due to septicemia of catfish, a bacterial disease that results in significant economic loss to the catfish industry.

Impromed Inc. introduces Infinity v4.0 veterinary practice management software.

Westbrook, Maine —IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. introduces Spec cPL? (canine pancreas specific lipase) to help veterinarians accurately rule in or rule out pancreatitis in dogs.

Professional Medical Sales introduces BloodStop and BloodStop EX hemostatic gauze.

The federal government wants trend data on outbreaks of zoonotic disease and is looking to corporate veterinary practice to provide it.

DRE Inc. introduces the new Vetrecs VTS telemetry system, a wireless cardiac monitoring system.

Pan American Veterinary Laboratories (PAVL) introduces Pythium immunotherapy, an immunotherapeutic product for the treatment of pythiosis, a fungal-like organism in horses and dogs, which causes severe, local allergic reaction.

Spectrum introduces the Advanced Eye Surgery Pack, six surgical instruments in a protective case for more advanced ophthalmic procedures.

Maida Pharmacy Compounding Center introduces customized medications for animals that require more than the standard course of treatment.

DermaPet Inc. announces a product name change. DermaHypoCS is now named DermaLyte.

Kansas State University introduces "A Century of Excellence," a book commemorating the 100th anniversary of the College of Veterinary Medicine.

Derungs introduces the RLLE-122 ring magnification task light.

My job is to go to the front, lance the abscess and flush it out.

In the 1960s, Rod Serling came to my house each week. He took me, along with millions of other Americans, to a place he called The Twilight Zone. His television show, for which he wrote and hosted, featured half-hour stories with strange and bizarre endings. Many years later, Mr. Serling's format for entertainment was revised into a somewhat different form. It was called Twilight Zone, The Movie.

Andover Coated Products introduces PetFlex PawPack, printed cohesive bandages.

Rocky Mountain Labs LLC introduces Fortunate Dog Cookies, a dog treat that resembles fortune cookies.

Los Angeles — A Superior Court judge ended West Hollywood's fight to ban cat declaws for now.

Cash Solutions introduces VeriFone Omni 3740, a check-processing imager.

Rx Vitamins introduces Liquid Hepato Support, a liquid nutraceutical blend vitamin with standardized milk thistle and alpha lipoic acid.

Jorgensen Laboratories introduces the Eye Shield and Face Shield for routine veterinary dental work.