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Grenada, West Indies-Weeks after Hurricane Ivan devastated Grenada, practitioners and students at St. George's University's veterinary school report a dwindling water supply, no electricity and desperate attempts by locals to obtain food and medical care.

USDA offers guidance to developing a formal biosecurity plan.

Though aging is the most-common cause of testicular degeneration, it also can be caused by higher heat in the testicles, adverse drug reactions or exposure to toxins and chemicals.

ATLANTA-Georgia Veterinary Medical Association (GVMA) will host its fall convention Nov. 19-21 at the Atlanta Marriott Northwest.

The decline reveals veterinarians' prudent use of antibiotic drugs, AHI officials say.

Consistency with treatment is also critical and will enhance treatment success.

CALGARY, ALBERTA-The University of Calgary will open a new veterinary school in 2006.

COLUMBUS, OHIO-The 2004 Ohio Society Association Executives (OSAE) Achievement Award was given to the Ohio Veterinary Medical Association (OVMA) at the OSAE Conference. The annual award was given to the OVMA for a marketing program developed by the association.

SCHAUMBURG, ILL.-The American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) is hosting three animal welfare meetings this month, including the long-awaited first gathering of the Task Force on the Housing of Pregnant Sows, scheduled Nov. 3-4 at the Marriott Northwest in Hoffman Estates, Ill.

You have to get to the point where you stop measuring your life in dollars and make decisions that give you other rewards.

Spectrum Surgical Instruments Corp. announces a new line of microsurgical instrument trays.

DogLeggs introduces a treatment for canine arthritis and hygromas, which is now covered through Veterinary Pet Insurance (VPI).

Sierra Publishing Company introduces "Happy Healthy Dogs - Slim Dogs Live Longer," a book that reports a study by Vet Medicinals Inc. on overweight dogs.

Washington-As the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) works to rewrite guidelines for compounding pharmacies, two lawsuits have emerged accusing the government agency of overstepping its regulatory bounds and unfairly targeting the industry.

Observation before interaction better indicates the severity of ocular pain, whether the contralateral eye is also involved, and whether sedation will be required.

The Rescue Critters manikin allows students to practice skills on canine respiration.

Unless thermal support is provided, dental patients--many of them older pets--can become hypothermic, which can deepen anesthesia and prolong blood clotting time.

EPS introduces new 4-oz. lubricated enema bottles to its line of liquid packaging containers.

Measurement of intraocular pressure (IOP) in horses now is performed more commonly with the greater availability of portable tonometers, particularly the Tonopen?. It is useful not only in diagnosing glaucoma but as a guide to resolution of uveitis, where the reduced IOP returns to normal and becomes similar to the contralateral eye.

We use a biopsy punch when we resect stenotic nares.

In the second of a three-part series, DVM Newsmagazine takes a detailed look at how veterinarians balance work with family and free time. Explore profiles from each generation, cutting data and a new model for admissions.

Kalanchoe is a genus of 150 to 200 plant species, most of which are native to southern Africa, Madagascar, and Australia.

Proguard Pet Products introduces the Proguard Tuffie Muzzle.

To increase medicine administration compliance (especially long-term), offer owners day-of-the-week medicine containers and pill splitters, if needed.

AllPro Imaging Inc. introduces a digital imaging system for equine practitioners.

Levosyn? is the only name brand levothyroxine to guarantee blood levels, the company says.

Osborne Industries Inc. introduces Accu-arm survey scale.

DULUTH, GA. - Merial introduces a Pasteurella pneumonia product to its line of Respishield‚ brand vaccines.

COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS-Veterinarians at Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine teamed up with a pediatric cardiothoracic surgeon in what is believed to be the first collaboration of its kind to repair a heart defect in Liz, a 10-month-old Labrador.

The Rescue Critters manikin allows students to practice and perfect farrier skills without injury or possibility of laming a horse or using a cadaver limb.