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PHILADELPHIA-Fort Dodge and the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) joined forces to promote awareness on pet aging and unveiled details of an educational initiative promoting twice-yearly veterinary exams.

How many times has a client said, "But I only give my pet one scoop of food," and then you find out he or she is using a shovel?

Four Flags Over Aspen, Inc., introduces durable X-ray weights designed to secure animals while technicians remain a safe distance from harmful rays, the company says.

Vitality Systems introduces hypoallergenic EFA shampoo for dogs and cats.

The AquaPacer was designed specifically for equine rehabilitation using water buoyancy, resistance and heat combined with the horse's normal gait for therapeutic healing, strengthening, conditioning and training.

He's been an art professor at the University of Notre Dame, and an accomplished sculptor in his own rite, garnering as much as $10,000 for some of his work in the late 1980s. But his work crafting learning aids and procedural models for students is shaping up as his most rewarding work yet.

New Vira Shield 6 from Novartis Animal Health US, Inc. is the first 3-way bovine viral diarrhea (BVD) vaccine. It contains: Noncytopathic (NCP) Type 1; NCP Type 2; Cytopathic (CP) Type 1.

Gentle pressure can comfort, calm, reassure, and increase receptivity.

Jorgensen Laboratories Inc. introduces the Ultra Select Centrifuge.

Computer Imprintable Label Systems LLC inroduces its new digial print facility for full four-color computer labels.

PHILADELPHIA-Two of the nation's top veterinary medical groups are giving up efforts to unite their rival educational equivalency programs for graduates of non-accredited schools.

Ottawa-Veterinarians in Canada are working to form a national public health organization dubbed CDC-North.

We use the bladders from emptied 2-gal wine boxes as heating pads for animals.

What's your question? Send your pediatric/geriatric related questions to: Pediatric/Geriatric Protocol, DVM Newsmagazine, 7500 Old Oak Blvd., Cleveland, OH 44130. Your questions will be answered by Dr. Hoskins in upcoming columns.

Iowa State Press introduces Veterinary Microbiology, Second Edition by Drs. Dwight C. Hirsh, N. James MacLachlan.

What puzzled me, though, was how I got in the crosshairs of the government when I had tried to carefully comply with all the tax rules. Simply, how could this happen to such a law-abiding citizen?

AUGUSTA, MAINE-The Maine Veterinary Medical Association (MVMA) champions full disclosure of vaccine information to pet owners and is setting out to create a model form for practitioners.

When we put a warning label on a bottle, such as "May increase urination" or "Give with food," we put the same label next to the prescription in the patient's record, so we know exactly what we told the client.

Spellex Corp. just released its newest addition of spell checking software

Veterinary Dental Concepts introduces a dry-bead sterilizer.

Spectrum Surgical Instruments announces the release of Spectra-Soak.

Maximizing calf survivability is crucial to economic success of beef producers. But having healthy calves starts many months before calving season. Proper herd nutrition impacts calf survivability more than any other factor. Proper environment/facilities also are important. If these two factors are under control, herd outbreaks of calf diseases will be minimized.

Spectrum Surgical Instruments introduces its stainless steel box designed to sterilize and protect small parts.

Last summer, an epizootic of paraquat poisoning caused the deaths of at least seven dogs in Portland, Ore. This epizootic is evidence that this type of poisoning remains a current problem in companion-animal practice in North America.

Blacks make up less than 1 percent of students studying veterinary medicine

A 9-year-old neutered male domestic shorthaired cat had been presented to the referring veterinarian for evaluation of lethargy and weight loss.

San Francisco Veterinary Specialists (SFVS) bills itself as the only specialty referral hospital in the city, offering internal medicine, dentistry, oncology, surgery, ophthalmology and holistic care.

Eventually it will be possible to do high-quality MRI on standing horses.

Designed specifically for veterinary use, Kendall's Monoject Veterinary? catheters feature a special needle grind that minimizes pain and creates a smooth transition for the thin wall catheter, the company says.

To keep patients warm during and after surgery, we insert sheets of flat bubble wrap into flannel pillowcases and drape them over patients.