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Drs. Chris and Robb Heagle team up to outline an effective parasite control program that empowers the entire staff to educate clients about protecting their pets from disease.

"The Cat: Its Behavior, Nutrition & Health" is an academic textbook for undergraduate animal science courses

Q: Could you provide a brief review on the current nonsurgical procedures for correcting a patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) in dogs?

Austin, Texas-Debris from the Columbia space shuttle is being looked at as the cause of possibly sickening three cows and two captive deer on three premises in Cherokee County, Texas.

Securos Veterinary Orthopedics has added internal fixation consisting of plates, screws and instrumentation to their range of orthopedic products

Merial launches Recombitek Lyme vaccine in 20x1dose packages.

Signalment: Canine, Golden Retriever, 7 years old, male, castrated, 72.2 lbs. The dog presents for progressive worsening PU/PD and generalized weakness for four to five weeks. The dog is showing anorexia and vomiting thick yellow bile since last evening. The dog has collapsing episodes in the rear legs. Therapy has included NPO for two days, intravenous fluids and metoclopramide.

Dr. John McCall details how to treat patients suffering from heartworm disease. Treatment takes time and strict monitoring but yields positive outcomes.

The Spectrum Instrument Workstation offers a series of products for the instrument cleaning and inspection process

Rockville, Md.-The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) unveiled a broad initiative to help make pioneering medical technologies in veterinary and human medicine available sooner.

Dr. Gregory Troy pinpoints the factors that help practioners determine a definitive diagnosis for Canine Lyme disease and how to treat it.

College Station, Texas-In 1997, the $3.7 million Missy-plicity project brought a rash of excitement and media frenzy to Texas A&M University's researchers along with hopes to clone the world's first canine. Five years later, their venture is defunct.

CDC has recipe for 'purer' horse vaccine; canines may gain from research

Needs of new graduates unlike those of older generations

Spectrum Surgical Instruments introduces the Instrument Workstation

Synbiotics Corp. announces the addition of a new use for ICG Status-LH

St. Louis-This month, six members from two top veterinary organizations convened here to discuss leaving the educational equivalency standards of foreign graduates to an autonomous group.

Macleod Pharmaceuticals, Inc., introduces IntraCell, a new approach to wound management.

Equine practitioners may still take the backseat to food animal practitioners in the debate over antimicrobial resistance, but their input may help sustain prudent use of controversial drugs for all species.

IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. has developed a new, enhanced version of its practice software in Cornerstone? 5.0.

Orlando-Iams just bought minority equity ownership in Veterinary Pet Insurance (VPI).

Iowa State Press releases Diseases of Poultry, 11th Edition

Pay close attention to deadlines, dates and expirations

Med-Vet International introduces its new line of Oasis pet carriers.

Spectrum Surgical Instruments introduces a surgery pack designed exclusively for avian procedures

Manhattan, Kan.-When senior Roz Pineda runs her equine rotations, she's usually the only minority in the room.

Orlando-Merial and Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica Inc. (BI) have just inked a deal on a long-term strategic alliance.

Securos, Inc. offers monofilament suture for lateral suture cruciate repair, hip luxation management and other surgical procedures.

St. Hubert's Animal Welfare Center introduces behavior tapes entitled Dogs Will Be Dogs

Washington-The Food and Drug Adminis-tration (FDA) is still gathering input about its proposal to curb antibiotic drug resistance.