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MD's Choice, Inc introduces FOALMAKER, a nutritional supplement for breeding stallions available for the upcoming breeding season.

Advanced Monitors Corporation introduces a "new generation" Vet-Temp® Instant Animal Ear Thermometer. This new instant animal ear thermometer, the VT-110 measures "core" body temperature from the ear in one second.

Veterinary Product Laboratories announces it now offers a mid-term synthetic absorbable suture and a dry-packed cat gut suture.

The past 15 years have seen a resurgence of interest and developments in new medical therapies for congestive heart failure (CHF).

When you are awakened by a doorbell at 1 a.m., it takes a few minutes to get your brain to work.

JorVet introduces the original light-weight aluminum splints for lower limb injuries.

Pharmacia Animal Health has developed an online resource filled with detailed information and research for treating periodontal disease in dogs and cats, in addition to other pet ailments such as common soft-tissue and deep-wound infections and osteomyelitis.

Securos Veterinary Orthopedics introduces an aiming guide that is used for pin placement, screw placement and drilling for numerous surgical procedures.

Burns Veterinary Supply, Inc., is pleased to announce the addition of the new Vetsonics "Pet Piezo" Ultrasonic Scaler.

Merial announces the launch of its Web site, www. Merial.com, as a new customer resource.

National Microscope Exchange is now offering two models of stage warmers for veterinary applications

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has renewed Fort Dodge Animal Health's conditional license for its Sarcocystis neurona, killed protozoa vaccine for one year.

CareCredit is offering The Veterinarian ­ The Other Family Doctor, a free audiotape featuring Thomas Catanzaro, DMV, MHA, FACHE.

Merial introduces Purvax Ferret Distemper vaccine. The product is designed to control canine distemper in ferrets.

FirstSource Communications introduces an interactive CD-ROM, entitled Lynn and Aspen go to the Vet, which educates children, ages 4 through 10, about caring for their pet.

AccuVet Lasers introduces the new 20-watt Holmium laser to complement its family of CO2, diode and therapy veterinary lasers.

Nutramax Laboratories® introduces a new size of its Cosequin® Equine Powder in a 1400-gram scoop.

MinXray introduces a new small animal technique chart developed by 3M and MinXray.

NutriScience introduces Equine Arthri Aid. It is indicated for degenerative joint diseases such as osteoarthritis, hip displasia and Osteochondrosis dissecans.

Understanding that your practice is a significant investment is only a convenient starting point.

Understanding Heartworm Infection, in the newest interactive CD-ROM in Lifelearn's Veterinary Staff Training Series.

Fort Collins, Colo.-Colorado State University (CSU) has taken an innovative step in handling euthanasia.

There's a remote possibility mad cow disease (bovine spongiform encephalopathy) landed in the U.S. undetected from imported British cattle in the 1980s, according to Harvard University researchers cited in a Food Safety Network newsletter.

Woodstock, Ga.-Pets in Need, a novel program organized by AnimalHelp.Com, allows underprivileged pet owners to post information about a pet that needs life-saving treatment.

Washington-Cloned cows that reach adulthood show no unusual signs of physical problems, according to a recent study published in the journal Science.

In November, the Ohio Veterinary Licensing Board refiled some newly proposed rules to the Veterinary Practice Act.

Washington-Model legislation for states to improve regulation and oversight of the urban wildlife control industry has been introduced by the Humane Society of the United States.

Sioux Center, Iowa-A biotech company here is harvesting ingredients from U.S. farm animals to make supplements and medicines, the Associated Press reports.

The Space Shuttle Endeavor is sending Purdue University's avian project into orbit.

The Texas Animal Health Commission has issued a brochure outlining state and federal scrapie requirements for identifying sheep and goats.