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Veterinarians are commonly asked to evaluate horses for their clients and these "prepurchase" examinations often include radiographs.

Covenants never clear-cut, but give practice owners limited protection for business

It is time to go to work. You have been in school for nearly eight years and within a few months you will receive your veterinary degree and become a licensed veterinarian. Naturally you are eager to find a job. After all, you have devoted most of your time and effort toward reaching this goal.

Traditionally, the American Red Cross is there to help people in the event of a disaster. However,because they have no provisions for pets, many people have turned away from that aid to remain with their pets.

As we discussed last month, in this series covering issues relating to non-competition agreements, there are almost always hidden issues involved when a veterinarian agrees to limit the scope or location of his or her right to practice his or her profession.

Your most capable receptionist's hubby's job just got transferred 92 nautical miles from your Center For Applied Dog/Cat Maintenance & Repair.

We can look to those we consider successful and learn their methods and priorities. Imitation is a form of flattery.

In Brief-One provision of the 1997 tax law change is just starting to hit. New lower capital gains rates will apply to property held for more than five years. For taxpayers in the 15 percent bracket, an 8 percent capital gain rate will apply to gain from property held more than five years. Under the current rules, the rate is 10 percent. If you are in the above 15 percent bracket, you will not be able to cash in on the new 18 percent rate until 2006. One exception would allow a property to be marked to market at the beginning of 2001.A 1997 tax law changed taxation of capital gains. A variety of capital gain rates were established, depending on asset classification and taxpayer bracket. Rate application depended on the holding period of various assets through new definitions of short-, mid- and long-term holding.

Sometimes volunteer help can't stand up to practice rigors

In 1972, Dr. Birdseye had just graduated from veterinary school and entered the world of private practice. He was brimming with both enthusiasm for his profession and confidence in his abilities.

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Washington, D.C.-At presstime, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is proposing new animal thresholds for antibiotic approvals, while a new Purdue University pilot program was just launched to monitor antibiotic resistance in companion and food animals.

Fentastic Drapes introduces a line of cloth surgical drapes.

Covenants never clear-cut, but give practice owners limited protection

1. I will train my staff in the principles of proper delegation, and delegate everything that can be performed by another qualified staff member, allowing me to spend my time practicing the skills for which I was trained ... diagnostic medicine and surgery. I will perform few if any tasks that do not require a license from my state licensing board.

There are some companies that have built a reputation for retaining key employees for years.

Washington-As private veterinary pharmaceutical distributors petition veterinarians to buy mass drug quantities for resale, state regulators warn dealing with these companies could be illegal if not unethical.

The owners of Causeway Animal Hospital in Metairie, La., asked architects Michael K. Crosby and Sal Longo Jr. to draw elevations for a new facility. But the architects yearned to design the entire building, so they produced extensive computer renderings and predicted they'd build Veterinary Economics' Hospital of the Year.

Follow these guidelines to make housebreaking as easy as possible for you and your pet.

East Lansing, Mich.-As experts report that United States' livestock and food crops are increasingly vulnerable to terror attacks, Michigan State University (MSU) officials tested the nation's emergency system when two vials of genetically altered bacteria turned up missing from a secured lab.

Bismarck, N.D. - Animal health and drenched feedlots may be improved by mixing soil with coal ash, researchers tell the Associated Press.