|
|  | | News
| | Small Animal
Wheat Ridge Animal Hospital embraces past, reaches out to future
By:
Stephanie Fellenstein
Over the past 57 years, the Wheat Ridge Animal Hospital near Denver has grown from a one-doctor operation to a practice with close to 100 employees, a year-round schedule and cutting-edge technologies. | A new standard of care in dentistry
By:
Brett Beckman, DVM, FAVD, Dipl. AVDC, Dipl. AAPM
Change your practice's approach to National Pet Dental Health Month. | Fine-needle biopsy: Are you using this valuable diagnostic tool?
By:
Ronald Lyman, DVM, Dipl. ACVIM,
Robert Runde, VMD
A recent article discussed how fine-needle aspiration and fine-needle fenestration can be powerful diagnostic tools. | Neuropathic pain, Part 2: Conditions that cause pain signals to go awry
By:
Mark E. Epstein, DVM, Dipl. ABVP, CVPP
Dr. Mark Epstein looks at what can result in this maladaptive pain state in veterinary patients. |
| | Equine
| | Featured Contributors
Don't let veterinary team member raises raise your blood pressure
By:
David M. Lane, DVM, MS
Be smart about the costs of employing veterinary team members and make sure you can pay for what you promise | Ethical dilemma: Seeing through a susceptible pet's seizure
By:
Marc Rosenberg, VMD
This new column on ethical dilemmas opens with a difference of opinion about medication | Lameness exam hijinks
By:
Bo Brock, DVM
When lameness exams multiply, attention to details dwindles | Market Watch: What do you want from me?
By:
Michael Paul, DVM
Try these 11 tips to ensure your practice is exceptional. | Use 'The Exam Room 6' for better medicine at your veterinary practice
By:
Michael H. Riegger, DVM, Dipl. ABVP
This pocket card can serve as an aid for exam room effectiveness. I bring mine with me for each appointment | When practice business entities go wild
By:
Christopher J. Allen, DVM, JD
Keep business paperwork on a short leash, or you may find your LLC or corporation is out of your control |
| | Humor
| |
| | |
|  | | News
Jobs outlook for 2012
By:
Rachael Whitcomb
As competition heats up on the costs, Midwestern veterinary graduates may be the target of recruiting efforts. | Emotional damages debate heads to high court
By:
Rachael Whitcomb
The Texas Supreme Court will be asked to decide if non-economic damages should be awarded in a mistaken euthanasia case. |
Veterinarian looks out for pets during Occupy Wall Street protest
By:
Rachael Whitcomb
New York City — Curiosity brought Dr. Konstantine Barsky to the Occupy Wall Street Camp at Zuccotti Park in late September. But it was concern for the camp's animl inhabitants that brought the veterinarian back for the next five weeks. | ASPCA, NYC advocacy groups call for reforms to city's carriage horse industry
By:
Rachael Whitcomb
New York City — A veterinarian suspended by The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) after clarifying her own comments about the death of a carriage horse still has not been in contact with her employer. | AVMA condemns undercover video abuse
Schaumburg, Ill. — The American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) issued a statement condemning the actions unveiled in a recent undercover report airs by ABC News Nov. 18 depicting abuse at one of the nation's largest egg producers, Sparboe Farms. | Applicant pool higher than expected for new USU veterinary program
Salt Lake City, Utah — The number of applications was twice the number of available seats for the inaugural year of Utah State University's (USU) new veterinary program, which is in collaboration with Washington State University. | CAPC to direct efforts to consumer education
By:
Rachael Whitcomb
Bel Air, Md. — The Companion Animal Parasite Council (CAPC) believes revamping its parasite prevalence maps with real-time, localized information can help practitioners drive pet owners back into their clinics and reclaim their position as the experts on animal health. | California DVM wants clinical trial on medical use of marijuana in pets
By:
Rachael Whitcomb
Chatsworth, Calif. — A California relief veterinarian is polling pet owners about the use of medical marijuana in animals with the goal of using the survey's results to leverage a clinical study about the drug's efficacy in relieving pet pain. | FDA scraps 12-year-old petition to pull antibiotic approvals for food animals
By:
Rachael Whitcomb
Rockville, Md. — Twelve years after filing a petition calling for the phase-out of non-medical uses of antibiotics in food animals, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently denied these petitions by saying withdrawing approvals for certain antimicrobail uses in food animals would consume too much of the agency's time and resources. | Judge dismisses harassment claims against former LSU researcher
By:
Rachael Whitcomb
Baton Rouge, La. — Weeks before a Baton Rouge court ultimately threw out a request for a protective order by a Louisiana State University (LSU) graduate student against Marc, Boudreaux, assistant director at the LSU School of Veterinary Medicine's Biotechnology and Molecular Medicine Lab, the university confirmed that it had terminated the veterinary researcher. |
| | Small Animal
MU researchers identify biomarker to speed up diagnosis of infections
By:
Rachael Whitcomb
Reserachers at the University of Missouri believe they have found a way to speed up the diagnosis of infections in dogs and cats. | Neuropathic pain in veterinary patients, Part 1
By:
Mark E. Epstein, DVM, Dipl. ABVP, CVPP
A wider population of patients may be affected than previously thought. | Percutaneous transvenous coil embolization of portosystemic shunts
By:
Chick Weisse, VMD, Dipl. ACVS,
Allyson Berent, DVM, Dipl. ACVIM
See how this minimally invasive procedure helped a Labrador puppy. | Periodontal disease: What to do about those pesky suprabony pockets
By:
Jan Bellows, DVM, Dipl. AVDC, Dipl. ABVP
Depending on the degree of disease, locally applied antimicrobials may help. |
| | Equine
| | Featured Contributors
| | Business
5 case studies of prepaid wellness plans
By:
Karyn Gavzer, MBA, CVPM
If the cost of wellness care keeps pet owners away from veterinarians, then prepaid preventive plans may be the answer to bringing them back. | 5 tips for New Year's resolutions that work
By:
Andrew Roark, DVM, MS
Anyone who goes to the gym regularly has seen the power of the average New Year's resolution. | BEP your way through the lingering recession
By:
Michael H. Riegger, DVM, Dipl. ABVP
We know the real story, even though the pundits are telling is that the recession is over. | Caring about others: Drug shortages
By:
Carl A. Osborne, DVM, PhD, Dipl. ACVIM,
Eugene Nwaokorie, DVM, MS
How do our clients recognize that we care? | Next generation can retire—with planning
By:
Gerald Snyder, VMD
If you joined the workforce in the past 10 years, you've probably heard a lot of doom and gloom about your retirement outlook. | Sentimental value coming to a court near you
By:
Christopher J. Allen
As I write this, litigation is taking place in Texas that brings the issue of damages from "Pain and suffering" back to the front burner of animal law. | The errand: How to make sure your veterinary practice doesn't get crowded out of clients' busy lives
There aren't a lot of second chances in veterinary medicine. |
| | Humor
| |
|
