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AAHA, AAFP announce new feline healthcare guidelines
By:
Brendan Howard
The American Association of Feline Practitioners and the American Animal Hospital Association have jointly developed and released the Feline Life Stage Guidelines. | Changes in state laws shut down dog kennels
By:
Rachael Whitcomb
Pennsylvania sees 125 of its 300 licensed commercial kennels shut down after new laws go into effect. | AVMA dues increase to generate $3.5 million per year
By:
Rachael Whitcomb
Executive board, committees approve $50 fee hike for regular members | Arizona court denies emotional distress appeal
By:
Rachael Whitcomb
Arizona court joins ranks with California and Vermont judges in saying "no" to emotional damages cases | 'Gene silencing,' immunocontraception in pipeline for nonsurgical sterilization
By:
Rachael Whitcomb
Michelson grant awarded to one, many others are in the running for $75 million | BCVMA cites mounting financial troubles as legal battle presses on
By:
Rachael Whitcomb
A record-length court battle based on allegations of discrimination cost the British Columbia Veterinary Medical Association millions of dollars to defend, and now members are pledging to raise another $400,000 through a membership fee levy | Details emerge about federal student loan-repayment program
The federal Veterinary Medicine Loan Repayment Program is being phased in throughout 2010, which should help some practicing veterinarians offset a healthy portion of their student loans | Educators, licensing boards gear up for debate about veterinary education
By:
Rachael Whitcomb
Educators, licensing boards gear up for debate about veterinary education | Online comic tells the story of today's veterinarian
By:
Rachael Whitcomb
"Generation Vet" follows the online animated adventures of Amanda Brown, DVM | UGA seeks definition of medical waste
By:
Rachael Whitcomb
State environmental agency mulls possible fine for University of Georgia over medical waste regulations |
| | Business
Dispelling the three greatest lies
By:
Gerald Snyder, VMD
We all probably know the colorful humor that starts out with "What are the three greatest lies ever told?" To me they relate to the current misconceptions about the future of our profession. | Fee-setting: A look at margins
By:
Marsha L. Heinke DVM, EA, CPA, CVPM
When it comes to setting fees for professional services, we prefer a bottom-up approach that first targets the profit margin we're looking for and then uses existing expense projections to set the required gross income we want the practice to generate. | Take control of your expenses
By:
Michael H. Riegger, DVM, Dipl. ABVP
The challenge for veterinarians is to look at the short- and long-term economic landscape and adjust our expenses accordingly |
| | Humor
| | Opinion/Analysis
| | Small Animal
| | Equine
Dynamic videoendoscopy
By:
Ed Kane, PhD
A new development in the diagnosis of upper airway disease | DVMs ready for World Equestrian Games
By:
Tyler Blue,
Mary Squillace
For the first time in the spectacle's nearly 30-year history, the games will leave the comfortable confines of Europe and come stateside. |
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Surviving the client herd
By:
Michael A. Obenski, VMD
The next chapter in Dr. Michael Obenski's humorous look at client types. | The wrong side of a horse kick
By:
Bo Brock, DVM, Dipl. ABVP
An elephant dose — plus one —of sedative wasn't enough to keep this horse from kicking my unlucky colleague |
| | Diagnotes
| | Trend Watch
| | News
| | Small Animal
More H1N1 cases in domestic, exotic cats
Cases also appear in turkeys, dogs, ferrets and pigs as swine H1N1 vaccine is developed | Coping with an allergic dog
By:
Alice M. Jeromin, DVM, Dipl. ACVD
After years of giving advice all day long to pet owners with allergic dogs, I now have a fresh perspective on the subject—that is after adopting Cindy, an allergic 11-year-old Golden Retriever, a few years ago. | DVMs warm up to technology
By:
Rachael Whitcomb
New studies show more texting, social networking among practitioners. | An unusual case of stomatitis
By:
Brett Beckman, DVM, FAVD, Dipl. AVDC, Dipl. AAPM
Medical management is possible, but often these cases result in extractions. | In search of the new normal
By:
David M. Lane, DVM, MS
Will the value of our homes and business real estate return to pre-2008 levels? Is it time to sell or buy? Will we ever get back to normal? | When less is more: the theory of metronomic chemotherapy
By:
Kim L. Cronin, DVM, Dipl. ACVIM
As the focus of cancer treatments shifts away from conventional chemotherapy to more targeted therapies, a new strategy for the treatment of cancer has become increasingly more popular for both human and veterinary patients. |
| | Equine
| | Surgery STAT
Managing methicillin-resistant wound infections
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Karen M. Tobias, DVM, MS, Dipl. ACVS
In dogs, Staphylococcus pseudintermedius (formerly recognized as S. intermedius) is the most common resident organism of the skin and the most common cause of canine pyoderma. |
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