David Frabotta

You can do a lot to your exterior without driving up costs too much.

Spinal cord injuries are extremely complicated ... the idea that there will be one magic bullet to put Jack back together again is silly.

Orlando — There are many ways to keep clients coming back to a practice, but knowing what customers want is the first crucial step to meeting their needs and desires.

COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA—The City Council joined the almost 200 municipalities nationwide to enact some sort of breed ban, according to the American Canine Foundation, a Belfair, Wash-based cooperative that actively fights breed-specific legislation. The ordinance prohibits the ownership, possession, transportation or harboring of any American Pit Bull Terrier, Staffordshire Terrier or any dog displaying the majority of physical traits of a Pit Bull.

DENVER—The golden anniversary of the American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP) convention set the stage for the organizational meeting of the American Association of Equine Veterinary Technicians (AAEVT). The AAEP executive board endowed the fledgling group with $10,000 to establish bylaws and continuing education programs, says Scott Palmer, VMD, who became the 51st president of the AAEP during the conference.

PHILADELPHIA—The University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine's longest-serving dean will step down in October to rejoin the faculty. Dr. Alan M. Kelly will have served as dean for 12 years when he steps down in October, which coincides with a deadline for a Kresge Foundation challenge grant.

CLEVELAND—A not-so-quiet war has been waged on unsuspecting researchers and doctors around the world. Though Europe largely has been affected the most severely, biomedical research companies and laboratories in the United States have endured their share of vigilante activism for decades.

IOWA CITY, IOWA—Hundreds of research animals were stolen from the University of Iowa's Spence Laboratories Nov. 14, when vandals took rodents, trashed computers and dumped chemicals throughout various wings of the facility. The Animal Liberation Front (ALF) allegedly claimed responsibility for the theft and damage, which the university was unable to assess at presstime.

Veterinary medicine is a calling almost always heard at a young age. Consequently, a young, aspiring doctor often subjects his or her parents to a litany of trials, involving stray dogs, injured cats and at least one or two wild creatures.

In the third of a three-part series, DVM Newsmagazine examines money worries, compensation and benefit comparisons based on gender, title and workload, as well as profiles of women in leadership roles.

LOS ANGELES-The company that genetically engineered an allergy-free cat says it will need veterinary help in certifying its animals, but it comes with a price tag.

Cleveland-Though many veterinarians fret about student loans prohibiting them from buying a practice, the real killer is revolving credit, such as credit cards and car loans.

You have to get to the point where you stop measuring your life in dollars and make decisions that give you other rewards.

There might be a gap between employer demand and the skills of graduates, which contributed to the new process.

Women now buy half of all practices sold in some parts of the country, and prospective women buyers are on the rapid rise nationwide. The Northeast, mid-Atlantic and the Southeast contain the largest concentration of female buyers, according to brokerage statistics, and national trends have begun to mirror the general doctor population, too.

"Tomorrow I have the day off, so you can reach me at the clinic,” she says matter of factly, sans even a hint of sarcasm. She spoke via telephone from her clinic on yet another one of her scheduled days off.

About 30 percent of clinical cases either die or must be euthanized.

He's been an art professor at the University of Notre Dame, and an accomplished sculptor in his own rite, garnering as much as $10,000 for some of his work in the late 1980s. But his work crafting learning aids and procedural models for students is shaping up as his most rewarding work yet.

He's been an art professor at the University of Notre Dame, and an accomplished sculptor in his own rite, garnering as much as $10,000 for some of his work in the late 1980s. But his work crafting learning aids and procedural models for students is shaping up as his most rewarding work yet.

Practitioners might soon rely on a new procedure to alleviate severe chronic pain resulting from cancer, osteoarthritis or surgery. Resiniferatoxin (RTX), first isolated in the 1970s, has been administered during a series of clinical studies to kill specific nerve cells while leaving others untouched.