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Tackle tough tick talks with veterinary clientsVeterinary clients are often in the dark about the risk ticks present for their pets. Use these tips to tackle tough tick talks, region by region.
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Ripping up paper ... for team building!Employees will laugh-and realize that communication is a two-way street.
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Leading Off: Are you doing all you can to reduce euthanasia of healthy, adoptable pets?Veterinarians have an obligation to protect the health of all animals.
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Reward the team with a sneak attackThe team at Concord Veterinary Center in Springville, NY, expected an uneventful monthly practice staff meeting, but Debbie Kaczmarski, LVT, the hospital manager, and Craig Wiede, DVM, the practice's owner, had another plan.
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Managing gallbladder mucoceles (Proceedings)A gallbladder mucocele is an enlarged gallbladder that contains an excessive amount of mucus. Histologically, the gallbladder mucosa is characterized by cystic mucosal hyperplasia, with or without inflammation or necrosis. Dogs with gallbladder mucoceles can be asymptomatic early in the course of disease.
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Pet food facts and fallacies (Sponsored by Nestle Purina)Pet owners often use their veterinarians as a resource on pet foods.
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Top 10 reasons it's hard to be a veterinary technicianWhat is it about being a veterinary technician that makes the job so hard? Consider this list of challenges technicians face.
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Why didn't that antibiotic treatment work? Overview of bacterial skin disease (Proceedings)Bacterial skin infections represent a common condition affecting the canine and is often recurrent. The infective organism most frequently isolated is Staphylococcus intermedius although other species of staphylococcus may be involved.
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Trumpet of the swanIt's frustrating dealing with the mentality that birds aren't as deserving of care as other animals.
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Video: Interventional oncology: Overview and indicationsDr. Chick Weisse discusses using interventional radiology to administer chemotherapeutic drugs and other oncology treatments.
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ClinQuiz: Eye on leptospirosis (Sponsored by Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica Inc.)Do you know which dogs are at risk for leptospirosis? And do you know how to counteract misinformation about Leptospira vaccines? Learn how to help your canine patients avoid this communicable disease that's on the rise.
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Correction: Idiosyncrasies in greyhounds that can affect their medical care (February 2006)In the article "Idiosyncrasies in greyhounds that can affect their medical care," published in the August 2005 issue, Dr. Lauren Pinchbeck should have been acknowledged as assisting in writing the original manuscript.
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Avoid hospital traffic jamsDo veterinarians and staff members constantly trip over each other's feet at your practice? Or maybe you round corners with caution to avoid taking out unsuspecting clients. Even remodeling or expanding your facility may not fix the problem if you don't develop an efficient floor plan.
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Tips for making veterinary visits less stressful for patientsIn this Q&A, Marty Becker, DVM, Elite FFCP-V and Paul Bloom, DVM, DACVD, DABVP (Canine and Feline), Elite FFCP-III share extensive advice on how to minimize fear, anxiety, and stress in patients
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Shelter animals offer different challenges for parasite controlDr. Kerry Muhovich discusses the special considerations practioners need to be aware of when providing parasite control for newly adopted pets.
