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The most rewarding jobOne technician found volunteer work was a perfect solution to renew her love for the profession.
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Human behavior can help prevent dog bitesThe upcoming Dog Bite Prevention Week is an opportunity to promote awareness about lowering the risk
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ACVC 2019: 3 veterinary contract questions you should answer before signingDr. Charlotte Lacroix explains why you shouldn't be so hasty to sign a veterinary employment contract.
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Reading radiographs like a crime scene investigator (Proceedings)Reading radiographs and crime scene investigation require similar skills. Both require identifying a victim, crime, considering the most likely suspects, looking for clues and then building your case or "telling the story". Sticking to these principles will result in a higher conviction rate.
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Low-stress cattle handling: An overlooked dimension of management (Proceedings)For those of us who are tolerating bawling calves for four or five days in a row, tolerating buller rates of over a half a percent, please listen and see if some of these things might be helpful.
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The new meaning of healthcare reformNational Report - While sweeping healthcare reform legislation passed Congress, it will take until 2014 to create the infrastructure needed to support small business, experts say.
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Creating a business plan (Sponsored by Intervet/Schering-Plough Animal Health)The reason business owners create a business plan is the same reason why horse owners keep up with annual exams. Giving a horse vaccinations ma reduce the risk of disease and death. As an equine entrepreneur, consider these five core areas when creating a business plan: teamwork, concept, customers, cash, and purchasing.
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Elevated liver enzyme activity in a dog? An algorithm to help you determine Now what?Whether a veterinary patient is symptomatic or asymptomatic, use this guide to help you get to a diagnosis.
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Case based chronic pain management: Creating hope (Proceedings)There are two major dynamics driving the expanding need for effective chronic pain management; pets are living much longer and they are now frequently considered full members of the family.
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Q&A: Taming team member tardinessShort of termination, how can I discipline a team member who is habitually late for her shift?
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Factors associated with patient delay in rabies postexposure prophylaxis initiation in Puerto Rico, 2008-2009 (Proceedings)Timely initiation of rabies postexposure prophylaxis (PEP) is critical to preventing disease in persons exposed to rabid animals.
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Practical emergency ultrasound (Proceedings)The practice of emergency ultrasound is based on two paradigms: immediate results and focused examinations.
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SHARP improved my practice safetyWhen most practice owners hear the four-letter word "OSHA," chills run up their spines. And I can certainly understand why—citations and fines aren't on anyone's wish list.
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Canine and feline seating areasTwenty-four percent of Well-Managed Practices offer separate canine and feline seating areas. How separate do the areas need to be to make the distinction effective, and how could you add this feature to a facility economically?
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The control of drug and chemical residues in food: the USDA National Residue Program (Proceedings)The United States has a complex system for controlling chemical residues in meat poultry and egg products, with rigorous processes for approval, sampling and testing, and enforcement. Three principal agencies are involved in the control of residues in meat, poultry, and egg products.
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Ocular diseases of nontraditional and exotic pets (Proceedings)When presented with exotic species with ocular disease it is important to remember the concept of "the same and different". Eye are eyes regardless of the species and many of the conditions we are presented with in pocket pets and other exotic species are in many ways the same as those we have come to recognize in the more usual domestic species and can be diagnosed and treated empirically in the same way.
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Monitoring anesthetized patients-capnography (Proceedings)The capnograph is a noninvasive monitoring device that can provide information on ventilation (pulmonary function), blood flow, and equipment function. Knowledge of respiratory and cardiovascular physiology is essential to the understanding of capnography.
