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Equine immunostimulant therapyDefinitive diagnostic criteria should be used to aid in the selection of available agents.
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Revenue from food and productsWhat percent of practice revenue should go to food and products?
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Editors' Guest: Candidates' pets can make a difference at the ballot boxMany White House residents have benefited politically by embracing their furry family members.
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Pain management in physical therapy (Proceedings)Pain management is a staple factor in the treatment of any physical therapy patient – whether two of four legged.
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Recurring cystitis or something else?Transitional cell carcinoma (TCC) is the most common urinary tract tumor in dogs and research suggests that it may becoming more common. Generally, TCC occurs in older dogs (mean age 11 years) and it occurs in females more frequently than in males. The increasing incidence of TCC may be related to pet obesity, use of topical pesticides for fleas/ticks, or environmental pollutants. (Mutsaers AJ, Widmer WR, Knapp DW. Transitional Cell Carcinoma. J Vet Intern Med 2003: 136-144).
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Clinical Pearls for the equine eye examVision and comfort are best assessed in the undisturbed patient in its familiar environment.
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But it's not my job...The doctor uses me as a receptionist, although I'm a registered veterinary technician. What should I do?
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How do we empower technicians?A veterinarian recently asked me, "What do we need to pay our veterinary technicians to keep them with us? And what do we need to offer to get more educated technicians in the field?"
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A guide to finding foxtailsDr. Allison Zwingenberger provides guidelines for identifying foxtails in dogs.
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The sixth stage of griefThere's a different kind of pain that comes from making the decision of life or death for a pet.
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Idea Exchange: A simple question that elicits more effective-and efficient-fecal examinationsDr. Pete VanVranken's tip will ensure clients get what there are really asking for.
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Equine Image Quiz: Flexural deformity in a foalWhich joint is most affected by this foal's flexural deformity?
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Video blog: Avoid certain phrases when talking to clientsSaying the wrong thing to clients could result in misunderstandings about the care their pets need.
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Prevent lawsuits by calling veterinary technical service lines to report adverse eventsConsult with the experts for each drug on technical service lines.
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Obesity as an endocrine disease (Proceedings)Obesity is at epidemic proportions in the United States and worldwide. Despite major public health initiatives spanning several decades, human obesity has reached prevalence rates nearing 40% in some states.
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Map Out a Successful Communications StrategyConnecting with staff members is vital to creating a strong practice.
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Multi-facet approach offers best results for allergy patientsAllergic skin disease is the most common reason a client seeks veterinary care for an animal in the United States. In some parts of the country, at certain times of the year, more than half of the animals a small animal practitioner examines will have a form of allergic skin disease.
