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GFI #256 and compounding medication is the topic of this episode of The Vet Blast Podcast. Marcy Bliss, CEO of Wedgewood Pharmacy, joins Adam Christman, DVM, MBA, to explain the ins and outs of this new FDA guidance.

Below is a partial transcript. Listen to the full podcast for more.

: Over many years, FDA has been asserting that it should regulate compounding from bulk drug substances in animal health. So to facilitate that, they've recently released a final guidance to kind of frame up their current thinking, and this guidance is called the GFI #256....Now, this is not a law or regulation. It's not a statute, but the agency has announced its intention to enforce primarily to pharmacy enforcement...For me, I think the broad intent is to ensure that if a veterinarian can use commercial products that they do so, and that compounding is used for its intended purpose purpose, which is really to provide customized medication when the veterinarian determines that an FDA-approved product is not the best treatment for patients. So, either it's a compliance issue, like you said, or the drug isn't available in the marketplace, like potassium bromide, or the drug needs to be changed...Maybe it's available as a tablet and it needs to be an injectable or damaged drug.

So the FDA, I think, really just wants to ensure the appropriate use of compounded medication. Of course, we believe veterinarians are already using it appropriately, but the FDA wants to put this guidance in place, I think, to put some guardrails and a framework around that.

Marcy Bliss, CEO of Wedgewood Pharmacy, talks GFI #256 compliance and how drug compounding has changed over time

What you need to know about GFI #256 and the changing landscape of compounding medicine

On this episode of The Vet Blast Podcast, fourth-year veterinary student Jove Jaco from the Apollo College of Veterinary Medicine, Jaipur in India and member of the 

 Student Ambassador Program, explained how high school students in India get accepted into veterinary school. 

“As a pre-vet student, we have central examinations that are...conducted by the National Board Examinations and based upon your marks first, based upon your ranks first, and based upon the friends of your college you are…allotted a college and that’s how you get into vet school,” Jacob told Adam Christman, DVM, MBA.

“After getting into vet school, the diversities start within the name itself. It’s BVSc AH—Bachelor of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry in India and along with veterinary subjects, we also have animal husbandry subjects like livestock correction management,” he added.

Listen to the full podcast below for more insight on Jove’s passions and career goals involving equine veterinary medicine. 

In this episode of The Vet Blast Podcast, Jove Jacob shares with Dr Adam Christman about what veterinary school is like in his country, plus discusses his interests in the field and more. 

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 interview, Camilla Jamieson, MRCVS, DACVIM, clinical assistant professor at Purdue University College of Veterinary Medicine, discusses the 2 types of heatstroke in horses plus signs and symptoms to look for. 

The following is a partial transcript of the video.

There's 2 different scenarios where we see heatstroke in horses. There are horses that are in a too hot environment for whatever reason and physiologically, like the the environmental heat surpasses their ability to cool themselves. And then there's horses that pathologically cannot cool themselves, so those are our anhidrosis horses. And probably in America, that's where we see actually see the majority of true heatstroke.

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 interview, San Diego Fetch faculty member Bryce Dooley, DVM, MS, DACVAA, explains the latest advancements in technology, equipment, and more to ensure horses recover successfully from anesthesia. 

A lot of what all of equine anesthesia is trying to do is how can we optimize the intraoperative management of equine anesthesia...to make sure that their recovery can be as good as possible. And so this is coming from things like, using co-infusions to reduce the inhalant requirement. But also trying to decide, okay, when when do we need to turn off these infusions?

In a dvm360® interview, San Diego Fetch faculty member, Dr Bryce Dooley, reviews the latest in this sphere of veterinary medicine  

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In a dvm360® interview, Sandy Taylor, DVM, PhD, DACVIM-LAIM, associate professor of large animal internal medicine at Purdue University College of Veterinary Medicine, explained how to diagnose a host of conditions that may cause sudden deaths in horses including toxicosis, aortic rupture, plus more. 

View the video below for the entire discussion. The following is a partial transcript.

: If we have a toxin that's suspected, if we think [the horse] got into something, then what we'll try to do is collect stomach contents by passing a stomach tube. If they've eaten something recently, then we can take that gastric content and submit it for toxin testing. If maybe we don't know when it happened, or we're thinking maybe it's too late, it's already through the stomach, then we'll take blood or urine samples and send them to a lab for the toxin testing. 

In a dvm360® interview, an associate professor of large animal internal medicine offered insight on selecting the appropriate diagnostic method for horses showing signs of serious illness.

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In a dvm360® interview, Sandy Taylor, DVM, PhD, DACVIM-LAIM, associate professor of large animal internal medicine at Purdue University College of Veterinary Medicine, detailed the characteristics of cardiac glycoside-containing plants that are toxic to horses. In addition, she described each plant's mechanism of action.

: I think the most common of these cardiac glycoside-containing plants that can poison horses is Oleander. And this is a very colorful, beautiful ornamental shrub that's really common in the Western US. In fact, it lines [Interstate] 5, so it's along the median of [Interstate] 5, which is the major north-south freeway in the west...Most people do not have those plants near their pasture, but they can certainly blow into a pasture after a windstorm and cause a problem because very little needs to be eaten for a horse to get sick.

In a dvm360® interview, an associate professor of large animal internal medicine outlined plants to bear in mind that can pose a threat to horses. 

Cardiac glycoside-containing plants poisonous to equine 

In a dvm360® interview, Sandy Taylor, DVM, PhD, DACVIM-LAIM, associate professor of large animal internal medicine at Purdue University College of Veterinary Medicine, offered tips for both veterinary professionals and equine owners to ensure a horse continues to flourish.

: I think that an important thing is for veterinarians to be performing routine examinations on horses. That sounds so obvious and silly, but there are some things that could otherwise go undetected by an owner. So, for example, if we hear a heart murmur or an irregular rhythm when we're listening to a horse's heart, then that might trigger us to do more diagnostic investigation, and maybe we would find something that is worrisome.

In a dvm360® interview, an associate professor of large animal internal medicine shared proactive approaches to prevent sudden death in horses. 

Preventing sudden death in horses 101

According to Sandy Taylor, DVM, PhD, DACVIM-LAIM, associate professor of large animal internal medicine at Purdue University College of Veterinary Medicine, fortunately sudden death in horses is rare. In a dvm360® interview, she highlighted factors that may contribute to this kind of tragedy including intense exercise, toxic plants, and more.

: One of [the common causes of death in horses] is exercise-associated death. That's typically seen in racehorses and high-level performance horses, and those are typically due to pulmonary hemorrhage or some underlying heart disease...There are several studies that have been done looking at sudden death in racehorses, but most of the time, there's some acute hemorrhage, usually in the lungs.

In a dvm360®  interview, an associate professor of large animal internal medicine outlined factors that may cause sudden equine death. 

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