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A veterinarian and practice owner has launched an app for iOS and Android to help pet parents prevent accidental drug and food toxicities in their cats and dogs.

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Once thought to be the eccentric hobby of the crazy cat lady, animal hoarding is beginning to get the attention it deserves. Shelter medicine instructor and veterinarian Dr. Kirk Miller provides an overview of its effects on pets, people and shelters and explains why prosecution and prevention are so problematic.

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What are the most common puppy names you might be seeing at your veterinary practice? Nationwide says a Harry Potter-inspired name beat out Twilight.

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Japans so-called Queen of Tidy helped me sort my T-shirt drawer, my office and my garage, keeping only the stuff that sparked joy. But I think these lessons offer us veterinary professionals a chance to ask that about every task and everyone in our lives.

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Recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein (BMP)helpful with jaw repair and long bone defects in dogsworks wonders, is expensive ($1,000 per milligram) and requires care: If you were to get a little BMP on your instruments or glove, and you touch, say, a muscle, there would be bone growth in that muscle, says one veterinary surgeon.