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The periparturient period can be associated with high morbidity and even mortality for the dam and neonates.

Cardiac arrest leads to dysoxia in the brain mitochondria... energy failure.

Fine needle aspiration (FNA) cytology is an excellent adjunctive tool for evaluating internal organs.

The goal of antimicrobial therapy for UTI is to resolve clinical signs of infection, eliminate bacteruria, and also avoid resistance.

The object of this review is to convey new scientific information and resultant practical techniques applicable to the care of the severely injured patient.

Small lymphocytes are smaller in size than a neutrophil and have a round nuclei that takes up the majority of the cell.

Pets die every day, but when it happens on the veterinarian's table should the doctor be forced to pay?

Federal stimulus funding isn't going to bail out veterinary education.

National Report - While the shortage of rural veterinarians across the country is palpable, the number of people needed isn't.

With zoonotic disease on the risk, just over a third of DVMs suspect it has struck close to home.

The dramatic shortage of public-health veterinarians could put the nation at risk.

Schaumburg, Ill. - You will determine whether a new specialty board - the American College of Veterinary Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation (ACVSMR)- is created.

It happened just as I entered the exam room. Wham! I was hit with a brilliant and unexpected flash of light.

Veterinary students can choose many career paths upon graduation and with severe shortages in some areas, it might be worth taking a look at the road less traveled.

New animal-welfare laws are at a high and it's taking its toll on the profession.

Lawmakers are on a collision course over the emotionally charged issue of horse slaughter.

Reno, Nev. - An offer from Madeleine Pickens to create a million-acre sanctuary for wild horses could cost the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) more than it presently pays for long-term holding facilities for horses removed from public lands, according to the veterinary representative on the National Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board.

When it comes to competitive pressure, just look down the street

A faculty organization at UC-Davis is looking for better ways of dealing with California's rising unwanted-horse population.

New legislation would prohibit euthanization of healthy wild horses and burros on federal lands.

Complaints against online veterinary pharmacies fueled the formation of a new certification program.

In some cases the competition is fierce, but so too is collegiality.

Small-town veterinarians fill a niche that includes more than just putting animals back together.

Finding ways to generate revenue and cut costs can make you indispensable

Read the series that sums up the trends affecting the veterinary profession today.

When it comes to business, veterinary students are pulling a C-minus average, according to a national survey.

Aversive corrections are likely to make aggressive dogs worse.

National Report - Pet owners will spend $2 billion more on their pets in 2009, despite the recession. Projected 2009 expenditures of $45.4 billion topple last year's high of $43.2 billion spent,

Washington - In testimony on a proposal to create a unified national food-safety agency, the AVMA argued that the most important component in food safety is a mandatory nationwide program that tracks livestock.

Stillwater, Okla. - It began with the college newspaper's interview with a philanthropist who said she wanted to redirect her $5 million gift to Oklahoma State University's Center for Veterinary Health Sciences because of the way animals used in teaching and research there were treated.