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Anna ... thinks a person is obese if every bone in his or her skeleton is not prominently displayed.

Dr. Sheilah Robertson explains how to use this drug in cats with osteoarthritis.

The California Veterinary Medical Board has approved new requirements for the Registered Veterinary Technician Examination to help fill technician vacancies.

Some patients, doctors, and veterinarians are fighting to keep pets in the lives of people with serious disease.

At least 150 cases have been seen in the past year, all due to exposure to sugarless gum.

Hartz Chicken-Basted Rawhide Chips have been voluntarily recalled because of possible contamination with Salmonella.

Canada, Mexico, and the United States have signed an agreement to work together to help control rabies outbreaks in North American wildlife.

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Dr. Michelle Chappel discusses how building a veterinary practice changed her perspective on veterinary business and medicine.

Working women 44 percent more likely to quit jobs in dual-breadwinner housholds.

DVM reports that veterinary practice loans and sales are staying healthy in these difficult economic times.

Government officials are saying that without a bailout, some Americans will lose their jobs. Learn whether you might be one of those people.

The database, Animal Drugs @ FDA, allows searches in eight different categories.

After an onychectomy, we routinely place the patient in a cat bag for short-term recovery.

Vomiting is among the most common reasons that dogs and cats are presented for evaluation.

No different from our clients, we fear the pain and suffering of friends and companions, human or non-human.

Incidence of feedlot lameness varies by feedlot from .03% to 2.3% of cattle inventory on a health data base that includes 5,540,000 cattle in feedlots that vary in capacity from 5000 to 80,000 head.

Initial nonspecific management of vomiting includes NPO (in minor cases a 6-12 hour period of nothing per os may be all that is required), fluid support, and antiemetics.

We are reminded daily of the obesity problems facing Americans and we see how these issues are mirrored by the percentage of pets that are overweight.

As veterinarians, we are asked by pet owners to assess the quality of life of a pet each time we do an examination.

In the veterinary profession we are confronted with a number of factors that affect the treatment outcome of our patients.

Over the past 10 years, the veterinary community has talked about hospice care but few tools were available to facilitate the efficient application of the philosophy for the veterinary practice.

Information on caseous lymphadenopathy, caprine arthritis encephalitis virus, Johne's disease, and mycoplasmosis in goats.

Obstructive urolithiasis is a common problem encountered in small ruminant practice.

Information on fluid therapy in sheep, goats, llamas, alpacas, crias, and lambs.

A confirmed toxicological diagnosis rests upon the following; the goal is to focus down on a reasonable list of differentials.

Evaluation of a properly prepared blood smear by the trained human eye is an absolutely necessary compliment to machine evaluation of peripheral blood in all species.