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As healthcare spending in the United States rises at more than five times the rate of inflation, veterinarians swallow another year of double-digit hikes in premiums while searching for ways to ease insurance costs for their families and employees.

If you are like most practice owners and managers, you probably spend most of your time on "people problems."

Protocols have been developed to promote dissolution of canine and feline struvite uroliths, the dissolution of canine ammonium urate and cystine uroliths, and the prevention of all major types of canine and feline uroliths.

ACell Vet, Inc. releases ACell Vet Powder for injection as a treatment for ligament and tendon injuries in equine patients. The release is based on results from a study that examined the effect of treatment using ACell Vet Powder, suspended in sterile saline, for injuries in suspensory ligaments and superficial digital flexor tendons.

Scour Bos 9, from Novartis Animal Vaccines, received United States Department of Agriculture approval for administration at eight to 16 weeks prior to calving as an initial dose the first year of vaccination.

St. Louis-Results from a Nestl? Purina study confirm the link between body fat and certain health conditions in dogs.

Signalment: Canine, West Highland White Terrier, 10 years old, male neutered, 20 lbs.

Fort Dodge Animal Health introduces West Nile combination vaccines to protect horses against West Nile Virus (WNV), and all strains of encephalomyelitis. The U.S. Department of Agriculture recently approved the line of West Nile-Innovator/Encephalomyelitis combination vaccines.

Las Vegas-Improved traffic flow, roomy lecture halls and off-site registration are some of the enhanced perks for the 76th Western Veterinary Conference (WVC) kicking off next month at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas.

PetMed Express' financial statements reveal the online/mail-order pet pharmacy's revenues rose 91 percent to top out at $55.4 million from April to September last year, the Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) reports.

Concerned with the absence of industry regulation, independent researchers set out to determine if veterinary supplements are served as advertised.

Washington-The government might start paying off veterinary student loans to entice new graduates to work in underserved areas.

Q. Please provide a brief review of diagnosis and treatment of feline asthma.

Cleveland-The American Veterinary Medical Association's (AVMA) Executive Board voted to put a food animal practitioner manpower study on hold.

Washington-The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) unveiled its "unified" food safety research agenda.

New Orleans-The American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP) shattered more than one record this year. Total attendance climbed and veterinary student numbers doubled from last year's AAEP annual convention.

IDEXX, supplier of Cornerstone practice management software, is offering a new Web-based consultation option to help evaluate practice performance. The IDEXX team will host several live Internet consultations designed in conjunction with their Practice Profile product to help veterinarians chart practice growth, discover opportunities for increased sales, monitor client compliance and compare fees, protocols and revenue against regional and national averages.

Madison, Wis.-Veterinary students at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, now can enroll in a 12-month research mentorship program.

Springfield, Ill.-At the same time PetMed Express embarks on a nationwide public relations campaign to garner the profession's support, the company threatens legal action against practitioners accused of badmouthing the online/mail-order pet pharmacy.

We often hear Baby Boomer veterinarians grumble in their microbrews about the independent attitudes of the "thirtysomething" colleagues and even younger employees.

The cat's name was Whoops and it fit that rascal well.

IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market and sell NavigatorӨ (32 percent nitazoxanide) antiprotozoal oral paste treatment for equine protozoal myeloencephalitis (EPM).

Aside from the current debate over vaccination protocols, few topics engender such controversy as the nutrition we provide to our companion animals (or ourselves, for that matter).

Des Moines-Food and Drug Administration (FDA) officials eased an Iowa crackdown on pet foods containing glucosamine and chondroitin last month with its resolution to review animal supplements, stripping the issue from the state's jurisdiction.

As Wisconsin's governor inks a new law mandating veterinarians in the state receive 30 hours of continuing education biannually, New Jersey, New York and Rhode Island legislatures mull much the same issue.

A recent study published in the New England Journal of Medicine attempted to evaluate the quality of care provided to patients by comparing medical records from hospitals with the standard "evidence-based" best practice relative to the patient's particular medical problem.

User fees to hasten drug approvals for the veterinary market just became a reality.

IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. introduces a convenient 12-test individual chemistry packages for the VetTest? Chemistry Analyzer.

New Orleans-While the spread of West Nile Virus (WNV) on the West Coast has been widely documented, a flare-up back in Mid-Atlantic states this year signals that the virus may be very persistent.

User fees to hasten drug approvals for the veterinary market just became a reality.