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Private practitioners favor less anesthetic drugs, perform more outpatient procedures and rarely check blood pressure in anesthetized animals compared to their public university counterparts.

DRE Veterinary introduces two veterinary surgical tables.

Signalment:Canine, Sheltie, 13 years old, male castrated, 36 lbs.Clinical history: The dog presents for polydipsia, marked alopecia, hyperpigmentation and skin thickening on ventral cervical, ventral abdomen and dorsal pelvic areas. Right testicle is also enlarged.

Manhattan, Kan.-When senior Roz Pineda runs her equine rotations, she's usually the only minority in the room.

Clay Center, Neb.-A disease outbreak can be so severe it can put a beef or dairy producer out of business.

Denver-The American Animal Hospital Association (AAHA) is debuting National Staff Meeting audio conferences this spring to cut down on practitioners' amount of travel.

Whitehouse Station, N.J.-In the last four years, Dr. Karan Oberhansley's saved lives by clipping the vocal chords of nearly 150 dogs. Without the procedure, owners of incessant barkers likely would euthanize, she says.

Pedigree Perfection introduces a variety of sleepwear for bedtime and lounging.

Kernco Instruments Co., Inc. offers two digital clinical refractometers

Pullman, Wash.-Antibiotic resistance should be on companion animal practitioners' radar, especially considering human literature citing companion animals as a source of resistant bacteria.

ARC Laboratories? Kwik-Stop Styptic Powder now contains benzocaine.

Surgi-Sox? offers the Front ?n Back Pet-Lift designed to help animals in need of complete assistance to sit, stand or walk.

Someone once said that a person is entitled to one great dog in a lifetime. Well we've had three. Two are long gone, but the third is Rosie.

Normal urination is a complex process that requires a structurally normal urinary tract as well as coordination of mental awareness, nerve function, and muscle relaxation and contraction. When some part of the process fails, your pet may become incontinent or have difficulty urinating.

Tend Skin Co. introduces Vet Skin, a topical treatment used to correct skin conditions in animals.

The United States Department of Agriculture has reissued the conditional license to Fort Dodge Animal Health for their Equine Protozoal Myeloencephalitis (EPM) vaccine

Pfizer Animal Health announces the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Rimadyl Chewables for pain control associated with soft tissue surgery in dogs.

Jorgensen Laboratories introduces the Buster Clic collar, an Elizabethan-style clear collar

Pfizer Animal Health announces the addition of Equell, a new ivermectin dewormer to its extensive line of equine products.

Veterinary Conceptsը introduces the Whiplash Esophageal Stomach Tube.

Oxford Science, Inc. has released the newest in veterinary hematology analyzers, The Forcyte

Iams announces a new formula and an upgrade to its Eukanuba Adult Premium Performance line of dog foods.

McGraw-Hill releases The Angell Memorial Hospital Book of Wellness and Preventative Care for Dogs by Darlene Arden.

Products Group International, Inc. introduces two SonoSite veterinary transducers to be used with SonoSite VET 180plus Ultrasound systems.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently registered Bayer Animal Health s K9 Advantix, a topical ectoparasite control product for mosquitoes, ticks and fleas on dogs.

PuppySmarts offers videos that teach puppy owners

Denver-About $1.6 million is going in the coffers to study bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in this country.

Vetoquinol USA, Inc., introduces Trifectant, a broad-spectrum disinfectant.

Spectrum Surgical Instruments Corp. releases its autoclavable endoscopes.

Marshall Pet Products domestic ferret anatomy poster offers a detailed color illustration of the domestic ferret