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Harrisburg, Pa. - In effort to enhance dental program compliance, Lockwillow Avenue Animal Clinic in Harrisburg, Pa., produced a pictorial display, "From Wicked to White - What it takes to Get There."

What do you say to a perfect stranger who just rolled into a ball of near nakedness in front of you?

Classic Medical Ultrasound announces version 3.02 improved report page printing software.

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RMCards.com introduces direct mailing full-color reminders to clients from veterinary offices.

Austin, Texas - A partnership between ViaGen Inc. and Encore Genetics produced the first commercially cloned mare in the United States. Royal Blue Boon Too is the genetic replica of a champion cutter owned by Elaine Hall.

Securos introduces Securwrap, a non-woven, hand-tearable, cohesive bandage.

PetAg Inc. introduces DogSure? and CatSure?, a geriatric or aging animal food supplement.

Washington - The U.S. government has joined the microchip fray at the request of the two-year-old Coalition for Reuniting Pets with Families.

United Radiology Systems introduces the PXP-16HF Micro Portable X-ray unit.

National Report - As the profession evolves, so do two distinct factions - its army of general practitioners and a growing number of board-certified specialists.

Denver - More than 1,000 dogs have been euthanized in Denver following its year-long Pit Bull ban. Some residents have reclaimed their mixed-breeds from dog death row and moved out of city limits to save their pets.

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Trenton, N.J. - He's put away the scuba gear, paused the pottery wheel and plans to rearrange time spent as his practice to do one thing - run for the New Jersey General Assembly.

EPS introduces Autodrop, a device that clips onto the majority of eye-drop bottles and holds the bottle at the correct angle over the eye.

B&L Cremation System introduces an automatic, temperature-controlled crematory/incinerator product with 200 pounds to 500 pounds of capacity.

Wedgewood Pharmacy introduces chicken-flavored capsules, to increase compliance among veterinary patients.

Virbac introduces a 3-D poster in response to an interest veterinarians have expressed for a tool to help educate pet owners on the specifics of periodontal disease in dogs and cats.

Pet Care Television Network Inc. introduces the preferred provider designation by the American Animal Hospital Association (AAHA).

Baltimore - Advanstar Veterinary Healthcare Communications (AVHC) offered veterinarians more than 450 continuing-education credit hours at its inaugural CVC East in Baltimore.

D-Mark Inc. introduces OdorGuard? Rigid Cell Filters that offer extended surface chemical filtration.

Long Beach, Calif. - More than 1,365 veterinarians and 1,050 veterinary professionals were in attendance at the American Animal Hospital Association (AAHA) 73rd-annual conference in Long Beach, Calif.

Cils introduces data matrix and 2-D barcode labels.

Soft-tissue sarcomas (STS) are common for a practitioner to see as they compromise up to 15 percent of all skin tumors in dogs. The terms spindle-cell tumors and mesenchymal tumors have also been used to describe these tumors. STS are considered to be a family of tumors given that they are all derived from connective tissues and have a similar biologic behavior regardless of the histologic type (see Table 1). Histiocytic sarcomas, oral sarcomas, hemangiosarcoma and synovial cell sarcoma are generally not included given that these tumors have a different biologic behavior.

Neoplasia is generally an uncommon occurrence in horses. "As a species, horses appear to have less of a predisposition to cancer," says John Robertson, VMD, PhD, director of the Center for Comparative Oncology at The Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine. "The overall incidence of neoplasms in horses is lower than in other long-lived species, i.e., humans, cats and dogs."

Cleveland - DVM Newsmagazine won a prestigious 2006 Jesse H. Neal National Business Journalism Award in the category of Best News Coverage.

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Spectrum introduces previously owned power equipment, including all makes and models of pneumatic and battery-powered hand pieces, attachments, air hoses, batteries and warranties.

Securos introduces a new line of veterinary orthopedic power equipment.

Veterinarians should not be lackadaisical about science, says this rehabilitation specialist and orthopedics professor and researcher. "We should be more critical about the benefits of current and novel therapies and never rely on anecdotes and vague reports."