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When veterinarians think about tooth resorption, the image is generally of a feline patient.

Wentzville, Mo. - A new cancer care center, operated by the University of Missouri College of Veterinary Medicine, will open this spring and offer pet owners more options for specialty care.

National Report - Pain. Numbness. Weakness. Palpitations. These symptoms can be indicative of a variety of conditions, but sometimes the accurate diagnosis is bartonellosis.

Manhattan, Kan. - Kansas State University's (KSU) College of Veterinary Medicine maintained accreditation from the American Veterinary Medical Association's (AVMA) Council on Education (COE).

Werewolves and vampires are so yesterday! The new hotness is the slow-moving, non-critical, unthinking, inflexible, life-altering zombie. Actually, zombies are quite real and are created every day through an administrative action commonly called the "Zero-Tolerance Policy" or ZTP.

National Report - By 2020, one expert predicts hundreds of veterinarians to be working above the clouds.

Belle Meade, Tenn. - The water receded, and life at the Animal Hospital of West Nashville is back to normal - relatively speaking, anyway.

Do we all interpret cytology findings the same way?

I just finished organizing all of my miscellaneous old car parts.

Austin, Texas - The debate over who can perform equine teeth-floating procedures surfaced again in Texas.

National Report - Bartonellosis: It's no longer considered a self-limiting disease, and for some people chronic infection can be as debilitating and hard to diagnose as Lyme disease.

Hillsborough, N.J. - Although she didn't plan to become a feline practitioner, Dr. Elizabeth Colleran, MS, a 1990 graduate of Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine, is now the new president of the American Association of Feline Practitioners (AAFP).

A Q&A with Dr. Ronald McLaughlin, a specialist in orthopedics, gait analysis and biomechanics.

National Report - Her medical battle with bartonellosis lasted for years. Ironically, it took a horse throwing her, fracturing her shoulder, for physicians to make an accurate diagnosis.

How to recognize problems and implement appropriate client interventions.

Several veterinarians voice their opinions on the new dosing rules

Antibiotic therapy is an important component of treating infections, but its efficacy depends on achieving adequate tissue concentrations at the infection site.

Study results indicate possible need for testing in these patients.

Buckinghamshire, UK - A new research project shows that genes classified as mucins may regulate mucous proteins and change over the course of equine respiratory disease.

Baltimore -- Dr. Thomas R. Lenz will headline AAEP's meeting dubbed "The Equine Welfare Wars: When Emotion and Fact Collide."

Revisit the events that shaped the veterinary profession in 2010.

The American Association of Equine Practitioners plans to welcome 4,000 equine veterinarians, veterinary students and technicians to Baltimore Dec. 4-8. Read the latest about the year's biggest event for equine doctors and their teams.

APHIS told that current system is ineffective, recommends turning it over to DVMs

Austin, Texas -- The debate over who can perform equine teeth-floating procedures surfaced again in Texas.

This photo gallery chronicles the struggle of a DVM and office manager with bartonellosis.

Bartonella species, their animal hosts, and potential vectors are being identified at a snowballing rate. Learn the risk this poses to you and your patients.

Fort Collins, Colo. -- Colorado State University?s Animal Cancer Center has created a new chair in comparative oncology, thanks to a $3 million gift from the Shipley Foundation.

Lack of efficacy to heartworm preventives remain geographically limited.

Davis, Calif. -- A 'radically different' veterinary school curriculum will be put into play starting with the class of 2015 at the University of California, Davis (UC-Davis) says Associate Dean of Academic Programs Jan Ilkiw.

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