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National Report - Veterinary practices are trending toward higher-quality medicine that serves higher-quality clients.

I don't know who Maeterlinct was, but I'll bet he would not expect the Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges (AAVMC) to find anything they did not like in their study to forecast veterinary medicine's future, which is reported as envisioning the future in academic veterinary medicine.

Securos announces the release of its new line of casting and splinting products OrthoCast and OrthoSplint.

Raleigh, N.C. - Officials at North Carolina State University hope a newly dedicated research center will lead to medical advances in animal and human medicine.

Bayer announced the release of its new Drontal Plus Taste Tabs (praziquantel/pyrantel pamoate/febantel), a deworming treatment for dogs.

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National Report - Dr. Al Schwartz likens general practice to a dying breed, consumed by a growing number graduates electing tracks in specialty medicine.

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PHILADELPHIA - 05/16/06 - University of Pennsylvania's ongoing study of first responders to the Pentagon and World Trade Center reveal no clinical signs of nasal or respiratory cancers that relate to mission completed before, during or since 9/11.

BREA, CALIF. - 5/11/06 - Ear infections, insect bites, penetrating foreign bodies and heat stroke cases are more prevalent in dogs and cats during summer months.

PHILADELPHIA - 5/10-06 - The University of Pennsylvania (Penn) School of Veterinary Medicine inked a collaborative deal with NetJets, a private aviation company, to offer its clients access to quality veterinary care for their companion animals nationwide.

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MONTGOMERY, ALA. - 5/3/06 - After concluding the epidemiological inquiry into the third case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy BSE in the United States, state and federal officials have failed to find the herd of origin.

CHEYENNE, WYO. - 5/2/06 - The Cheyenne Animal Shelter is under a self-imposed quarantine following an outbreak of canine influenza.

Jorgensen introduces the padded equine recovery hood for anesthesia recovery.

Instead of having owners administer eardrops into their dogs' ears directly from the bottle and count the drops as they go, we give them a tuberculin syringe to use.

We pierce holes in the lids of the rubbing alcohol and hydrogen peroxide containers with a 16-ga needle, allowing us to squirt the fluid straight from the bottle to wherever we need it.

A great way to keep your red top and urine tube balances handy is by fastening the gray foam that comes with the LaserCyte Hematology Analyzer (IDEXX) refill reagent pack next to your centrifuge.

When a euthanized pet will be going home with its owners, we put the pet in a blank, white cardboard coffin.

To trick cats into taking pills, I use Easy Cheese (Kraft). I make a line of cheese, then a dot, then another line.

To prevent lint and hair from collecting on surgical towels, we wash and dry the towels in a zippered pillowcase.

Most practices have handheld hair dryers for pet grooming or to help with a quick cleanup if a pet has urine or stool on its backside.

In this retrospective study from a veterinary teaching hospital, nine dogs with lung tumors were treated with thoracoscopic lung lobectomy.

After five surgeries spanning almost three years, Mary Murphy-Smith, 49, cannot open her right hand. She can no longer deliver babies in her profession as a midwife, and her nightmares are still frequent and vivid.

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Denison, Iowa - As the nation's attention turns toward political initiatives to overhaul the U.S. immigration system, a mixed animal practitioner living in a small city with a huge immigration surge believes the trend will protect his business.

Los Angeles - A plan designed to stave off Pit Bull and Rottweiler attacks around Los Angeles has expanded to mandate the sterilization of almost all dogs in unincorporated areas of the nation's largest county.

Long Beach, Calif. - The American Animal Hospital Association (AAHA) plans to release results of a 2005 Specialist/Referral Benchmarking Study this month to better understand this growing segment.