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Washington - The Unwanted Horse Coalition is being folded into the American Horse Council (AHC).

Fort Dodge Animal Health announces full licensure from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) for Suvaxyn? PCV2 One Dose.

DBL7 introduces the Canis Major? with an added built-in scale to its wet dental/treatment lift table.

Spectrum Surgical Instruments introduces the medium Balfour Retractor.

The American Veterinary Medical Association's House of Delegates (HOD) defeated three resolutions designed to control the Executive Board's ancillary spending, especially when it comes to charitable giving.

Pasadena, Calif. - Animal Planet is gearing up for a spring 2007 debut of E-Vets Interns, a spinoff the station's second-highest rated hit Emergency Vets.

Henry Schein's new Ultima 250 Arm Mount Unit is a complete veterinary dental system that comes mounted on a 12-in. arm for a wall or pole-mount option to maximize workspace.

The best way to see post-Katrina New Orleans is with a native. Sure, $35 buys a three-hour bus tour past destruction most only have witnessed on the pages of newspapers and television broadcasts. Those who book trips experience what I imagine is a shocking but detached visit to the now-famous St. Bernard Parish, the lower Ninth Ward and the 17th Street Canal levee break.

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Elimination of pain is an effective focus and client motivator.

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New York - After five horse-related accidents this year - including one in January that put a driver in a coma and one in late April that knocked a 71-year-old man unconscious - Councilman Tony Avella of Queens plans to hold a hearing this fall on a resolution to restrict horse-drawn carriages to Central Park and its surrounding streets.

Pythiosis is notorious for being difficult to remove with surgery alone. "Usually that's the case because complete surgical excision without damaging vital anatomical structures is often not practical in the locations that this organism likes to establish infection," says Mathew P. Gerard, BVSc, PhD, Dipl. ACVS, clinical professor of equine surgery at North Carolina State University. "The main point about surgery for pythiosis is that it has to be radical excision if you're going to be successful. Wide surgical margins of at least 2 cm are recommended."

The practicing small animal veterinarian often has to face small animals with otitis externa. While not as common, otitis media and interna likely cause neurological signs.

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Fort Collins, Colo. - Colorado State University (CSU) researchers have developed a way to deliver intravenous radiation drugs to bone cancer patients without causing damage to other healthy cells and vital organs, drastically reducing illness and other common side effects of toxic radiation treatments, the university reports.

National Report - Are new hospitals trending larger?

Spectrum Surgical Instruments Corp. introduces the Cross-Action Stifle Retractor with Speed Lock.

Many owners and trainers have never been taught how to properly cool a hot exercising horse. How hard can it be? Just hose it down with water, right?

With the constant infusion of new products to the human and veterinary market, it becomes a daunting task to keep up with veterinary pharmacology and vaccine technology.

National Report - The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) plans to organize an army of veterinarians and create a central command for animal disaster relief.

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Honolulu - In his inaugural address, Dr. Roger Mahr announced plans to create partnerships with outside professions, coordinate a national summit and establish an action plan to promote "one world, one health, one medicine."

Vision USA introduces Max Vision Loupes, which are available as a frame-mounted system or as a clip-on system.

In our practice we actually see more cases of Cheyletiella mites "walking dandruff" than fleas!

Tragedy tugs at the heart. A county or region never realizes its potential solidarity until it must unite to overcome odds.

A horse's skin and coat can be contaminated via air and soil by various fungal organisms. Though also found on normal horses, some of these fungal organisms can produce significant fungal infection under the proper conditions. From the commonly recognized ringworm to the more insidious pythiosis, horses can be infected by these potentially nasty fungal infections, which are not only irritating, but also in the case of pythiosis, can be life-threatening.

As I write this month's submission, there is water streaming into the basement of my veterinary hospital.

Vets Plus, Inc. and Bomac Animal Health Inc. formed a new alliance.