
Dr. Miller's "Don't socialize medicine" anecdotes describe shortcomings due to poor training, slothful attitudes, and mismanagement, which we have no shortage of here in America.

Dr. Miller's "Don't socialize medicine" anecdotes describe shortcomings due to poor training, slothful attitudes, and mismanagement, which we have no shortage of here in America.

For every anesthetic procedure or critically ill patient hospitalized, we have an emergency drug sheet pertaining to that particular case.

We use a sugar solution to centrifuge fecal samples; sometimes the solution spills, making quite a mess.

Veterinary associations try to understand, lure new veterinarians to their ranks.

Many insured Americans can't afford co-pays or prescriptions.

Dr. Miller's harsh criticism of socialized healthcare, as based on two personal events in England spanning the past 30 years, was narrow-minded and myopic.

Dr. Allison Zwingenberger provides guidelines for identifying foxtails in dogs.

Dogs are now routinely reaping the benefits from many physical modalities formerly used only to treat people.

Unlike many veterinarians, I breed dogs, so I have experience in breeding and whelping puppies.

It's best to tell a policeman the truth-no matter how weird it sounds.

I've gotten more complaints about my October 2009 column, "Don't socialize medicine," than anything I've ever written.

In "Don't socialize medicine," Dr. Miller talks about how his wife had to wait three days in England to see an ophthalmologist.

A poem on the joys of airport security.

Annette Gaston, a veterinary assistant in Olathe, Kan., peers into her crystal ball and predicts the change she hopes to see in the next 50 years.

The question is, did the rest of our staff have H1N1 also, and if so, why was I the only one hit hard?

Epidemiology is the study of health related states within a specified population.

Every year I get numerous calls about Johne's disease and bovine leukosis.

Test your knowledge of equine parasites with this quiz. If you're stumped, don't fret: The answers, with complete explanations, are provided.

Test your knowledge of equine parasites with this quiz. If you're stumped, don't fret: The answers, with complete explanations, are provided.

Test your knowledge of equine parasites with this quiz. If you're stumped, don't fret: The answers, with complete explanations, are provided.

Test your knowledge of equine parasites with this quiz. If you're stumped, don't fret: The answers, with complete explanations, are provided.

Test your knowledge of equine parasites with this quiz. If you're stumped, don't fret: The answers, with complete explanations, are provided.

Test your knowledge of equine parasites with this quiz. If you're stumped, don't fret: The answers, with complete explanations, are provided.

We reuse the sterile diluent vials from our vaccines to dispense small amounts of injectable medication for our exotic patients.

Test your knowledge of equine parasites with this quiz. If you're stumped, don't fret: The answers, with complete explanations, are provided.

Test your knowledge of equine parasites with this quiz. If you're stumped, don't fret: The answers, with complete explanations, are provided.

An approximately 1-year-old male Maltese dog was presented to the Veterinary Clinic of East Hampton for a routine castration.

Test your knowledge of equine parasites with this quiz. If you're stumped, don't fret: The answers, with complete explanations, are provided.

Test your knowledge of equine parasites with this quiz. If you're stumped, don't fret: The answers, with complete explanations, are provided.

It's common sense to unite the human and animal medical professions because we humans suffer illness as do all other animals, because many diseases are transmitted from animals to people and vice versa, and because we're inexorably linked.