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Small lymphocytes are smaller in size than a neutrophil and have a round nuclei that takes up the majority of the cell.

It happened just as I entered the exam room. Wham! I was hit with a brilliant and unexpected flash of light.

Small-town veterinarians fill a niche that includes more than just putting animals back together.

Read the series that sums up the trends affecting the veterinary profession today.

Aversive corrections are likely to make aggressive dogs worse.

For patients receiving two or more medications with different dosing times or for clients who get confused by multiple medications, we color-code the medicine packaging, making it easier to give the right medications at the right time.

Bella, a 1-year-old spayed female Labrador retriever, was presented for rehabilitation therapy after bilateral anterior cruciate ligament rupture and subsequent extracapsular repair of both stifles.

An underwater treadmill, or hydro-treadmill, can be a valuable addition to any practice.

When I was 50 years old, I bragged that I had never been in a hospital except when I was born and for three days when I had bacillary dysentery while I was in the Army.

One day a client dropped a cattle tag marker on our new linoleum floor. No matter what I tried, the spots would not go away.

Before 2000, gallbladder mucoceles were rarely reported in dogs. However, they are now considered one of the more common causes of extrahepatic biliary disease.

Read the series that sums up the trends affecting the veterinary profession today.

Because of veterinarians' increased emphasis on client compliance, a new study has found that compliance has indeed gone up.

A retrospective study in Veterinary and Comparative Oncology examined both curative-intent and coarse fractionated radiation therapy in cats to determine efficacy in terms of survival times and progression free intervals.

Some researchers say that dogs should be the model for human behavior studies since we have developed similar behaviors as we have co-evolved.

The 1,100-mile race officially ended yesterday with last musher crossing the finish line, but a few activists raised concerns about a larger number of dog deaths this year.

Directions to the 2009 CVC Central in Kansas City, Mo.

In a recent study in Veterinary Dermatology, researchers sifted through online article citation databases, books, proceeding papers, and more looking for studies that discussed Malassezia dermatitis treatment and examining which ones had good evidence-based results.

Authors explore the ?shaken self? phenomenon

A report from the American Heartworm Society shows an increase in the number of heartworm-positive dogs per clinic in 31 states.

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A proposed new curriculum for veterinary students at the University of Illinois would have them practicing what they are learning in clinical rotations from day one.

The fate of Merck's and Schering-Plough's animal-health products is unknown in the face of yesterday's announcement of the companies' merger.

A way to keep cats with toxoplasmosis from shedding infective oocysts into their environment would be of great benefit since these same oocysts can infect people, especially children, pregnant women, and immunocompromised people.