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New and Revised Articles to Share With Your Clients! Veterinary Partner Texas Farm Radio VetzInsight
Attitudes towards implementation of surveillance-based parasite control on Kentucky Thoroughbred farms - Current strategies, awareness and willingness-to-pay
The number of young horses on the farm, utilisation of veterinarian advice in developing a deworming programme, expressed concern about drug resistance in parasites, and having documented drug resistance on the farm all associated significantly with the type of parasite control programme used.
What's inside your cat's head? A review of cat (Felis silvestris catus) cognition research past, present and future
This review surveys the current status of several areas of cat cognition research including perception, object permanence, memory, physical causality, quantity and time discrimination, cats' sensitivity to human cues, vocal recognition and communication, attachment bonds, personality, and cognitive health.
Elution of Clindamycin and Enrofloxacin From Calcium Sulfate Hemihydrate Beads In Vitro
Eluent concentrations from clindamycin-impregnated beads failed to remain sufficiently above minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) for common infecting bacteria over the study period. Enrofloxacin eluent concentrations remained sufficiently above MIC for common wound pathogens of dogs and cats and demonstrated an atypical biphasic release pattern. No significant differences in elution occurred as a result of copolymerization of the antibiotics into a single bead or from individual beads co-eluting in the same eluent well.
Should Veterinarian Refuse To Treat Cats That Present With Bite Wounds If Rabies Vaccination Is Not Current?
I do make it clear to clients that if they choose not to vaccinate, or if they do not vaccinate in a timely fashion, it does become a legal issue, and not a medical one.
Should I Switch From Income-Based Repayment (IBR) To Revised Pay As You Earn (REPAYE)?
The standard repayment plan is not always the least costly repayment plan. It will depend on...
Breakpoints And Antibiotic Sensitivity
Breakpoints are important and need to be well thought out. But at the clinician level, we need to understand some issues with bug and drugs to best interpret the data that we get from diagnostic labs.
Keeping Track Of Written Anesthesia Monitoring Notes
Anesthesia often involves controlled substances, so maintaining those records in a readily-retrieved manner is important for a legal reason -- as well as just good clinical practice. My preference would be...
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I was 15 years old when this thread was first posted. Thanks for reviving it so the legend can be passed to the next generation. :-) Sorry to make y'all feel old.
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Understanding Hospice and Palliative Care
August 11 - September 4, 2016 This course is designed to help veterinarians and veterinary staff to better understand the hospice philosophy and gain tools to implement directly into their hospice services. Course attendees will learn about the initial hospice consultation, the stages of dying, comfort care protocols, and case examples. Until certification exists for animal hospice providers, presentations like this can help guide providers on hospice best practices.
Advanced Animal Hospice
September 13 - October 7, 2016 This course is designed to help veterinarians and veterinary staff to better understand the hospice philosophy and gain tools to implement directly into their hospice services. Course attendees will learn about the initial hospice consultation, the stages of dying, comfort care protocols, and case examples. Until certification exists for animal hospice providers, presentations like this can help guide providers on hospice best practices. Visit the CE Participant Resource Center to learn the basics of online CE, how to find your course area, CE participation requirements, and much more! Check the World Clock Time Zone Converter to confirm session start times for your area. Follow VIN CE and VSPN on Facebook!
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