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Evaluation of Six Commercially Available Rapid Immunochromatographic Tests for the Diagnosis of Rabies in Brain Material
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The high number of false negative results reiterates the necessity to perform a proper test validation before being marketed and used in the field. In this respect, marketing authorization and batch release control could secure a sufficient quality for these alternative tests, which could then fulfil their potential.

2016 AAHA Oncology Guidelines for Dogs and Cats
Because cancer is often a disease of older pets, the time of life when the pet-owner relationship is usually strongest, a satisfying outcome for all parties involved is highly dependent on good communication between the entire healthcare team and the client, particularly when death or euthanasia of the patient is being considered.

Can NT-ProBNP Test Be Used In Ferrets?
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Rabbit With Head Tilt And Hindlimb Paresis; Overview Of Zoonotic Potential Of Encephalitozoon cuniculi
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Should Anything Be Done For A Young Kitten With Contracture Of The Hock Tendons?
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Should Calcitriol Be Administered To Dogs With Or Without Food? Dietary Suggestions For Dogs With Hypocalcemia
When you're using Calcitriol to treat HYPOcalcemia, you *do* give it with food. Initially, the dose is 20-30 ng/kg/day (divided and given BID with each meal) for 3 days, then the maintenance dose is 5-15 ng/kg/day (still divided into BID and given with meals).

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My "flea-nial" explanation -- If you take a helicopter and fly over the woods, odds are that you won't see any deer. Doesn't mean there are no deer in the woods, just that you haven't seen them. Your dog is the woods. The fleas are deer. You, sir, are the helicopter.

Usually works.

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Canine and Feline Nutritional Tools
February 6 - 23, 2017
Presenter(s): Catherine Lenox, DVM, Diplomate ACVN

This course is intended to review tools used in nutrition practice, as well as basic principles of canine and feline nutrition. This two-hour course will focus on nutritional assessment tools, differences between canine and feline nutrition, a brief overview of pet food label interpretation, and a discussion of dietary options for dogs and cats.

Principles of Medicine
February 2 - March 19, 2017
Presenters: Katherine James, DVM, PhD, DACVIM; Linda Kidd, DVM, PhD, DACVIM;
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The second of six modules in the Organ System Pathophysiology and ABVP Core Examination review series, this course is designed to cover the pathophysiological basis of disease in small animals based on pathophysiological and discipline-specific concepts. Clinical examples will be used to illustrate these concepts. Focus will be on clinical decision making and the diagnostic process including problem-oriented clinical reasoning, the assessment of laboratory data, and an introduction to evidenced-based medicine. This module together with the first module Pathological Basis of Disease are designed to prepare the participant for the organ system-based modules. The course can be used as a portion of the preparation for the ABVP Core examination, but it is not designed as a test-preparation course.

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