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• Sale of pet-supply company sign of changing times
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• USDE staff heeds 800-plus complaints against AVMA COE
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Evolving Stories
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- Nonprofits and private practice: Easing the tension

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New and Revised Articles to Share With Your Clients!

Veterinary Partner

• I Want to be a Veterinarian

Texas Farm Radio

• Equine Influenza Vaccination (revised)

VetzInsight

• To Dress or not to Dress

Osseous-associated cervical spondylomyelopathy in dogs: 27 cases (2000-2012)
Surgical treatment of dogs with OACSM resulted in neurologic improvement and was associated with a good long-term outcome. For dogs that received medical treatment, neurologic deterioration continued, but some patients did well for several years.

Partial resection of the hyoid apparatus during surgical treatment of ectopic thyroid carcinomas in dogs: 5 cases (2011-2013)
All 5 dogs were able to eat and drink between 7 and 24 hours after surgery, with no signs of dysphagia, ptyalism, or abnormal tongue carriage. Follow-up information was obtained over a period of 173 to 587 days after surgery for all 5 dogs; 4 dogs were still alive at last follow-up.

Pharmacokinetics of hydromorphone hydrochloride after intravenous and intramuscular administration of a single dose to American kestrels (Falco sparverius)
Hydromorphone hydrochloride had high bioavailability and rapid elimination after IM administration, with a short terminal half-life, rapid plasma clearance, and large volume of distribution in American kestrels.

Suspected Pulmonary Thromboembolism In A Dog Being Treated For Immune-Mediated Hemolytic Anemia
When our immune-mediated hemolytic anemia patients die in hospital, it is usually from acute respiratory distress. At postmortem, we invariably find a massive pulmonary thromboembolism.

Cat With Metatarsal Fractures Treated With A Splint: Are Monitoring Radiographs Needed, And How Frequently Should Splint Be Changed?
The goal is pain-free use of the limb, *not* radiographic union; they aren't the same thing. Fibrous union of the fractures, especially with the additional support of the intact metatarsals, is usually sufficient to allow normal weight-bearing. If that's how things unfold, then it doesn't matter if radiographic healing has occurred.

Goose With Abnormal Eyelids That Are Not Responding To Surgical Treatment
Blepharophimosis is very difficult to improve surgically. As long as the bird can see through the aperture and the underlying inflammatory disease has resolved, no further treatment may be needed.

Tips For Entering Data And Photographs Into Global Vet Link Digital EIA/Coggins Website
When entering birthday or age, enter a date. If you enter "15 years old", Global Vet Link does *not* update it each year, so unless you manually go in and change it every year, the horse will forever remain "15 years old".

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VIN/VECCS Rounds
Monday, December 22 - 8 p.m. ET
Join Andre Shih, DVM, DACVAA, for How to Handle Hypotension During Anesthesia of the Critical Patient.
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Venting Over a Venti
Will return Tuesday, January 6, 2015

How to Use VIN
Will return Wednesday, January 7, 2015

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Book Review of the Week
Equine Clinical Pathology
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Websites of the Week
Christmas History
The Twelve Ways To Health Song
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Boxing Day
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Christmas Holiday Safety For Pets
Getting A Pet For Christmas?
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Upcoming Conferences
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Employee Search - Here I go Again
Tell me again why I wanted my own clinic. Why is it so hard to find good employees? I only need 2, for crying out loud. At times it really pisses me off that my previous long term employee turned out to be such a loser. I really thought I had finally found the pair that would settle this whole rigamarole and I could just concentrate on the practice of veterinary medicine again.

NOW OPEN FOR ENROLLMENT!
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Equine Behavior
February 4 - 28, 2015

This course covers normal equine behavior and learning abilities while introducing some of the science of ethology and learning theory. We look at how the equine brain deals with anxiety and fear and why these emotions stop the horse learning - one reason why horses seem to get stuck on one course of behavior.

Genetics, Epigenetics, and Stem Cells
March 10 - April 17, 2015

Genetic counseling and testing, and breed-related disorders are clinical practice areas that have changed rapidly over the last few years. This course will provide practical updates that can impact the way you practice veterinary medicine, both now, and moving forward! Though epigenetics is still "in the incubator", developments here are expected to revolutionize medicine (development, pharmacology, nutrition, and individualized patient care).

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