DVM back issues from April 2008:
STUDENTS: Advocate for cats
Apr 01, 2008; ... Felines receive less veterinary care, AVMA reports Cats are the most popular modern pet, according to the American Veterinary Medical Association's (AVMA) latest "US. Pet Ownership and Demographic Sourcebook." But even though they outnumber dogs in homes, it's a different story when it ...
Don't just get a job: Establish a career
Apr 01, 2008; ... Professional success begins with good preparation, balance LAS VEGAS - The steps to create a career with meaning, importance and value in life begin well before the job search and continue long after landing a position. "No other profession is like this. Your opportunity is to ...
Economic Emergency
Apr 01, 2008; ... Crisis looms as debt-to-saiary statistics paint bleak outlook for veterinary medicine's future, experts say BENSALEM, PA. - Dr. John Rossi questions his decision to become a veterinarian. The 2005 Penn graduate practices at a suburban small-animal hospital outside Philadelphia ....
Breaking down body language
Apr 01, 2008; ... LAS VEGAS - Only 7 percent of what we say is actually heard-our bodies do the most important mmunicating without saying a word. Body language is an effective tool for conveying a message, giving feedback, reading another's emotions and getting people to like and trust us, says Shawn ...
Veterinary students compete on welfare
Apr 01, 2008; ... Intercollegiate contest opens its doors to veterinary medicine EAST LANSING, MICH.-Twelve veterinary students from throughout the United States and Canada gathered last month for the Intercollegiate Animal Welfare Judging and Assessment Competition. It's the first time the annual ...
Officials offer new NAVLE self-assessments
Apr 01, 2008; ... Bismarck, N.D. - New NAVLE self-assessments are available, developed with help from the National Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners (NBVME). The Web-based practice tests are designed to familiarize candidates with the formal examination and identify their strengths and weaknesses ...
Learning to balance career with lifestyle
Apr 01, 2008; ... 10 tips from an expert INDIANAPOLIS-He has practiced veterinary medicine 38 years, much of that time as a surgeon, but should someone at a party ask him what he does for a living, Dr. Derrell Elkins, DVM, MS1 Dipt ACVS, is about as likely to answer "sheep fermer" as ...
Surviving a weak economy
Apr 01, 2008; ... What practices can do to remain healthy during the downturn There's an old axiom m me veterinary profession that the field essentially is recession-proof. According to conventional wisdom, people will not refuse their pets needed medical attention regardless of the economy. But ...
Charity Watch
Apr 01, 2008; ... Donations to animal health, welfare and rights groups poured in after the worst hurricane season on record in 2005. What's the scorecard in a post-Katina-era? Even though revenues are much smaller, the Morris Animal Foundation (MAF) posted a mighty 47 percent increase in contributions, even ...
Strolling amid the stars
Apr 01, 2008; ... DVM IN SPACE Veterinarian Richard M. Linnehan went out for a walk the other evening. Make that way, way out - as in outer space, 200 miles above the Earth. Better known to the world as a veteran astronaut than a DVM, Linnehan was the lead spacewalker on the U.S. Space ...
Limited licensure ignites debate
Apr 01, 2008; ... National organizations, regulators explore options NATIONAL REPORT - Some call it evolutionary. Others consider it a mistake. No matter how it's defined, limiting the licenses of veterinarians is stirring national debate, from college classrooms to the American Veterinary Medical ...
PVMA honors Obenski for column
Apr 01, 2008; ... HERSHEY, PA. - The Pennsylvania Veterinary Medical Association (PVMA) honored Dr. Michael A. Obenski with the association's 2007 Dr. A. Wayne Mountan Memorial Media Award. The award consists of a plaque commemorating the achievement and a cash prize. Dr. Obenski was selected for his ...
Cell phones: Living with life's little hang-ups
Apr 01, 2008; ... I was about halfway through my brilliant explanation of spinal disc disease when, m suddenly, the exam room filled with the thrilling sounds of the William Tell Overture. Naturally, I expected to meet the Lone Ranger at any moment. Unfortunately, it was not to be. Instead, I observed ...
Double accolades
Apr 01, 2008; ... 2008 NEAL AWARDS DVM Newsmagazine's state-board series, pet-food recall coverage win 2 elite awards for business journalism NEW YORK - DVM Newsmagazine captured two Jesse H. Neal National Business Journalism Awards for its state-board series and comprehensive coverage of last ...
Verdon receives McAllister fellowship
Apr 01, 2008; ... NEW YORK - American Business Media honored DVM Newsmagazine Editor Daniel R. Verdon with a McAllister Fellowship at Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism. Verdon accepted the award during a ceremony March 14 at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. Given to one journalist in ...
Power play: CVMA aims to reel in board authority; rebuttal planned
Apr 01, 2008; ... POLITICS Association-sponsored bill calls for restrictions on California's veterinary regulators SACRAMENTO, CALIF. - Longstanding disputes between the California Veterinary Medical Association (CVMA) and California Veterinary Medical Board (CVMB) came to a head last month, with ...
LSU teams with shelters
Apr 01, 2008; ... IN BRIEF BATON ROUGE, LA. - Louisiana State University School of Veterinary Medicine launched a program that trains students in underserved area animal shelters. Supported by an ...
Florida to post licensee records on Google
Apr 01, 2008; ... IN THE NEWS Partnership will give consumers quick access to information on DVMs, other licensed professionals TALLAHASSEE, FLA. - A deal between Florida officials and Google Inc. soon will allow the public easy access to licensee records in all state-regulated professions, ...
Connecticut considers ban on cat declaws
Apr 01, 2008; ... HARTFORD, CONN. - Veterinary medicine's leaders oppose a bill that seeks to outlaw non-therapeutic cat declawing in Connecticut and strip the licenses of DVMs caught violating the ban. If passed, Connecticut would become the first state to deem feline onychectomy illegal, excluding cases ...
CVMA backs move to counter declaw ban
Apr 01, 2008; ... LEGISLATION West Hollywood lobbies against bill that blocks local restrictions on state-regulated tasks SACRAMENTO, CALIF. - West Hollywood City Council promises to fight California Veterinary Medical Association (CVMA)-backed legislation that would bar local governments from ...
Dog fighting now felony in all states
Apr 01, 2008; ... SHORT TAKES CHEYENNE, WYO. - Dog fighting ranks a felony in all 50 states, after Gov. Dave Freudenthal signed ...
PetMed eyes DVM competition
Apr 01, 2008; ... WASHINGTON - PetMed Express reports no debt, no legal woes and a profit increase of more than 18 percent during last year's fourth quarter, according to the company's latest Securities and Exchange Commission report. Yet the nation's largest ...
Kansas bill calls for study of veterinary 'drug shopping'
Apr 01, 2008; ... AROUND THE NATION DVMs excluded from proposed prescription-tracking system - for now TOPEKA, KAN. - An unprecedented study about drug shopping and "doc-hopping" in veterinary medicine hinges on the passage of a pending Kansas bill aimed at tighter prescription ...
School official rejects PETA charge
Apr 01, 2008; ... SHORT TAKES BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS - A vice president of Ross University's School of Veterinary Medicine calls a protest group's allegations of animal cruelty at the school "utterly false." Two protesters from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) demonstrated in ...
KSU rural veterinary students evaluate disease-response plan
Apr 01, 2008; ... MANHATTAN, KAN. - Kansas State University's first class of rural veterinary students is evaluating the state's animal-disease biosecurity plan and how the college's role might be expanded should foot-and-mouth disease or another serious livestock disease outbreak occur in Kansas. KSU's ...
Legislation OKs funding for cancer-treatment center
Apr 01, 2008; ... MADISON, WIS. - Legislation was approved that allows the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Veterinary Medicine to accept major grants to build a cancer-therapy center. Senate Bill 456, authored by State Rep. J.A. Hines, DVM, ...
Don't mess with Texas
Apr 01, 2008; ... Profession strengthened by growth boom in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington Metroplex DALLAS - Far from television characterizations as a city filled with cowboy hats, bolero ties and society debutantes, the reality is that the Dallas area is economically strong, with a thriving job market and ...
Virginia sees 25-year rabies high
Apr 01, 2008; ... SHORT TAKES RICHMOND, VA. - Reported cases of animal rabies in the state have spiked to their highest number since 1982, according to Virginia health ...
Oregon requires increased DVM ID protection
Apr 01, 2008; ... Portland, Ore. - A new Oregon law requires practice owners, among others, to develop, implement and maintain reasonable safeguards to ensure the security, confidentiality and integrity of sensitive personal information. Designed to protect consumers ...
Indiana considering practice-act update
Apr 01, 2008; ... INDIANAPOLIS - Indiana lawmakers are seeking to alter the definitions of patient, indirect and direct supervision and registered veterinary technician, among others terms in the ...
Veterinary researchers seek cause of Wyoming elk poisonings
Apr 01, 2008; ... CHEYENNE, WYO. - Veterinary researchers at the University of Wyoming are working with the state's Game and Fish Department (G&F) to identify lichen toxins believed to be sickening elk, leaving them unable to stand. In the Red Rim area, southwest of Rawlins, about 80 elk unable to ...
Animal relinquishments climb with housing foreclosures
Apr 01, 2008; ... NATIONAL REPORT- Real-estate foreclosures for February were up nearly 60 percent from the same period a year ago, and pet relinquishments aren't far behind, officials report. According to RealtyTrac, a private company that monitors foreclosure activity nationally, Nevada, California and ...
Liability stripped from Colorado bill; focus shifts to rabies control
Apr 01, 2008; ... LEGISLATIVE AGENDA DENVER, Co. - A stalled state bill moved ahead after a provision was removed allowing pet owners to seek non-economic damages against veterinarians. The focus of the legislation is on rabies-vaccination exemption requirements. After five rescheduled ...
Firing employees on workers' comp can present challenges
Apr 01, 2008; ... They say that most things in life swing like a pendulum from extreme to extreme. We know the business economy follows a boom-and-bust cycle that is mitigated only marginally through government intervention. Also, the political inclinations of society vacillate between conservative and liberal ...
STATE-BY-STATE: Proposed laws impacting veterinary medicine
Apr 01, 2008; ... ALASKA CITATION: HB 297, SB 250 SUMMARY: Would give the state board authority to approve veterinary schools to determine licensure and excludes artificial insemination, farriers and routine farming or animal-husbandry practices from the definition of veterinary ...
CPSS: Surgery and aftercare
Apr 01, 2008; ... Last of a three-part series Congenital portosystemic shunts usually are single vessels that develop inside or outside the liver (Photo 1.) Because these vessels carry blood around the liver instead of through it, the normal hepatic processes of metabolism, storage and production are ...
Ultrasound of cats with chronic renal disease not always black and white
Apr 01, 2008; ... Chronic renal disease is one of the most common ultrasonographic findings in older cats. If you're doing ultrasounds on cats, you're sure to see signs of chronic renal changes daily. The normal kidney Normal kidneys in cats are oval or bean-shaped (Image 1). They're shorter than ...
Providing client convenience: It's no small matter
Apr 01, 2008; ... Friday morning Dr. James Brooks turned over in bed and looked at the clock. It was 8:05 a.m. He was a little late but thought he could make it to the clinic on time. He quickly headed to the bathroom to wash up and brush his teeth. He looked in the mirror - same face, different day. He ...
The irrefutable value of the word 'no'
Apr 01, 2008; ... No is the abbreviation for Norway and the element Nobelium. It is also much easier to say than disambiguation, a most powerful management tool that is far too seldom used. The word "no" is the most common English word indicating disagreement and the same is true in most other ...
Fee strategies to turn over the upside-down practice
Apr 01, 2008; ... Is your practice upside down? For the upside-down practice, the 70:30 vs. 30:70 ratio we discussed in previous columns comes into play. It goes like this: The outpatient zone generates 70 percent of the revenue and the inpatient zone 30 percent. But 70 percent of the overhead is ...
The IRS: It's more flexible than you may think
Apr 01, 2008; ... Forget something? Realize a mistake after filing? There's plenty of time to amend a return Today, with the 2007 tax year ended for most veterinarians, all that can be done before the filing deadline is to make the most of existing tax rules - all the while keeping an eye on the ...
Medical error and liability: How technology can be a safeguard
Apr 01, 2008; ... Second of two articles As discussed previously, the emergence of a "reasonable physician" standard of care affects both human and veterinary practitioners, defining our approach to error management. Under this standard, adverse events previously defensible by deference to custom might ...
New Products
Apr 01, 2008; ... Late Breaking Products NUTRAMAX LABORATORIES Internal Health Support Proviable(TM) for dogs and cats is a line of veterinary-exclusive probiotic products to help naturally re-establish intestinal health. Containing multi-strain probiotics with billions of ...
Florida board clarifies rule on microchip procedure
Apr 01, 2008; ... FT. LAUDERDALE, FLA. - The Florida Board of Veterinary Medicine clarified that DVMs must be present during microchipping, despite strong opposition from shelter representatives. The board reaffirmed its position in a March 18 meeting that microchipping is a minor surgery, and therefore ...
Biting into the obesity epidemic
Apr 01, 2008; ... Owners need guidance and determination to achieve lasting success Pediatric/ Geriatric PROTOCOL Q: Please review management of obesity in dogs and cats. A: Dr. Alexander James German at the 2007 American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine Forum in Seattle gave an ...
People who responded when help was needed
Apr 01, 2008; ... Diagnotes Two true-life stories This month's Diagnote contains two true-life tales, one of them written in response to the October 2007 Diagnote entitled, "When others need help, will you make a difference?" "The fax" was written by Dr. BonnieMuffoletto (DVM-Cornell, ...
Oral-melanoma: Improving dogs' survival times
Apr 01, 2008; ... ACVIM research abstracts It is not often that one is able to bear witness to a sea change. The veterinary community has, in my opinion, seen one with the development of the melanoma vaccine. This unique form of therapy, a DNA-based vaccine, would justify my opinion, but the successful ...
Examining new classifications of tooth fractures
Apr 01, 2008; ... Dentistry When a dog or cat presents with lethargy or pale mucous membranes and anemia is suspected, the ultimate treatment and prognosis starts with successfully categorizing the problem. Is the anemia regenerative or non-regenerative? Each form takes the practitioner down a ...
Canine flu is traced to 1999
Apr 01, 2008; ... GAINESVILLE, FLA.- Canine flu has been circulating in the United States canine population since at least 1999, according to a recent University of Florida (UFL) College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM) study. Though first identified in the canine population in 2004, antibodies to influenza A ...
Charges pending in veterinary drug theft
Apr 01, 2008; ... COLUMBIA HEIGHTS, MINN. - Charges are pending against a Minnesota veterinary technician suspected of trying to fill bogus veterinary prescriptions for pain killers, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reported. The charges followed a complaint filed by Dr. Jean DeJong of All Pets Animal ...
Shelter study shows greater vaccine compliance needed
Apr 01, 2008; ... Finds that about half of puppies in system aren't receiving core immunizations MADISON, WIS. - About half of all dogs that enter shelter facilities have not been vaccinated or built natural immunity to at least two common canine ailments, according to an ongoing shelter-medicine ...
Anabolic steroids - uses and abuses
Apr 01, 2008; ... Racing industry taking steps toward controls; how substances affect horses beyond the track At a time when alleged abuses of performance-enhancing anabolic steroids (ABS) are making headlines in many professional and Olympic sports, questions about their use in horses also are coming to ...
Research shines new light on shoeing practices
Apr 01, 2008; ... Biomechanics upsets old theories, offers practical and clinical applications for DVMs, farriers In A Handbook of Horse-Shoeing, published in 1898, Dr. A. W. Dollar described the correct manner for evaluating a horse prior to fitting shoes. "The horse must be seen both at rest and in ...
Summit attendees address racehorse welfare, safety issues
Apr 01, 2008; ... LEXINGTON, KY. - The Thoroughbred racing industry will look for ways to attract and retain more regulatory veterinarians, improve track surfaces to reduce injuries and develop a research and development plan for drug testing. Those were among several objectives adopted at the second ...
Rags to Riches retired after re-injury
Apr 01, 2008; ... PALM BEACH, FLA. - Rags to Riches, the Thoroughbred filly who won last year's Belmont Stakes before suffering a hairline fracture to her right front pastern in September, was retired from racing after re-injuring the same pastern recently in training at Palm Beach Downs. The horse's ...
2 equine veterinarians named to hall of fame
Apr 01, 2008; ... COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS-Two equine veterinarians, one in academia and one in private practice, were inducted into the International Equine Veterinarians Hall of Fame, recognizing their contributions to the advancement of equine foot care. G. Kent Carter, DVM, MS, Dipl. ACVIM, chief of ...
Poor Carl's Almanac
Apr 01, 2008; ... A monthly collection of quotes and citations Maintain fine conduct. - 1 PETER 2:12 The ultimate test of what a truth means is the conduct it dictates or inspires. - WILLIAM JAMES You must not deceive. - LEVITICUS 19:1 Don't be ...
From one dog to another, a choice morsel
Apr 01, 2008; ... The 2-pound Yorkie was carrying a huge mountain oyster. It was hanging out both sides of his mouth, and he was proud as a peacock. A dog that lives at a veterinary clinic quite possibly enjoys the best of all lifestyles in the canine world. Think about it: a built-in health-care policy, ...