DVM back issues from January 2009:
Waging a tax revolt
Jan 01, 2009; ... THE ECONOMY Vote looms on veterinary-services levy; similar plan possible in Wisconsin National Report - California legislators may decide by mid-January the fate of a proposed 10 percent veterinary service tax that has outraged veterinarians and pet owners. The tax has ...
Responding in times of crisis
Jan 01, 2009; ... Listening to the beat of the profession. LEGISLATION Group pitches uniform act to cut emergency-response red tape National Report - Disasters can breed volunteerism, but sometimes bureaucracy and red tape can get in the way of the best intentions. The Uniform Law ...
Pet owners pull back on spending; DVMs pessimistic, survey finds
Jan 01, 2009; ... ECONOMY DALLAS - A new survey conducted over the last three months by Brakke Consulting shows that the veterinary profession, once thought to be recession -proof, may not be so secure after all. Veterinarians are concerned about what to expect in 2009 - apparently with good ...
AVMA gets mixed reaction to ear-crop policy
Jan 01, 2009; ... Opposes cosmetic procedures, urges AKC clubs to change breed standards NATIONAL REPORT - The AVMA Executive Board's recent decision asking breed clubs to eliminate ear cropping and tail docking from breed standards earned praise from animalrights groups but sharp criticism from the ...
Instinct: a powerful force, even for pet owners
Jan 01, 2009; ... Some client behaviors must be hard-wired over thousands of years Stop the presses! The natural history of mankind in general, and veterinary medicine in particular, may need to be rewritten. Arnie and I have uncovered dramatic new evidence indicating that the formal practice of ...
Quotables
Jan 01, 2009; ... "We've revised our (cosmetic surgery) policy in the past, most recently in 1999, and they (AKC) had a similar reaction. They feel strongly about their breed standards." - Dr. Gail Golab, director of the AVMA Animal Welfare Division ("AVMA GETS MIXED REACTION TO EAR-CROPPING ...
Calif. DVMs urged to advise clients of new medical-waste law
Jan 01, 2009; ... REGULATORY Don't dispose of home-generated sharps, CVMA cautions SACRAMENTO, CALIF. - The California Veterinary Medical Association (CVMA) is encouraging veterinarians to advise clients of changes to the state's home-generated sharps waste (HGSW) law. The new law took ...
Potential policy changes blow into the Windy City
Jan 01, 2009; ... ASSOCIATION NEWS AVMA delegates face crowded, likely contentious, agenda during winter session SCHAUMBURG, ILL. - Ten resolutions - involving student-loan relief to prescribing antimicrobials - top the American Veterinary Medical Association's (AVMA) House of Delegates agenda in ...
AVMA considers dues increase
Jan 01, 2009; ... SCHAUMBURG, ILL. - AVMA dues may be going up in 2010. As the American Veterinary Medical Association begins building its 2010 budget this month, Treasurer Bret Marsh says an increase will be looked at due to the increasing cost of doing business and the downturn in the ...
DVMs earning more
Jan 01, 2009; ... TRENDS Female veterinarians still getting smaller slice of the pie in most practice areas SCHAUMBURG, ILL. - In most cases, veterinary incomes have been increasing at an average annual rate of 6 percent since 1997, according to the AVMA's Report on Veterinary Compensation ...
Unwanted horses - an epidemic
Jan 01, 2009; ... EQUINE WELFARE As their numbers multiply, experts cite economic woes, closure of processing plants NATIONAL REPORT - There are tens of thousands of them across the nation - no one knows exactly how many. And there are few reliable statistics on their age, gender, breed, ...
Community shelters - for unwanted horses?
Jan 01, 2009; ... EQUINE WELFARE UC-Davis plan envisions facilities operating like dog and cat shelters DAVIS, CALIF. - A faculty organization at the University of CaliforniaDavis has come up with a proposal for dealing with unwanted horses and intends to create a template that communities ...
U.S. agency receives private offer to create wild-horse sanctuary
Jan 01, 2009; ... EQUINE WELFARE RENO, NEV. - Thousands of unadoptable wild horses in U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) holding facilities could be saved from possible euthanasia or slaughter if the agency decides to accept an offer from Madeleine Pickens, wife of Texas billionaire T. Boone Pickens, to ...
Firm working with AAEP to donate vaccine
Jan 01, 2009; ... EQUINE WELFARE MILLSBORO, DEL. - Intervet/Schering-Plough Animal Health and the American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP) are launching a nonprofit program that will provide vaccines to qualified equine rescue and retirement facilities nationwide starting this ...
3 horses test positive for CEM in Kentucky
Jan 01, 2009; ... LEXINGTON, KY. - State officials asked the U.S. Department of Agriculture to declare a state of emergency in Kentucky following the discovery of three cases of contagious equine metritis (CEM), a venereal disease that causes infertility in mares. The state also seeks federal funds to ...
AAEP convention was 3rd largest
Jan 01, 2009; ... SAN DIEGO - The 54th annual convention of the American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP) last month was the group's third largest, final attendance figures show. A total of 6,579 attended the San Diego meeting, including 3,201 veterinarians, students and technicians, 938 paid ...
Arkansas bill calls for annual rabies vaccination
Jan 01, 2009; ... dvm IN BRIEF LITILE ROCK, ARK. - The Arkansas Department of Health wants to change the interval required for rabies vaccinations, but the Arkansas Veterinary Medical Association isn't biting. The proposed bill ...
Kansas lands a plum
Jan 01, 2009; ... IN THE NEWS Federal laboratory to relocate, infuse an estimated $3.5 billion into state economy MANHATTAN, KAN. - The $563 million National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility (NABF) could pump some $3.5 billion into Kansas, and, while the money is an incentive, Kansas State University ...
Resolved: to educate clients on diet
Jan 01, 2009; ... TRENDS FOR THE NEW YEAR Animal nutritionists offer tips for teaching owners what to feed pets to keep them healthy and fit National Report - Losing weight was the second most popular New Year's resolution last year, behind getting out of debt, according to a Franklin Covey poll ....
Illinois VMA to admit veterinary technicians
Jan 01, 2009; ... SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Veterinary technicians can become members of the Illinois State Veterinary Medical Association (ISVMAX based on an amendment to the ISVMA constitution. The amendment adds a membership category for technicians and specifies the requirements for membership, but ...
Green named veterinary dean at TAMU
Jan 01, 2009; ... EDUCATION Last year's AAEP president to become college's 10th leader and first female in the position COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS - Veterinary medicine is changing, and Texas A&M University's (TAMU) College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences' new dean, Dr. Eleanor M ....
UC-Davis scientist mourned
Jan 01, 2009; ... OBITUARY Dr. Richard Walker helped found state animal-health and food-safety lab Davis, Calif. - The University of California-Davis is mourning the loss of one of the founding members of the California Animal Health and Food Safety Laboratory, a veterinary diagnostic lab operated ...
Virginia Tech lab horse retires to student's farm
Jan 01, 2009; ... BLACKSBURG, Va. -A long-time fixture at the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine handed over her reins, literally. Sugar, a 27-year-old Spanish Barb horse, is retiring after 24 years and helping more than 2,1 OO students at the college learn firsthand about equine ...
Cosmetic surgery policy: a timeline
Jan 01, 2009; ... There has been no essential change in AVMA philosophy regarding the practices of cropping dogs' ears and docking their tails for more than 30 years. The policy has taken the following forms: 1976 Suggested by the American Animal Hospital Association (AAHA) and reviewed and ...
SPEAK OUT
Jan 01, 2009; ... What do you think of the AVMA's revised policy on cosmetic procedures? I have refused to do ear croppings since I graduated from veterinary school 13 'ears ago. I must adnit, however, to doing tail dockings on 1- to 3-day-old puppies, especially since in many breeds this is considered ...
OSU veterinary prof to receive Morris award
Jan 01, 2009; ... TOPEKA, KAN. - An Ohio State Uni- versity College of Veterinary Medicine professor and researcher will receive the Hill's Pet Nutrition 2009 Mark L. Morris Sr. Lifetime Achievement Award for his contributions to feline health. Tony Buffington, DVM1 MS, PhD1 Dipl. ACVN, will be honored ...
Vet clinic robber gets 7-year prison term
Jan 01, 2009; ... ALLIANCE, OHIO - A would-be robber, who walked into an Ohio veterinary clinic in October demanding money and telling employees he had a bomb, was sentenced in December to seven years in prison. Charles M. Hammond, ...
Letters to the Editor
Jan 01, 2009; ... Opinion /Analysis Letters should be addressed to: DVM Newsmagazine, 24950 Country Club Blvd., Suite 200, North Olmsted, OH 44070. Or e-mail us at dyerdon@advanstar.com. Letters should not exceed 500 words and will be edited to conform with DVM Newsmagazine style. The editors reserve the ...
Johne's disease vaccine developed at Cornell
Jan 01, 2009; ... ITHACA, N.Y. - Researchers at Cornell University's College of Veterinary Medicine developed a vaccine against Johne's disease, a contagious, chronic and often fatal infection. Research that led to the discovery was funded by grants from the Biotechnology Research and Development Corp ....
Virginia Tech makes 2 veterinary college staff appointments
Jan 01, 2009; ... BLACKSBUHG, VA. - The Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine announced two new staff appointments. Dr. Kent Scarratt, of Newport, Va., an associate professor in the Department of Large-Animal Clinical Sciences, was named director of the college's Teaching and Research ...
Are you practicing veterinary medicine conscientiously?
Jan 01, 2009; ... "If your conscience is clean you'll have nothing to fear, when it's time to rest at night. What strength it can give, when we strive to live, according to what is right." The Veterinarian s Oath states - in part, "Being admitted to the profession of veterinary medicine ... I will practice ...
Limb sparing: another option for dogs
Jan 01, 2009; ... First of two parts Amputation remains the standard of care to address most primary tumors of the appendicular skeleton, particularly sarcomas. As a general rule, dogs adapt well to amputation, regardless of size. However, dogs suffering from concurrent orthopedic or neurologic diseases, ...
Top 10 strategies for turbulent times
Jan 01, 2009; ... PRACTICE SURVIVAL Stories of layoffs, plant closings foreclosures, bankruptcies and declining demand dominate the news, and it seems there's no end in sight. What are veterinary practitioners and managers to do in times like these? This column is the first in a series to give you ideas ...
12 key elements of a successful business plan
Jan 01, 2009; ... Implementing them now will help you three years ahead - even in a down economy Rest assured, the next 10 years will be very different from the last decade for small businesses. A veterinary practice is a quintessential small business and must make some adjustments if it is to ...
Protecting yourself from 'pet battery' lawsuits
Jan 01, 2009; ... Some changes to standard admission forms can prove effort to avoid errors One of the most surprising things I learned in law school was the legal definition of "battery." Police and news programs often mention the terms "assault and battery." When you hear that, you might form a mental ...
How to prevent theft, embezzlement
Jan 01, 2009; ... Create controls within the practice to minimize your risk Substantial then and embezzlement do occur in veterinary practices regularly. Opportunities for both abound. Every 12 months or so, we read of a huge loss some practice incurred and how it transpired. As a ...
Where did all the money go?
Jan 01, 2009; ... June 1999: SOMEWHERE IN THE CARIBBEAN John Crusoe Robinson IV, DVM, struggled with the left oar. The oarlock was partially broken and his left hand was now blistered from the imbalance of effort required to keep the rowboat tracking toward the island. In the boat was a cooler ...
Where are we heading?
Jan 01, 2009; ... Most pundits and financial experts were blind-sided in October and November of 2008 by the rapid unraveling of the world economy. The result has been an economic cataclysm for much of the world. While the wealthy, privileged and middle classes worry about losses in the stock market, the ...
Monitoring your practice in today's economy
Jan 01, 2009; ... Second of two parts When our grandfathers sat us down and told us about the good old days, their memories were very selective. They probably walked five or 10 miles a day because there was little in the way of convenient transportation. Few people had a telephone in their own ...
A new lease on the practice
Jan 01, 2009; ... Entering, altering or getting out of one calls for strong negotiating skills Whether you are leasing equipment for a profitable veterinary practice or for the premises housing it, the legal and financial burden can be overwhelming. Factor in the economy and leases take on even greater ...
UF building new veterinary research center and hospital
Jan 01, 2009; ... $58 million facility will triple the space for handling annual caseload of 16,000 GAINESVILLE, FLA. - The University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine is building a new Veterinary Education and Clinical Research Center that will include a state-of-the-art small-animal ...
Recession having an impact on consumer spending for pet care, survey finds
Jan 01, 2009; ... NATIONAL REPORT - Most pet owners (85 percent) are not cutting back on pet spending despite the recession, according to a new poll from the Associated Press and Petside.com. What's the bad news? Of the 15 percent who say they are cutting back on pet care, nearly half are deferring ...
Working for food
Jan 01, 2009; ... When used appropriately, healthy treats are an invaluable training tool Q: Should treats be avoided during training? Some trainers say they are bribes and that dogs should work to please. Is this correct? A: Used correctly, food is an excellent primary reinforcer - not a bribe ....
Feeding hospitalized patients for best clinical outcome
Jan 01, 2009; ... Nutrition A guide to oral, tube feeding and estimating caloric requirements Developing a feeding plan early for your hospitalized patients can significantly increase the likelihood for recovery. Nutrients can be supplied to the body either enterally or parenterally ....
Testing for Addison's disease
Jan 01, 2009; ... Pediatric/Geriatric PROTOCOL Gender, age and breed are key determining factors in diagnosing hypoadrenocorticism Dr. J. Catharine Scott-Moncrieffllectured at the 2008 American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine Forum on diagnostic testing for canine hypoadrenocorticism. Here ...
Digital dental radiography: Using the modality to enhance patient care
Jan 01, 2009; ... Dentistry Dental radiology is the cornerstone of quality veterinary dentistry. It is impossible to provide quality veterinary dental care in lieu of this invaluable diagnostic modality. Treatment decisions rely on the visualization of subgingival pathology that only radiology can ...
Equine reproduction: q&a with an expert
Jan 01, 2009; ... LEXINGTON, KY. - What are some of the cutting-edge techniques to improve equine fertility and reproduction? What are the latest trends in that field? Karen E. Wolfsdorf, DVM, a board-certified theriogenologist who is a partner at Lexington's Hagyard Equine Medical Institute (HEMI), ...
4 equine DVMs win trips to symposium in Australia
Jan 01, 2009; ... SAN DIEGO - Four equine veterinarians will have all their expenses paid to attend the American Association of Equine Practitioners' Resort Symposium in Gold Coast, Australia, Jan. 25-28. Bayer Equine is providing trips for two, including airfare, registration and accommodations, to each ...
Equine magnetic therapy: the positives and negatives
Jan 01, 2009; ... You want to believe. You really do. And there are many well-known horsemen, doctors, physicists and PhD's telling you that you should. Dr. Robert Holcomb MD, PhD, at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center, writes, "Magnetic fields produce the following results when in direct contact ...
History Channel films equine diagnostics at Virginia Tech for 'Real Cowboys'
Jan 01, 2009; ... LEESBURG, VA. - Horses that perform in big-screen Westerns sometimes appear to be able to run for miles at full speed, but just how far could a real cowboy rider expect his horse to go, and at what speed? Veterinary experts at Virginia Tech's Marion Scott DuPont Equine Medical Center ...
New Products
Jan 01, 2009; ... Late Breaking Products SIGNOSTICS Signostics' hand-held ultrasound launched to veterinary market Signostics just released a personal ultrasound system for veterinarians called SpeqView, which weighs less than 300 grams and features superb image resolution, the company ...
Poor Carl's Almanac
Jan 01, 2009; ... A monthly collection of quotes and citations Listen to counsel and accept discipline, in order that you may become wise in your future. - PROVERBS 19:20 A lover of discipline is a lover of knowledge, but a hater of reproof is unreasoning.- PROVERBS 12:1 He who is always ...
Performing an oil change - on a horse
Jan 01, 2009; ... At least that's how the colic treatment looked to an inquisitive 4-year-old A horse with colic is one of the most common reasons for a veterinarian to go on an after-hours call. It's almost as if the horse knows when you are about to sit down to eat or crawl into bed for the ...