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Let the (micro)chips fall
FIRSTLINE: Jul 06, 2017
By Brendan Howard, Business Channel Director
... where you inject them after researching some of the biggest names in microchip technology and their current veterinary products to get lost pets home faster.
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The responsibility of veterinarians to address the costs of care in small animal practice
VETERINARY MEDICINE: Jun 08, 2017
By Barry Kipperman, DVM, DACVIM
Veterinarians feel the strain of clients’ financial limitations, but how do pet owners prepare when they’re not being informed?
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Research veterinarian files lawsuit against University of Texas facility
DVM360 MAGAZINE: May 30, 2017
By Hannah Wagle, Assistant Content Specialist
Dr. Brian Gordon says he was wrongfully terminated after speaking out against cruelty to research animals.
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Client video: Euthanasia—knowing when it's time
VETERINARY MEDICINE: Apr 18, 2017
By Mary Gardner, DVM
The hardest question you have to face as a pet owner. Dr. Mary Gardner wants to help your veterinary patients have a perfect ending to their perfect life.
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Animal welfare groups criticize AVMA depopulation guidelines as inhumane
DVM360 MAGAZINE: Apr 14, 2017
By dvm360.com staff
Proposed guidelines apply to large-scale culling of farm animals for disease control purposes.
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Registration open for annual eye exam event for service dogs
DVM360 MAGAZINE: Apr 12, 2017
By dvm360.com staff
ACVO and Stokes Pharmacy preparing for 10th annual screening to take place in May.
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Photo gallery: An exclusive peek at the animals of the National Geographic Photo Ark
VETTED: Apr 12, 2017
By dvm360.com staff
Your chance to lay eyes on just a few of the many faces you can meet as part of this project to pictorially capture all animals in captivity.
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Preaching to the superchoir—how veterinarians can help save the world
VETERINARY MEDICINE: Apr 12, 2017
By Theresa L. Entriken, DVM
Joel Sartore uses a different type of shot to save animals.
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A public health veterinarian's take on captive wildlife ownership
VETERINARY MEDICINE: Apr 05, 2017
By Jenifer Chatfield, DVM, DACZM, Brendan Howard, Business Channel Director
Dr. Jenifer Chatfield says it's all about responsibility—for pet owners of all stripes and scales.
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Pipe in music to decrease stress levels in your kennel
VETERINARY MEDICINE: Apr 03, 2017
By Lara Bartl, DVM, DABVP (canine/feline)
Study evaluates the stress-reducing effect of playing different music genres for kenneled dogs.
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Data: Brachycephalic breeds suffer higher incidences of non-respiratory diseases
DVM360 MAGAZINE: Mar 08, 2017
By dvm360.com staff
Are brachycephalic breeds doomed for a lifetime of poor health? New data does not look promising for the pug and its fellow flat-nosed friends.
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UPDATE: Evanger’s, Against the Grain pet foods recalled due to pentobarbital adulteration
DVM360 MAGAZINE: Mar 03, 2017
By dvm360.com staff
FDA advises against feeding certain varieties after samples from both brands were found to contain euthanasia drug.
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Save California’s injured racehorses
DVM360 MAGAZINE: Mar 02, 2017
By Ed Kane, PhD
Veterinarians are helping a California nonprofit put retired racehorses out to pasture—or back to work in new “leisure” careers.
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Smile and say 'fleas!'
FIRSTLINE: Feb 28, 2017
By Brendan Howard, Business Channel Director
Would your veterinary team members or pet owners want to check out these funny pet photos and submit some of their own to this new contest?
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Toxic teams affect patients too: A veterinary behaviorist’s view
VETERINARY MEDICINE: Feb 10, 2017
By Mindy Valcarcel, Editor, Medicine Channel Director
The damage caused by one bad experience may never be reversed.