Source: DVM360 MAGAZINE
May 1, 2010
By:
Tom Nelson, DVM
The American Heartworm Society's symposium addresses newest threats.
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Source: VETERINARY ECONOMICS
April 28, 2010
Pet Poison Helpline offers advice to pet owners following the EPA's investigation of spot-on products.
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Source: DVM360 MAGAZINE
April 16, 2010
Duluth, Ga. -- Merial and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have worked out a new system to ease the shortage of its heartworm treatment Immiticide, the company reports.
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Source: CVC IN BALTIMORE PROCEEDINGS
April 1, 2010
By:
Susan E. Little, DVM, PhD, DEVPC
Despite the advent of highly effective, easily administered broad-spectrum parasite control products for cats, infection with intestinal parasites in general, and ascarids (roundworms) in particular, remains a common finding in cats.
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Source: CVC IN BALTIMORE PROCEEDINGS
April 1, 2010
By:
Susan E. Little, DVM, PhD, DEVPC
Vector-borne diseases have taken on increasing importance in both veterinary and human medicine as new diseases continue to become recognized and established, vector populations spread, and the potential for transmission of infectious diseases between people and pets is increasingly understood.
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Source: CVC IN BALTIMORE PROCEEDINGS
April 1, 2010
By:
Susan E. Little, DVM, PhD, DEVPC
In many areas of the US, tick populations are dense, and at certain times of the year and when climatic factors are ideal, tick activity may be very high, overwhelming the ability of an acaricide to control ticks on dogs.
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Source: VETERINARY MEDICINE
April 1, 2010
By:
Avi Blake, DVM
More and more, veterinarians are being asked to answer questions regarding potentially zoonotic diseases. When it comes to bartonellosis, the answers can be particularly tough to formulate because of the disease?s frequently vague or absent clinical signs and the difficulty in identifying and controlling the infection.
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Source: CVC IN BALTIMORE PROCEEDINGS
April 1, 2010
By:
Susan E. Little, DVM, PhD, DEVPC
Testing for Lyme disease and anaplasmosis often involves detection of antibodies. Antibodies may be detected on a patient-side assay such as the 3Dx/4Dx SNAP tests or using IFA at a reference lab. The SNAP test uses C6 as the target antigen and thus the B. burgdorferi result is very specific.
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Source: DVM360 MAGAZINE
April 1, 2010
Las Vegas — New data suggests that nearly half of the states in this country reported 500-plus Lyme positive dogs between 2001 and July 2009.
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