Source: DVM NEWSMAGAZINE
 May 1, 2009
National Report -- The pleading of agriculture groups against using the term "swine flu" for the new multi-species strain of swine influenza got results. Both the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently announced they would now refer to the pandemic-causing virus as influenza A/H1N1.
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Source: CVC PROCEEDINGS
 October 1, 2008
By:Richard Ford, DVM, DACVIM
In just the past 3 to 5 years, advanced diagnostic capabilities have enhanced our ability to detect infectious pathogens in the dog and have given credence to the term "emerging" infections.
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Source: CVC PROCEEDINGS
October 1, 2008
By:Richard Ford, DVM, DACVIM
Vaccination GUIDELINES for the cat were first published in 1998; canine GUIDELINES followed in 2003. By the end of 2006, both sets of GUIDELINES had been reviewed extensively, updated, and published.
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Source: CVC PROCEEDINGS
October 1, 2008
By:Richard Ford, DVM, DACVIM
Closely related to Bordetella pertussis, the cause of "whooping cough" in humans, Bordetella bronchiseptica is a gram negative, Aerobic coccobacillus particularly well adapted to colonize the ciliated respiratory epithelium of dogs and cats.
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Source: CVC PROCEEDINGS
October 1, 2008
By:Richard Ford, DVM, DACVIM
As long as we've known about, tried to diagnose, and attempted to treat feline infectious peritonitis (FIP), it still eludes us!
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Source: CVC PROCEEDINGS
October 1, 2008
By:Alice Wolf, DVM, DACVIM, DABVP
Dramatic changes have occurred in the past 10 years regarding the way veterinarians view vaccines and vaccination practices.
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Source: CVC PROCEEDINGS
October 1, 2008
By:Richard Ford, DVM, DACVIM
Clinical signs related to the upper respiratory tract, in both dogs and cats, are among the most common presenting complaints encountered in small animal practice and, interestingly, are frequent reasons for referral to specialty practices and veterinary teaching hospitals.
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