Source: CVC PROCEEDINGS
 October 1, 2008
By:Richard Ford, DVM, DACVIM
There is little argument among clinicians that feline upper respiratory disease is perhaps the most common respiratory disorder for which cats are presented.
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Source: CVC PROCEEDINGS
October 1, 2008
By:Richard Ford, DVM, DACVIM
Simply stated, the goal of vaccination is to sensitize or prime the immune system such that it can generate a population of unique cells capable of mounting an effective immune response subsequent to infection by a pathogenic organism.
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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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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
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: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
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: DVM NEWSMAGAZINE
 September 30, 2008
Corvallis, Ore. -- A biomedical researcher with the Oregon State University College of Veterinary Medicine received a $1 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to study a possible treatment for tuberculosis.
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Source: DVM NEWSMAGAZINE
September 27, 2008
Nottingham, U.K. The University of Nottingham is using a grant of more than $4 million (USD) to dissect the functions of the bacterium that causes bovine mastitis (BM) and try to come up with a cure for the disease.
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