Source: DVM NEWSMAGAZINE
 January 1, 2008
By:Carl A. Osborne, DVM, PhD, Dipl. ACVIM
Have you read or heard about the crisis associated with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) that is sweeping across the United States? Hospitals, nursing homes, schools, sports facilities, correctional facilities and child day-care centers are reporting outbreaks of human nosocomial infections with methicillin-resistant staphylococci.
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Source: VETERINARY MEDICINE
 December 1, 2007
By:Richard E. Goldstein, DVM, DACVIM (small animal internal medicine), DECVIM-CA
To help confirm a diagnosis of canine leptospirosis, veterinarians today must rely on serologic testing with the microscopic agglutination test. Interpreting the test can be problematic, though, especially early on in the disease or in a recently vaccinated dog.
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Source: DVM NEWSMAGAZINE
December 1, 2007
By:Carl A. Osborne, DVM, PhD, Dipl. ACVIM, Jody P. Lulich, DVM, PhD, Dipl. ACVIM
A quarter-century ago, analysis of uroliths removed (usually by surgery) was optional. In fact, rather than have the stones analyzed, some veterinary practitioners gave them to their clients as a topic of conversation. What about today? Is it an acceptable standard of practice to give stones retrieved from the urinary tract to owners without knowing their composition? What would be your response to a physician who gave you stones retrieved from your urinary tract? Believe it or not, we have received uroliths for analysis formed by our veterinary colleagues that were given to them by a physician. Of course, we did not perform the requested analysis because we did not want to cross the line of practicing medicine without a license. Instead, we sent them to a laboratory licensed to provide that service.
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Source: VETERINARY MEDICINE
December 1, 2007
By:Kenneth R. Harkin, DVM, DACVIM
I've compiled these tips to help practitioners deal with common problems or situations in a manner that will help improve a patient's outcome, simplify the diagnosis, and minimize complications in daily practice.
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Source: VETERINARY MEDICINE SUPPLEMENT
October 1, 2007
By:Brook A. Niemiec, DVM, DAVDC, FAVD
The most important thing you can do to increase the quality of dental care in your practice is to use dental radiography when evaluating patients presented for routine dental care or dental problems.
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