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Update: Diagnosis and control of mite infestations in dogs and cats (Proceedings)

August 1, 2008

How to diagnose and control sarcoptic mange, demodicosis, Cheyletiellosis, Otodectic mange, and more.

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Ticks: What you don't know may hurt your practice (Proceedings)

August 1, 2008

Controlling tick infestations is important not only because ticks are nuisance parasites of dogs and cats, but also because they are vectors of a variety of bacterial and protozoal diseases.

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Flea control challenges: Rumors and reality (Proceedings)

August 1, 2008

Trying to manage client expectations concerning performance attributes of flea control products and gaining and understanding of Integrated Flea Control requires: (1) an improvement in the clinicians investigation skills and understanding of difficult flea challenges, (2) that we gain an understanding of the biologic and epidemiologic factors responsible for persistent flea infestations, (3) that we achieve a better understanding of the client factors responsible for persistent flea infestations and (4) that we learn how to better manage client expectations of modern flea control products.

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Clinical parasitology: Fact from fiction, science from salesmanship (Proceedings)

August 1, 2008

Experimental studies conducted at Auburn University have shown that an acute respiratory crisis often diagnosed as asthma may occur during either Stage (Phase) 1 or 2 feline heartworm disease.

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Total parasite control: Piecing the puzzle together (Proceedings)

August 1, 2008

Preventive health care, including the prevention of common parasitic infections in cats and dogs, is an approach that is relatively easy to accomplish.

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Clinical diagnostic parasitology: The inefficiency of common techniques (Proceedings)

August 1, 2008

To ensure the health and well-being of pet dogs and cats, coprologic examinations for parasite eggs, oocysts, and cysts are an important part of the daily routine for most veterinary practices.

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Research team links illness to pigs raised without antibiotics

July 17, 2008

Columbus, Ohio - A new study conducted by The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine suggests that pigs raised without antibiotics were more susceptible to parasitic infections and disease.

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Texas authorities expand fever tick quarantine area

July 16, 2008

Austin, Texas - A year after establishing its first 39,325-acre quarantine to fight fever ticks, the Texas Animal Health Commission (TAHC) has expanded its watch zone by another 307,000 acres.

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Deworming: Next steps in disease prevention

July 1, 2008

West LaFayette, Ind. — Following an aggressive deworming schedule for dogs and cats could have a significant impact on the zoonotic transmission of parasitic diseases, according to one expert.

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