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An overview of multiple myeloma in dogs and cats
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Rachel Sternberg, DVM,
Jackie Wypij, DVM, DACVIM (oncology),
Anne M. Barger, DVM, DACVP
Plasma cell neoplasms originate from terminally differentiated B lymphocytes that have undergone malignant transformation. | Extramedullary and solitary osseous plasmacytomas in dogs and cats
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Rachel Sternberg, DVM,
Jackie Wypij, DVM, DACVIM (oncology),
Anne M. Barger, DVM, DACVP
Another important form of neoplastic plasma cells are plasmacytomas, which arise from soft tissue, where they are known as extramedullary plasmacytomas, or from bone, where they are known as solitary osseous plasmacytomas. | Skills Laboratory: Reconstructive surgery techniques, Part 3: Multiple punctate relaxing incisions
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Steven F. Swaim, DVM, MS
When a wound, especially one on a distal limb, is too wide for adequate skin apposition, consider creating these small incisions to relax the surrounding skin and allow for good closure. | Local and regional anesthesia techniques, Part 4: Epidural anesthesia and analgesia
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Christine Egger, DVM, MVSc, DACVA,
Lydia Love, DVM
Preoperative epidural injection of local anesthetics and opioids provides excellent preemptive, multimodal intraoperative analgesia; reduces the concentration of volatile anesthetic required to maintain surgical anesthesia; and provides analgesia extending into the recovery period. |
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Research Updates: Single-injection antibiotic treatment for cats with abscesses and infected wounds
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Erika Meler, DVM, MS,
Barrak Pressler, DVM, PhD, DACVIM
Cephalosporins are often used as first-line antibiotics for superficial skin infections in dogs and cats. | Research Updates: Investigating the impact of vaccine administration site changes in cats
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Erika Meler, DVM, MS,
Barrak Pressler, DVM, PhD, DACVIM
Of the currently marketed feline vaccines, those against rabies and feline leukemia virus (FeLV) have been most commonly implicated in sarcoma development. | Make injections easier for small dogs
Make injections easier for small dogs | Keep adhesive glue flowing
Keep adhesive glue flowing | Give patients a place to stand
Give patients a place to stand | Don't forget about refrigerated medications
Don't forget about refrigerated medications | Offer a small gesture at a sad time
Offer a small gesture at a sad time | Mind Over Miller: Why socialized medicine is bad
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Robert M. Miller, DVM
Our decisions in life are made to a degree by our personal experiences. I want to share some experiences I've had and why I oppose socialized medicine. |
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Join the fight against rabies
On September 28, people around the globe will unite to recognize World Rabies Day with the goal of one day wiping rabies off the face of the earth. | Veterinarians are key to rabies eradication
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Deborah J. Briggs, MS, PhD,
Peter J. Costa, MPH, CHES
Veterinarians play the most important role in protecting domestic animals, and the general public, from rabies. | Johnny's story: It could happen to you
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G. Robert Weedon, DVM, MPH
Johnny, a stray puppy, was brought to New Hanover County Animal Control Services by a Good Samaritan. | Rabies prevention: It's part of our oath
By:
Asabe Adamu Dzikwi, DVM, MSc, PhD
Rabies has continued to pose a great danger and challenge to public health, particularly in the developing world. | A quick review of canine exocrine pancreatic insufficiency
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Jessica A. Morgan, DVM,
Lisa E. Moore, DVM, DACVIM
The pancreas has two separate functions within the body, often referred to as the exocrine and endocrine pancreata. | Canine EPI: Concurrent and secondary diseases
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Jessica A. Morgan, DVM,
Lisa E. Moore, DVM, DACVIM
Concurrent conditions frequently diagnosed in dogs with EPI include small intestinal bacterial overgrowth, hypocobalaminemia, mesenteric torsion, and a handful of others. | Maropitant: A novel treatment for acute vomiting in dogs
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Lotfi El Bahri, DVM, MSc, PhD
Vomiting is one of the most common reasons dogs are presented for veterinary consultation. | Maropitant's pharmacokinetics and pharmacology
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Lotfi El Bahri, DVM, MSc, PhD
Maropitant is a weak base, is highly lipophilic, and belongs to the quinuclidine class. |
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