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Letters: Dr. Robert Leighton: A professor for us all to admire
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I have enjoyed reading Veterinary Medicine's interviews with veterinary leaders. When I picked up the December 2006 issue, I was especially pleased to see the interview with Dr. Robert L. Leighton.
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Letters: And nothing but the truth
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It was a real pleasure to read Dr. Miller's column in the April issue on admitting our mistakes.
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In memoriam: Dr. James R. Richards
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Margaret Rampey
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As many of you now know, Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine professor Dr. James R. Richards died on April 24, after sustaining injuries in a motorcycle accident.
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An Interview with Dr. David S. Bruyette
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This internist embraces advances in diagnostics as well as comparative medicine. However, "One thing I hope never changes," he says, "is our reliance on history taking and physical examinations."
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Research Update: Using computed tomography to find nongastrointestinal foreign bodies
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Joseph Harari, MS, DVM, DACVS
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In this retrospective study, the clinical and computed tomography (CT) characteristics of 13 cases involving nongastrointestinal foreign bodies in dogs evaluated at a university veterinary hospital were reviewed.
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Research Update: Accuracy of splenic aspirate cytologic diagnoses
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Joseph Harari, MS, DVM, DACVS
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In this retrospective study from a university veterinary hospital, the case records of 29 dogs and three cats were reviewed to determine the diagnostic accuracy of cytologic evaluation of splenic aspirates gathered by using ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration compared with histologic evaluation of specimens obtained by using surgical biopsy (10 animals) or ultrasound-guided biopsy (2) or at necropsy (21).
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Research Update: Recovery from disk surgery without intraoperative methylprednisolone sodium succinate
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Joseph Harari, MS, DVM, DACVS
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In this prospective clinical study from a private practice referral hospital, the recoveries of 51 nonambulatory dogs with thoracolumbar intervertebral disk disease treated with hemilaminectomy and without methylprednisolone sodium succinate were evaluated.
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Research Update: Laser vs. scalpel onychectomy in cats
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Joseph Harari, MS, DVM, DACVS
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In this prospective study at a university veterinary hospital, 20 healthy adult cats (6 to 24 months of age) were divided into two groups and underwent left forelimb unilateral scalpel or CO2 laser onychectomy.
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Research Update: Spontaneous retrograde movement of ureteroliths
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Joseph Harari, MS, DVM, DACVS
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In this case series, ureterolith movements in two dogs and five cats were evaluated.
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Practical Matters: Canine pregnancy diagnosis: serum relaxin or ultrasonography?
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Margaret V. Root Kustritz, DVM, PhD, DACT
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Serologic testing for pregnancy in bitches is complicated because of female dogs' normal endocrine physiology.
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Practical Matters: Consider underlying problems and referral before changing NSAID therapy
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Julie D. Smith, DVM, DACVS
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Most of the limping dogs that are referred to our practice have received at least one course of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) therapy at some point in their histories.
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Practical Matters: How you can easily assess motor function and pain perception in nonambulatory animals
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Helena Rylander, DVM, DACVIM (neurology)
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To help reach a prognosis in nonambulatory animals with spinal cord disease, assess voluntary motor function or pain perception.
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Toxicology Brief: Breathe with ease when managing beta-2 agonist inhaler toxicoses in dogs
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Donna Mensching, DVM, MS, DABVT, DABT
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Petra A. Volmer, DVM, MS, DABVT, DABT
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Combine more than 14.6 million asthmatic people in the United States with more than 61.5 million playful pet dogs, and it's a sure bet that some curious Fidos will bite into their owners' life-saving inhalers.
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Clinical Exposures: Feline infectious peritonitis: Typical findings and a new PCR test
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Christopher Gibson, VMD
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Nicola Parry, BSc, MSc, BVSc, DACVP
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A 1-year-old castrated male domestic shorthaired cat was presented for evaluation of a 10-day history of lethargy, anorexia, decreased water consumption, and apparent discomfort.
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Idea Exchange: Try needlework mesh to guard injured ears
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Aural hematomas need support to protect the ear and hold the tissues together to allow healing.
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Idea Exchange: Teach ideal weight by example
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Clients often cannot comprehend what a cat or dog at a healthy weight looks like, so I give them a live demonstration with my own dog and cat, which are at ideal weights.
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Idea Exchange: Three steps to less painful declaws
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For feline onychectomy, we use three levels of preemptive pain management.
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Idea Exchange: A simple solution to a sharp situation
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Using 20-ga stainless steel cerclage wire to repair simple mandibular symphysis fractures in cats leaves a 3- to 4-mm sharp twist of wire protruding from the ventral mandible.
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Idea Exchange: Putting prescriptions up front keeps staff members from having to go back
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Recently, one of our technicians decided we should put filled prescriptions up front next to the receptionist rather than in the back.
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Idea Exchange: Laminate test strip label to avoid chronic bottle rotation syndrome
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To make it easier to read urinalysis or BUN test strip results, we removed the label with the results key from the bottle of strips and laminated it.
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Mind Over Miller: You must be old if you remember...
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Robert M. Miller, DVM
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We tend to reminisce about the good old days, but not all things were rosier back then.
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