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Editors' Guest: Prophy on!
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Philip VanVranken, DVM
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As many of you are aware, February is national pet dental health month. In the past few years, many of us have ratcheted up our dental care skills, yet I often feel we still don't always do all the dental procedures our patients need.
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An Interview with... Dr. Stephen J. Ettinger
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How often have you said, "Look it up in Ettinger's?" Dr. Stephen J. Ettinger co-edited the renowned Textbook of Veterinary Internal Medicine, now in its sixth edition. An internist and cardiologist, he practices at California Animal Hospital in Los Angeles.
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On the Forefront: Cardiac cellular transplantation: A future treatment for heart disease?
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Mark A. Oyama, DVM, DACVIM (cardiology)
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CCT aims to replace lost cardiomyocytes with progenitor cells capable of growing into new cardiac-like tissue.
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Dermatology Challenge: Self-mutilation and over-grooming in a Siamese cat
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Karen A. Moriello, DVM, DACVD
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A 2-year-old intact male Siamese cat was presented to the University of Wisconsin School of Veterinary Medicine's Dermatology Service for evaluation of self-mutilation and psychogenic licking of the forelimbs and abdomen.
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Dental Corner: How to detect and treat feline odontoclastic resorptive lesions
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Daniel T. Carmichael, DVM, DAVDC
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Tooth resorption is the most common dental problem in cats, with studies worldwide showing a prevalence rate (in cats presented for dental problems) of up to 75%.
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Exotic-Animal Puzzler: What caused this cockatiel's temporomandibular rigidity?
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Neil Allison, DVM, DACVP
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Alice Smith, BS
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Four cockatiel fledglings from two clutches owned by the same breeder were reported to have developed temporomandibular rigidity at about 5 weeks of age.
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Idea Exchange: Preserving red blood cells (an antiquated idea from 1945)
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Ten percent corn syrup in distilled water preserves red blood cells for as long as 60 days and is more satisfactory than solutions of sodium chloride, which preserved the cells but five days.
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Idea Exchange: Use an ice cream scoop for better portion control
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We serve canned dog food with a rigid ice cream scoop.
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Idea Exchange: A pet snare with little assembly required
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When I first started practice in 1952 after graduating from the University of Illinois, I was equipment deficient, so I made an animal snare out of a 1/2-in copper tube, a lamp cord, and three O rings from a dog's choke chain.
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Idea Exchange: Never forget about samples again
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If we have blood or other samples that need to go to an outside laboratory for analysis, we put a colored, laminated card in our cash drawer.
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Idea Exchange: Make diagnostic tests a sweet treat
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For esophageal radiography, barium-soaked marshmallows work better to outline the esophagus than plain barium or barium mixed with food.
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Idea Exchange: Cleaning up the world one carrier at a time
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We have many clients who bring their pets in for appointments in carriers that are soiled.
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Mind Over Miller: Remembering Dr. Wayne O. Kester
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Robert M. Miller, DVM
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Dr. Miller shares his personal recollections of this important veterinary leader.
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