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December 1, 2008 By:
David Luck, DVM
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For too long, many veterinarians who have diagnosed hip dysplasia in young patients have informed the owners that the consequences will have to be dealt with later in life, when signs of osteoarthritis develop.  December 1, 2008 By:
Jayce Lineberger, DVM
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In four videos, Dr. Jayce Lineberger demonstrates how to apply a spoon splint on a dog.  December 1, 2008 By:
Shawn Mattson, DVM, DVSc, BSc, Dipl. ACVS
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A 3-month-old Warmblood filly was referred to our hospital for evaluation of a left front-limb lameness of one week duration.  November 2, 2008
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Tampa, Fla. -- Florida Specialists and Cancer Treatment Center (FVS) has been awarded a grant from Morris Animal Foundation to develop a test to determine before surgery whether an animal would benefit from spinal surgery.
 November 1, 2008 By:
Joseph Harari, MS, DVM, DACVS
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A useful protocol for practitioners who review their own films or send them to a specialist is to routinely obtain orthogonal views of the affected and normal bones.  November 1, 2008 By:
Michelle Henry Barton, DVM, PhD, Dipl. ACVIM
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A BAL should not be performed on a horse with overt respiratory distress, tachycardia or pulmonary hypertension.  November 1, 2008 By:
Ed Kane, PhD
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In 1915, Sir Frederick Hobday, a British veterinary surgeon, noted that "it is of no avail to have done any operation, however clever, if the patient succumbs to the anesthetic."  November 1, 2008 By:
Stephen H. Levine, DVM, MS, Dipl. ACVS
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In the first article in this series, we provided a brief overview of the two surgical procedures that addressed the active, abnormal biomechanics of the cranial cruciate ligament deficient stifle—Tibial Tuberosity Advancement and Tibial Plateau Leveling Osteotomy.  October 5, 2008
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Madison, Wis. -- A new injectable pain drug being studied at the University of Wisconsin (UW) could actually help animals recover faster after surgery.

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