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Website provides tools for pet nutrition
The Pet Nutrition Alliance has developed a website to provide veterinary professionals with credible resources on pet nutrition.
Protect your Family, Pets, and Livestock from Rodents and Rodenticides
Controlling rodents protects animal and public health, but some control measures carry risks of their own. Learn to protect pets if using…
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AAHA develops guidelines for weight management
New guidelines could assist practitioners with the challenging endeavor of helping pets lose weight.
Caring for senior cats and dogs
Older pets may develop age-related problems. Good care allows them to live happy, healthy, and active lives in their senior years.
Leptospirosis in dogs
Protect your pet against leptospirosis by learning about clinical signs, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention.
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Veterinarians’ roles in disaster response increasing
Colorado National Guard helicopters carried about 1,700 people and 800 pets from two communities that had become isolated as floodwaters wiped out…
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The end-all practice: home euthanasia
Home euthanasia has been a passion of mine for the last eight years,” says Dr. Kathleen Cooney (Colorado State ’04) of Loveland, Colorado.
Toxoplasmosis
Toxoplasmosis is a disease caused by a microscopic protozoal parasite called Toxoplasma gondii (T. gondii).
Animal Disease Traceability
The Animal Disease Traceability (ADT) Rule, which took effect in March 2013, establishes minimum national official identification and documentation…
Humane endings
Learn about veterinarians’ responsibility to animals during final life stages: end of life, human perspectives, humane killing techniques, and…
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Moral stress the top trigger in veterinarians’ compassion fatigue
Handling ethical dilemmas is the most common cause of poor wellness in veterinary medicine, in the opinion of psychotherapist and compassion fatigue…
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'Animals helping people; people helping animals' Delta Society to explore influence of animals on human health
Delta Society to explore influence of animals on human health
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State affairs
Quietly assisting the state VMAs with many issues is the AVMA State Legislative and Regulatory Affairs Department within the AVMA
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Fighting the cyberbully
Cyberbullying, also known as cyberharassment, is the use of online resources to harass through personal attacks.