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• Physician, heal (it) thyself!

  

  US veterinarian, Patty Khuli, who writes a regular column in USA TODAY, has quite an agenda on the subject of human doctors treating their own pets and her piece, headlined ‘Vets pet peeve: When human physicians diagnose animals', is worth a read!…

  By: David Watson
  Published: 30 Jan 2010
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• US salmonellosis outbreak traced to pet frogs

  

  An outbreak of salmonellosis has occurred in the US, apparently associated with contact with pet frogs.…

  By: Peter Beaumont
  Published: 24 Jan 2010
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• OCD gene discovered in dogs?

  

  My attention has been drawn to an article in the New York Times which describes how researchers claim to have identified a gene which is shared by individual Doberman pinschers that exhibit the stereotypical behaviour of sucking their flanks.…

  By: David Watson
  Published: 20 Jan 2010
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• Mighty oaks from Litl acorns grow?

  

  I sometimes come across new bits of IT kit that I feel must have some useful application in veterinary practice, yet I cannot quite work out what. A recent example is Litl's home computer.…

  By: David Watson
  Published: 18 Jan 2010
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• Merial launches canine melanoma vaccine, Oncept, at NAVC

  

  Merial is to launch a new therapeutic DNA vaccine designed, to help extend the survival of dogs with oral melanoma, Oncept, this coming week at the North American Veterinary Conference (NAVC) in Florida.…

  By: Peter Beaumont
  Published: 16 Jan 2010
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• CCL model turns swords into ploughshares

  

  Sometimes a subject pops up in one of the specialist discussion groups that merits wider circulation and discussion. I commend for your consideration a piece spotted by LinkedIn member, Jason Canapp, on the subject of ‘Turning Conflict into Conversation'.…

  By: David Watson
  Published: 10 Jan 2010
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