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What's New? Canis now sees the inclusion of the following new topics: Anesthesia
Critical care
Diagnostic imaging
Internal medicine
Laboratory medicine
Musculoskeletal
Nutrition
Oncology
Owner information
Pharmacology & Therapeutics
Surgery - Orthopedic
Updates
New table
New images
New contributors
See the New and Updated items list on the What's New page for a complete list of new and updated text components and images added to Canis. |
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Virbac Animal Health launches its "Clean Every Tooth Pet Home Dental Care" campaign in January to help educate pet owners on the importance of making their pet's dental health part of their daily routine. The campaign supports the annual National Pet Dental Month in February. “Professional dental cleanings are vital,” said Denise Skurdalsvold, senior marketing manager for Virbac. “And we’ve now learned that home care, in-between cleanings, is also critical to protect a pet’s teeth and overall health. With C.E.T. [Clean Every Tooth], it’s our hope that prevention of dental disease will become as natural to pet owners as vaccinations and heartworm prevention.” The C.E.T. Pet Home Dental Care allows veterinarians to recommend the most appropriate home dental care program based on each patient’s stage of disease and the owner’s ability to comply with recommendations. For example, a home dental program may include C.E.T. Chews, Aquadent Drinking Water Additive and/or tooth brushing. The C.E.T. “3 Easy Options” to dental health touts: Good to Chew, Better to Rinse, Best to Brush. “By recommending daily care, veterinarians are helping feline and canine patients live longer, happier, healthier lives,” Skurdalsvold said. “In the process, they’re keeping clients happy in knowing their pets are in better health. “C.E.T. educational materials and products for clients make it easy for veterinary practices to expand their dental care expertise to a year-round program.” In related news, Virbac Animal Health has launched two new dental chapters in Virbac University’s online C.E.T. Pet Dental Care Module: “Chapter 5: Developing the Dental Wellness Team” and “Chapter 6: Building Dental Compliance.” Chapter 5 will be presented by Curt Coffman, DVM, Dipl. AVDC, and Andrew Rosenfeld, DVM, Dipl. ABVP. The course uses the basic steps of a typical pet dental case to walk participants through the development, implementation and evaluation of a well-run dental program. Chapter 6 will also be presented by Drs. Coffman and Rosenfeld, in addition to Joey Mistler, LVT. The course expands the meaning of dental compliance to include adherence to a recommended course of treatment by both pet owners and the hospital team. Continuing education credit is available. Virbac University (http://www.virbacuniversity.com/) also offers continuing education courses in heartworm prevention, dermatology, canine hypothyroidism, intestinal parasites and developing medical compliance. Source: Veterinary Practice News |
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The 35th World Small Animal Veterinary Association (WSAVA) Congress will be held at the Geneva Palexpo Conference Center, Switzerland 2-5 June 2010. There will be 3.5 days of lectures from general medicine to state-of-the-art. The intermediary scientific program is available on-line. State-of-the-art lectures include:
Intermediary scientific program: http://www.wsava2010.org/docs/Preliminary_Program_E.pdf For further details visit: http://www.wsava2010.org/ |
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IDEXX Reference Laboratories has introduced its latest RealPCR™ test for canine and feline H1N1 influenza virus. The test is offered in response to concern about the spread of this disease, helping veterinarians diagnose and manage patients with suspected respiratory infection. Also referred to as swine flu, H1N1 was confirmed for the first time in October as the cause of death of a ferret and since then has been confirmed as the cause of respiratory diseases in a number of cats and ferrets, which are believed to have contracted the virus from their owners. While there is no evidence these pets spread the virus to other animals or people, the potential exists for the H1N1 virus to infect companion animals, including dogs, as a result of close contact with infected family members. "The clinical signs of the H1N1 virus are likely to resemble other canine and feline respiratory infections," said Christian Leutenegger, DrVetMed PhD FVH, Regional Head of Molecular Diagnostics at IDEXX Reference Laboratories. "Offering the H1N1 Influenza Virus Real PCR Test with the Feline Upper Respiratory Disease and Canien Respiratory Disease RealPCR™ panels will help practitioners identify and differentiate multiple causes of respiratory infection for improved diagnosis and patient management." Veterinarians should consider running the HH1N1 Influenza Virus RealPCR test on patients with suspected respiratory disease or those with suspected H1N1 infection. GIven the short shedding period of influenza viruses, samples should be submitted for testing within 7 days of the onset of clinical signs to avoid false-negative results. Test results are typically available within 72 hours. The IDEXX H1N1 Influenza Virus RealPCR Test is included with theFeline Upper Respiratory Disease (URD) and Canine Respiratory Disease (CRD) RealPCR panels at no additional cost. A stand-alone test is also available. For more information, call 1-888-433-9987, option 4, option 2, or go to www.idexx.com/pcr. http://www.idexx.com/view/xhtml/en_us/corporate/news/press-releases/20091208pr.jsf |
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Canine-related references from PubMed After specific requests from existing Vetstream subscribers, Canis now includes links to the popular PubMed website for searches to specific canine-related references published during the last 12 months. On the main page of each 'Browse' area of Canis you will find a news story that will take you to recent canine references from PubMed. Just click on the story title and you will be taken to the PubMed search link for that particular body system or discipline. Selecting the link within this story will instantly bring up a list of the latest published papers on that specific area, eg anesthesia or soft tissue surgery. Each search is provided courtesy of the US National Library of Medicine (NLM) and PubMed. The search is conducted at the National Library of Medicine. The National Center for Biotechnology Information's Disclaimer and Copyright. Link for Disclaimer and Copyright - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/About/disclaimer.html |
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Introducing Vetstream Canis In February 2002 Vetstream Inc announced the US release of Vetstream Canis, a comprehensive, peer-reviewed canine clinical information source on the Internet. Canis is peer reviewed by over 150 experts, including 50 US veterinarians. The service includes diagnostic help, treatment selection, surgery techniques, radiographic imagery, a complete veterinary drug formulary, new product information, client information factsheets and much more. Market research showed that veterinarians wanted to access Vetstream Canis via CD-ROM and also via the Internet. Vetstream believes in providing the choice to our subscribers, so veterinarians can have the choice of subscribing to the service either on CD-ROM or Internet or both. The Canis service provides veterinary professionals with a single source of high-quality peer-reviewed canine clinical content. Canis contains over 6,200 regularly updated components encompassing diseases; bacteria, viruses and parasites; laboratory medicine; surgical and diagnostic techniques; and formularies, to name just a few. The information is arranged similar to a textbook, but offers a much wider range of functions and tools, such as cross-linking related content and images, plus highlighting key points. Veterinarians can quickly access information that supports them thoroughly from presenting problems and diagnoses to selecting treatments. The service also provides owner factsheets that are convenient to retrieve during a pet owner consultation, and can be easily printed to support client communications. The multi-media format of Canis combines text, photos, video and audio, which means the information is available in a wide range of easy-to-reference formats. Subscribers receive regular updates via the Internet and/or quarterly CD-ROM. Vetstream Felis, which covers feline clinical information, is available via the Internet and/or CD-ROM from January 2003. Vetstream Equis is Vetstream's equine clinical information service and has been available on CD-ROM since 2000 (and now available via the Internet). Equis contains over 6000 regularly updated components encompassing diseases; bacteria, viruses and parasites; laboratory medicine; surgical and diagnostic techniques; and formularies as well as all product labels for horses. The concept for Vetstream began with John Grieve in the 1980's from his own experience of difficulties in finding appropriate, accurate, comprehensive, up-to-date and user-friendly information in everyday practice. Today, Vetstream Ltd, parent company of Vetstream Inc, is the world's leading provider of clinical information to the global veterinary profession. Its animal health information and the company's extensive range of innovative services adds a powerful new dimension to veterinary practices worldwide. The services are available in over 60 countries worldwide with 47 percent of UK veterinarians subscribing to Vetstream's services. The company was acquired by Intervet Holdings, b.v., a division of Akzo-Nobel in December 2000. For more information in the USA please call 1-866-VETSTREAM (838-7873) or +1 816 221 2959 or email info@vetstream.com |
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Component Naming Conventions When searching for a particular component in the Browse area, it may not appear to be as straightforward as you first thought. This is probably due to the naming convention adopted by Vetstream. The convention may divide the title of a topic into 2 parts according to one of the following rules:
For example, if you try to search for 'cholangiohepatitis' in the Gastrohepatology Browse area, instead of looking under 'C' in the search list you will need to look under 'L' as it is named 'Liver: cholangiohepatitis' (see below). Once you become more familiar with this naming style (convention), finding what you are looking for becomes much easier. You should also be able to find the content by typing the appropriate keyword into the Quicksearch box or selecting the word in the list shown on the keyword screen. List of components showing examples of the naming rules:
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Have your say on Canis Do you think there’s something that Canis does not currently cover and should do? Have you got any comments on any of the clinical information contained on Canis? Vetstream is constantly striving to keep our services up to date and to meet the needs of veterinarians around the world. Your opinions are important to us. If you have any comments or suggestions regarding Canis, please e-mail Caroline Humphries, Commissioning Editor caroline.humphries@vetstream.com or phone +44 (0) 1223 895818. |
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Feedback made easier Note the new icon at the top of all Canis text components, next to the "Print" icon - an "envelope" labeled Feedback. Clicking on this, will bring up a feedback form on which to e-mail comments, questions and feedback about the editorial content, direct to us at Vetstream. We welcome comments from our subscribers and find feedback useful for commissioning new material, planning updates and ensuring that the information we provide is accurate, useful and kept up-to-date. |
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