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Ann Wortinger
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How do you introduce new pets into your house?
August 17, 2010
This month I introduced you to our newest family member, Thyme. He is a special needs child, or as my friends call them a “technician special”. I know from talking to other people, that many of us in the profession bring home these special animals. While this is something we often do, there are a number of considerations we need to take into account, the least of which is what the impact will be on the other animals already in the...
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Amy Breton
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The Latest & Greatest….
July 12, 2010
It seems like there isn’t anything veterinary medicine can’t offer to clients! CT Scan, MRI, transfusions, arterial lines, hemodialysis, etc. We now can offer it all to our clients and their pets! The advancement of medicine in our fields has provided some great opportunities for technicians to advance their skills.
I can still remember the thrill of putting in my first arterial line. Last year we started using species-specific...
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DeeAnn Wilfong
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I Love What I Do
July 8, 2010
I just recently completed another round of interviews of technician students who would like to come to Littleton Equine for their internship. The decisions are often tough, how do you know who will be a good equine technician? In the course of these interviews, I am often asked why I chose to go into equine medicine and I always appreciate the question. It forces me to pause and reflect on exactly why I choose to be an equine veterinary...
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Brianne Corsi
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What is your typical day like?
May 21, 2010
Whether you work in the smallest or largest practice in the area, a veterinary technician is an amazing asset to have. I chose to write about my typical day [in Veterinary Technician, May 2010] because I wanted technicians to see how significant their role can be in their hospital. It is important to realize all the things that we do that keep the day going. Everybody has their own talent, which combined with those of our team can make even the...
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Rosanna Marsella, DVM, DACVD
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How Do You Treat Pyoderma?
February 3, 2010
Have you noticed that, when performing culture and sensitivity testing on pyoderma cases, we have more and more results of methicillin resistance and multi drug resistance? We used to believe that only animals exposed to many antibiotic or belonging to veterinarians or other medical personnel would have this problem. Do you now see it also in other situations (e.g., first time pyoderma)?
Veterinarians have been lucky for many years...
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Annie Mills, LVT, VTS (Dentistry)
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How are you improving your role in dentistry?
January 21, 2010
For many years, veterinary dentistry was primarily a "technician task" with minimum involvement by the veterinarian. The field of dentistry, through education, and the need for improved patient care, is rapidly changing throughout the veterinary community. Veterinarians are learning more advanced therapies and applying them in everyday practice. The technician's role is changing as well. The veterinarian and technician are becoming (or should...
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Sheila Grosdidier
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The Golden Rule Was Wrong – 3 Trends in Client Service
January 14, 2010
Many businesses were built upon the client is always right, do onto clients as you would have them do onto you and never turn away a client. Have we reached a point in the market where these words of advice need to be set aside? Dialed down or just plain erased?
The answer is…..could be, could be now. Look at these trends:
1. This last year you saw Sprint fire 1,000 customers who were mercilessly congesting their toll...
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Karen R. Todd-Jenkins, VMD
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Feline Heartworm Disease
January 9, 2010
Let’s face it - we know that the actual compliance with heartworm preventative use in dogs is probably close to 50%. And this is for a disease that is well-known to the public and can be deadly. So moving the needle on feline heartworm awareness is an uphill battle. Feline heartworm disease is unpredictable. It’s complicated. It is difficult to diagnose. Antigen tests, antibody tests, and radiography can all be inconclusive depending on the...
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Robert Backus, DVM, PhD, DACVN
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Cats and Carbohydrates
January 8, 2010
The reservations of cat owners about feeding commercially prepared diets have been around for many more than the 15 years that I have been studying feline nutrition. The basis for owner objections is quite varied in my experience. Cat owners have not been especially focused on dietary carbohydrate until recent years when internists began expressing their concerns. In support of my impression about the focus of owners is the now seemly common...
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