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Abbreviations and Acronyms Used in Veterinary Medicine
Acarexx(Rx)
Adrenal Tumors - treating
Advice
Advertising - Beware of
Age of pets- Estimating
Aggression
Aggression Between Cats
Aggression in Cats
Aggression in Dogs
Aging Disorders to Keep in Mind
Airway Disorders
Algorithms (Diagnostic Plans)
Allergies in Dogs and Cats
Allergies - Diagnosing
Allergy Immunotherapy and Itch Control
Allergies - Testing for
Allergies - Treatment of
Allergies - Types of
Allergy Testing Cats
Alternative Medicine
Anal Sacs - Expressing
Anemias - Causes of Non-Regenerative
Anesthesia - Before
Anesthesia - During
Anesthesia - After
Anesthetic Monitoring
Anesthetics, Pre-Operative Sedatives and Analgesics
Antibiotics
Antibiotics -- Why don't they always work
Arthritis
Arthritis in Pets
Asking Questions
Asthma in Cats
Asthma/Chronic Bronchitis
Atopica (Rx) from Novartis
Atopy
Avoiding dog attacks from State Farm and Auburn University - Free brochure

Bacterial Infection
Baggy
Basal Cell Tumors
Baytril Alert
Baytril Otic (Rx)
Behavior Medications
Behavioral Medicine
Behavioral Medicine
Bones and Sticks in Roof of Mouth - Big Problem, Easy Solution
Bile Acids and Actigal (Rx)
Bites- Cat
Bites- Dog
Bites - How Often DO I Get Bit
Bite Wounds
Bite Wounds
Bladder Stones
Blindness - Acute
Blindness - Enrofloxacin in Cats
Blood Cell Counts
Blood Chemistry
Blood Panel - Screening
Blood Profiles, Part I - Red Blood Cells
Blood Profiles, Part II - White Blood Cells
Blood Sugar - Causes of High
Blood Sugar - Monitoring
Blood values - What do all they really mean
Bronchitis-Chronic/ Asthma
BSE or "Mad Cow Disease"

Cancer
Cancer
Cancer Definition
Cancer Therapy
Cancer Therapy...
Cancer Vocabulary - New Terms
Canine Flu
Canine Leishmaniasis
Car Sickness
Cat Bites
Cat - Don’t Kill Yours
Cat Scratch Fever
Certified Technicians - Focus on
Changing Information Sources
Christmas Day, 1981
Christmas tree and Hera
Client Errors
Confusion over Cures
Contact Information
Control fleas
Corticosteroid season
Coughing
Cranial Cruciate Ligament Injuries
Crate and Leashes
Cushing's Disease - Complications Associated with
Cushings Disease - Hyperadrenocorticism
Cushing's Disease - Is It Always Fatal
Cystitis in cats
Cytauxzoonosis felis
Cytauxzoonosis felis

D
Dangerous Pets
Declaw - Laser
Definitions
Demodecosis in Older Dogs
Dental care
Dental Care
Dental Care - Routine
Dental Definitions
Dental Health Month -- Don’t Send Candy
Dermatitis - Heavy Metal
Dermatophytosis - also known as ringworm, in dogs and cats
Dermatophytosis - Ringworm
Diabetic Cats -- a "new" option
Diabetes mellitus - basic facts
Diabetes
Diabetes
Diabetes mellitus
Diagnostic plans - What goes wrong
Diagnosis - Do you need one
Diagnosis - Difficulties in finding
Diagnosis - get one first
Diarrhea
Diarrhea - Acute
Diarrhea - Chronic
Dietary Care - Specialized
Dietary Disorders
Dietary Information - Basic
Differential Diagnosis
Differentials - quick
Disease Profiles
Do It Yourself
Dog- Don’t Kill Yours
Dog Bites
Dogs fighting...When it's not just the dogs
Drug Adverse Reaction Reports
Drug Reactions - General Information on Adverse
Drug Reactions - Specific
Drug Reactions that Aren't Real - Suspected
Drug Dosages - Figuring

Ear Medications
EEE
Ehrlichiosis
Elimination Behavior Problems - Feline
Elimination behavior problems...If your cat has
Emergencies - Getting Ready
Emergencies - plan
Emergencies- Veterinary
Emergency - why won't your vet see you
Emergency care - get it
Equipment at Veterinary Hospitals
Erythropoietin for Pets
Esophageal Feeding Tubes
Esophageal Strictures - Avoiding
Euthanasia
Evaluating Literature References in Veterinary Medicine
Eye Drops
Eye Medications - Administering

Facial Fold Pyoderma
Fall Things -- when to stop flea prevention, when to stop HW meds, etc.
Fecal Examination
Feeding Older Pets
Feline Elimination Behavior Problems
Feline Herpes Virus 1 and Cat's Eyes
Feline Immunodeficiency Virus
Feline Immunodeficiency Virus Vaccine
Feline Leukemia
Feline Leukemia Virus
Feline Leukemia Virus Infection
Feline Odontoclastic Resorption Lesions
Feline Urethral Syndrome
Fever or Not
Fiber - Adding to the Diet
FIP Virus in Cats
Flea Control
Flea Control
Flea Control Medication Choices
Flea Control Mistakes
Flea Control Products
Fleas and Flea Allergy
Fleas, Ticks and Mange Mites
Flea Treatments
Fleas-Understanding and controlling
First Aid
First Year care
Food Allergies, Digestive
Food Allergies, Pruritic
Food Sensitivity
Food trials are good
Foot and Mouth Disease
Fracture
Frozen Waters
Function Testing

G

Gastrointestinal disease - Diagnosis
Gastrointestinal Obstruction
Generics - New
Geriatric - Who is
Gingivitis and Periodontal Disease
Gingivitis/Stomatitis
Glossary of medical terms
Glucocorticoids in Veterinary Medicine - Rational Use of
Glucose monitoring
Gracie
Grape and Raisin Toxicity in Dogs
Grief
Grooming Problems - Old Cats and Old Dogs

H

Hard to Understand problems and illness
Health Alerts
Health Alerts
Health Care - Current Issues
Heart Disease
Heart Disease
Heartworm Disease
Heartworm Disease in Dogs and Cats
Heartworm medication - lapse in medication
Heartworm Prevention
Heartworm Prevention
Heartworm prevention - A true story (slightly altered for privacy purposes) from Dr. Mike's files
Heartworms
Heartworm Tests
Heartworm Transmission
Heartworm Treatment
Heavy Metal Dermatitis
Help your vet by supplying the information you know that he or she might not have
Herpes Virus 1 and Cat's Eyes - Feline
High Blood Sugar in Pets - Causes of
Hip Dysplasia - New Surgery
History and Changes in Veterinary Medicine
Holiday Toxins and Dangers
Homeopathy, Herbs
Hookworms and Roundworms
Hormone Testing
Hospital - It really is one
Hospitalization in Vet Medicine
House Training
Humans Bitten by Pets
Hyperadrenocortism
Hyperadrenocortism - basic facts
Hyperadrenocorticism ( Cushings Disease)
Hyperadrenocorticism (Cushing’s Disease) in Dogs and Cats
Hyperadrenocorticism - Diagnosing
Hyperadrenocorticism - Treating
Hyperadrenocorticism - Who develops it
HAC - What are the Signs
Hyperthyroidism
Hypertension
Hypothyroidism

I

Immune Mediated Hemolytic Anemia
Immune Mediated Thrombocytopenia (ITP)
Immune System Stimulants
Immunology
Inconsistent Advice
Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Information Sources
"In-house" Test Procedures
Injections for all
Injured Pets - Treating and Transporting
Instant diagnosis - cats
Instant diagnosis - dogs
Insulin Dose - Maximum
Insulin Resistance and Rapid Weight Gain
Insurance - Pet
Interesting Questions from This Month
Introducing a new pet into the household
Is it Science
Isoflurane Anesthesia
Itch Control and Allergy Immunotherapy
Itch Control - Alternatives to Glucocorticoids
Itching

Kidney Disease - New Test for
Kidney Disease-testing
Kidney Failure
Kidney Failure
Kidney Failure - basic facts
Kidney Failure and Cats
Kidneys - What Do They Do
Kiltix (tm)
Kittens and Puppies - Immediate Care of Newborn
Kittens, Puppies and Special Diets

Lab Work - Presurgical
Lab tests - repeat them
Lameness in Dogs and Cats
Laser Surgery - Is it Necessary
Lawsuits, a potential worry among vets
Learning to think like your vet
Leishmaniasis - Canine
Leptospirosis
Lessons Learned Online and in Veterinary Practice
Liver Disease
Liver Disease
Liver - What does it do
Lyme Disease
Lyme Disease
Lymphoma

"Mad Cow Disease" or BSE
Mail Order and Online Pharmacies (really)
Mammary Tumors
Mammary Tumors
Mange Mites, Fleas, and Ticks
Maintaining the health of your pet - Do your part
Mast Cell Tumors
Mast Cell Tumors
Medical History
Medicated shampoos
Medicated conditioners
Medication Advertisements
Medications - don't buy it if you can't give it
Medications -- From Your Pharmacy or From Your Vet
Medicine - Low Tech
Medications - new
Medications - new
Medications - new and new uses for older medications
Medications - New Generic
Medications - potential risks for drug interactions with mixing and matching
Medications revisited-old
Medications - Why Use those That Might Cause Harm
Megacolon
Melanoma
Melanoma Vaccine
Middle Age care
Miracles
Misleading Your Vet
Mistakes Veterinary Clients Make
MoMetaMax (Rx)
Money - if it is important, keep track of it
MonkeyPox and SARS
Monitoring
More Precious Than Oil
More then one cat or dog or the multiple pet Issue
Multiple illness
Murder, She Thought

N

Nail Trims
Nasal Adenocarcinoma
National Pet Week
Neurologic Disease
"Neuter" or a "Spay", What is it anyway? -
Neutrophil Functions and Disorders
Naval Bull
New Domain Names vetinfo4cats.com and vetinfo4dogs.com
New Products
New products and information
New server, new mail lists, new anti-spam software
New stuff and New Ways to Find Old Stuff
New Information
New Products
New Products
New Stuff
Nutrition and Pets
Non-medicated shampoos
Non-medicated conditioners
Normal Values
Not a Large Animal Story-
NSAIDs

Obstruction - Gastrointestinal
ODDS and ENDS
Odontoclastic Resorption Lesions - Feline
Odontoclastic Resorption Lesions - Feline
Older Dogs and Cats
ONE Thing Not to Say to Your Vet
One vet's quirks
Online Pharmacies - Does it Pay to Use them
Online and Mail Order Pharmacies (really)
Online Veterinarians -- A Controversy
Oral Medications - Administering
Our best Christmas present from a client
Out of Time

Pain Relief
Pain Relief for Pets
Pain Relief - New Medication
Pain Relief - OTC
PalmOS® Website With a Lot of Veterinary Information for Downloading
Pancreatitis
Parasites
Parvovirus
Perianal Fistulas
Pet Foods
Pet Health Insurance
Pet Insurance, Should You or Should You Not Insure Your Pet’s health
Pharmaceutical Information - Package Inserts
Pharmacies - Compounding
Phosphate Binders
Physical Exam
Physiologic Normals
Pilling and Cats
Polyuria/Polydipsia
Pony Swim - the
Post mortem exam - is it necessary
Pre-Operative Sedatives, Analgesics and Anesthetics
Presurgical Lab Work
Problems with Pets You Can Avoid
ProHeart 6 (tm)
Propofol
Providing for Pets When Pet Owners Die
PPA
Puppies and Kittens - Immediate Care of Newborn
Puppy and kitten needs
Puppies, Kittens and Special Diets

Rabies
Rabies - A reminder
Reasonable Expectations
Receptionist -Talk to Her or Him
Referral - Why is it Required
Remote Access Second Opinions
Rethinking Things
Review of recent veterinary literature
Revolution (TM), a New Medication for Prevention of Heartworms and Fleas
Ringworm - or Dermatophytosis - in dogs and cats
Ringworm (Dermatophytosis)
Risk versus Benefit Decisions
Roundworms and Hookworms
Routine Health Care
Rules of Thumb
Rumors and Fads in Veterinary Medicine

Sandy
Sarcomas - Vaccine Associated
SARS and MonkeyPox
Second Year
Seizure Control in Pets
Seizure control - Medicating for
Separation Anxiety
Sevoflurane
Shampoos and Conditioners
Sheba
Short Stories, Continued
Short Stories, very
Slow changes
Soft Tissue Sarcomas
Some people you just can't work for...
Some Stuff I Know Even Less About Than Most Things
"Spay" or a "neuter", What is it anyway? -
Specialists
Specialists - your vet won't or you don't want one
Specialists - Boards and Colleges that Certify them
Specialist - go to the
Specialists - Money Concerns
Spironolactone
Splenectomies
Spot and Duke
Spring Thoughts
SQ Fluids - Administering
Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Stomatitis/Gingivitis
Stuff You Shouldn't Say to Your Vet
Surgeries - Alternatives to Some
Surgeries - Emergency
Surgery
Surgery in Veterinary Medicine
Surgery Issue
Surgeries - Routine
Summer Travel with Pets - Quick Tips
Swamp Devil

"Tail Jerk" Injuries
Teeth - Fractured
Test Results -Interpreting
Tests - Why are Vets Reluctant to do Diagnostic Testing Sometimes
Tests - When not to do certain one's
The 80/20 and 10/80/10 Rules
Therapeutic Diets for Pets
Therapeutic Diets - Legal Issue of
Therapeutic Drug
The Things That People Say
Thinking about Thinking
Thunderstorm Anxiety
Tick Borne Disease Information Updates
Tick Borne Disease Information Updates (more)
Tick Control
Tick Control in Dogs and Cats
Ticks, Mange Mites, and Fleas
Titers for Cat Diseases
Toe Nails - Losing
Too good to be True
Tooth Brushing
Toxoplasmosis
Tracheal Collapse - Lomotil Not Helpful
Trauma
Traveling by Air-Pets
Trial and Error Tx
Trust Your Instincts

Using the VetInfo Subscriber Site
Urinalysis
URLs on our Site

Vaccine Associated Sarcomas
Vaccines - changes and safer adjuvents
Vaccinations
Vaccinations
Very Short Stories
Vet Care - Good Months for
Vet Check - Quick
Vet clinic - no one there at night
Veterinary Emergencies
Veterinary Hospital Staff Members
Veterinary Information - searching for
Veterinary Medicine - Ethical Choices
Veterinary Specialists
VetInfo Services - Update on
VetInfo Web Site - Useful URLs from the
Vet's - choose the right one
Vets and Vaccinations
Vets and vaccinations column - An addition to last month's
Veterinarian - don't mislead yours
Veterinarians - Common Mistakes Made by
Veterinary Practice Philosophies
Viral Infection
Vomiting - Acute
Vomiting - Chronic

W
Weight Control Issues
Weight Gain - Rapid and Insulin Resistance
West Nile Virus
West Nile Virus
West Nile Virus
West Nile Virus
What Dental Disorder Do 48% of Cats Have
What is good medicine
What was his name
What Do Those Tests Mean? Part II
What Would You Do, Doc
What Do YOU Do Doc? Part II
What is a normal value
What is a Specialist and Why Aren’t There More of Them
What's the Latest
When Do I Need an Ordinary "Second Opinion" and When Do I Need a Specialist
When Good Medications Do Bad Things
When Should You Just Do Nothing
When You KNOW Something is Wrong
Who's Who at the Vet's
Why Does My Cat Throw Up So Often
Why Doesn't My Vet Like My Breed
Why we only accept written questions

Y
Young Adult Care
You're Supposed to Warm the Water for a Leboyer Birth

Zoonotic Disease Issue
Zoonoses - Diseases that AREN'T

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