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We found a new home! Go to dvm360.com and click on “Medicine” to ﬁnd these multimedia extras and to read this issue online. Have You Heard? Scrutinizing in-clinic bacterial culture practices Benjamin L. Hart, DVM, PhD, DACVB In this video, Dr. Hart provides two tips for acclimating kittens to a new home. A recent survey looked into how safely and effectively bacterial cultures are performed in practice. Weekly Web updates Every Monday, delve into Dr. Kevin Fitzgerald’s thoughts on clinical practice in his weekly blog, Practice Makes Perfect… …And every day in NEWShound, find stories related to animals and medicine you may have missed. “I suggest that when people adopt a cat from a shelter or from a breeder they ask, ‘May I take the litter box with me?’” Hot Literature Updated once a week, this recent addition to the Medicine page on dvm360.com features summaries of the latest veterinary research that has immediate application to your practice. See a sample on page 120 in this issue. Just Ask the Expert Here is your chance to ask experts in the ﬁelds of dentistry, endocrinology, and parasitology your questions. Just send an e-mail to vm@advanstar.com with the subject line Dental Question, Endocrinology Question, or Parasitology Question. Sign up. To receive a monthly e-mail linking you to Veterinary Medicine Digital, send an e-mail to join-VM_digital@listmgr.advanstar .com, and write Digital Edition in the subject line. Veterinary Medicine (ISSN 8750-7943 print; ISSN 1939-1919 online) is published monthly by Advanstar Communications Inc., 131 West First St., Duluth, MN 55802-2065. One year subscription rates: $59 in the United States & Possessions; $70 in Canada and Mexico; $95 all other countries. Foreign subscribers can pay an optional $50 airmail surcharge for a total subscription price of $145 U.S. funds. Single issue orders $10 a copy in the United States, $15 in all other countries. Periodicals postage paid at Duluth, MN 55806 and additional mailing of ces. POSTMASTER: Please send address changes to Veterinary Medicine, P.O. Box 6087, Duluth, MN 55806-6087. Canadian GST Number: R-124213133RT001. Publications Mail Agreement Number: 40017597. Return all undeliverable Canadian addresses to: Circulation Dept. or DPGM, 7496 Bath Road #2, Mississauga ON L4T 1L2. Printed in the U.S.A. reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical including by photocopy, recording, or information storage and retrieval without permission in writing from the publisher. Authorization to photocopy items for internal/educational or personal use, or the internal/educational or personal use of speci c clients is granted by Advanstar Communications Inc. for libraries and other users registered with the Copyright Clearance Center, 222 Rosewood Dr. Danvers, MA 01923, 978-750-8400 fax 978-646-8700. For uses beyond those listed above, please direct your written request to Permission Dept. fax 440-891-2650. promote relevant products, services, and other opportunities which may be of interest to you. If you do not want Advanstar Communications to make your contact information available to third parties for marketing purposes, simply call toll-free (888) 527-7008 between the hours of 7:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. CST and a customer service representative will assist you in removing your name from Advanstar’s lists. Outside the United States, please call (218) 740-6505. Veterinary Medicine does not verify any claims or other information appearing in any of the advertisements contained in the publication, and cannot take responsibility for any losses or other damages incurred by readers in reliance on such content. Publisher assumes no responsibility for unsolicited manuscripts, photographs, art, and other material. Unsolicited material will not be returned. Address correspondence to Veterinary Medicine, 8033 Flint, Lenexa, KS 66214; (913) 871-3800; e-mail vm@advanstar.com. Advanstar Communications provides certain customer contact data (such as customers’ names, addresses, phone numbers, and e-mail addresses) to third parties who wish to PRINTED IN THE U.S.A. Copyright ©2009 Advanstar Communications Inc. All rights VETERINARY MEDICINE March 2009 113 http://www.dvm360.com http://www.dvm360.com http://veterinarymedicine.dvm360.com/vetmed/Medicine/Two-tips-for-acclimating-kittens-to-a-new-home-252/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/565655?contextCategoryId=39607 http://veterinarymedicine.dvm360.com/vetmed/Medicine/The-importance-of-communication-in-the-exam-room-5/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/585206 http://veterinarymedicine.dvm360.com/Practice+Makes+Perfect http://veterinarymedicine.dvm360.com/Just+Ask+the+Expert http://veterinarymedicine.dvm360.com/vetmed http://dvm360.com

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Veterinary Medicine - March 2009 Contents Letters Correction Author Guidelines Hot Literature Idea Exchange A Challenging Case Local and Regional Anesthesia Techniques The Latest Scoop on Litter Product Preview CE Form/Advertiser Index Marketplace/Classifieds Mind Over Miller

Veterinary Medicine - March 2009

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