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July 2007 >> Available through your Veterinary Distributor, or contact: CATCO, 423 SE Eighth St., Cape Coral. FL 33990 for information Visit our Web Site at HTTP://www.bpsom.com/catco/catco.htm for distributor information. Photo: AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti The shadowy world of dog fighting is coming under increased scrutiny because of recent high-profile cases. Veterinarians are doing their part to help law enforcement collar offenders. Attack mode C OV E R AG E PGS. COMPLETE 24-35 Kansas veterinarians remain under scope of consumer-protection act Bill to remove health-care professions from language is vetoed By Krista Schultz ASSOCIATE EDITOR P H A R M AC Y S E RV I C E S TAG S TOPEKA, KAN. — Veterinarians remain vulnerable to consumer complaints and lawsuits despite legislative efforts in Kansas to exempt health-care professionals. Although already governed by licensing statutes and federal and state laws, the health-care industry will continue to fall under the added checksand-balances system of the Kansas Consumer Protection Act (KCPA). Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius vetoed a bill that would prevent consumers from seeking damages against health-care professionals for “deceptive” and “unconscionable” acts under the KCPA. “The enactment of the KCPA was for the purpose of protecting those INSIDE July 2007 vol. 38 | no.7 16 SAFETY FIRST An expert ranks the Top 5 workplace hazards facing veterinary-practice staffs. 45 IDENTITY SAFEGUARDS How to develop and maintain vetecon.com an effective plan to protect private data on workers, clients. Trumpet of the swan SUCCESS 60 SECRETS TO page 26 Consumers set the pace, your staff wins the race, says Dr. Michael H. 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Contents A Veterinary Medicine Interview Veterinary Voices Idea Exchange Diagnosis and Treatment of Solar Dermatitis in Dogs Diagnostic Imaging for Linear Foreign Bodies in Cats Overcoming the Diagnostic and Therapeutic Challenges of Canine Immune-Mediated Thrombocytopenia Ophthalmic drugs: What’s new? CE Form Product Preview Advertiser Index Marketplace/Classifieds Mind Over Miller

Veterinary Medicine - August 2007

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