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Our newsletters are sponsored by our Partners in Education for the Sunshine State’s veterinary community: COMPANION is written for veterinarians and KIBBLE is for veterinary technicians and veterinary assistants. Your feedback is important to us. If you have any questions or would like follow up on any story, please contact Medical Director Erick Mears at erick.mears@bluepearlvet.com or Outreach Coordinator Bobbi Kelley at bobbi.kelley@bluepearlvet.com. Or call us at 813.933.8944.
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Kibble for Techs, Spring 2012: Tech Myths & Secrets Revealed!
When is a human, a pet?; facts on fleas; removing ticks; Cuterebra larva; cancer treatments; test yourself on vector-borne diseases, tech CE
DownloadCompanion for DVMs, Spring 2012: Call for Cruciate Repair Clinical Trial Participants
Criteria for cruciate repair clinical trial patients; Saturday elective surgery and consultations available with Drs. Bleyaert, Reems and Salas; bladder and urethral tumors; foreign body treatment; NSAIDs and corticosteroids = dangerous cocktail; are IV fluids microwavable?; CE schedules
DownloadKibble for Techs Winter 2012: Monitoring pets with urgent illness
Monitoring pets undergoing anesthesia and those with urgent illness; nursing the patient with sudden paralysis?; causes and treatment of fevers; can cats see colors?; how thermometers work; how cats manage to land on their feet; a neurology crossword puzzle to challenge you!
DownloadCompanion for DVMS, Winter 2012: Medications that may alter canine thyroid function testing
Medications that may alter canine thyroid function testing; therapy for canine bone tumors; how much fluid can be safely removed from a pleural effusion?; treating bacterial infections; fluid treatment in patients with Addisonian disease, brain injuries, urinary obstructions; use of human albumin for critical patients; managing pulmonary contusions; CE by the Sea photos
DownloadKibble for Techs Fall 2011: Patient Monitoring
Stethoscopes, how ECGs work, radiation safety, cardiology alphabet soup, how cats land on their feet, dogs' & cats' sense of hearing
DownloadCOMPANION FOR DVMs, FALL 2011: The Other High Blood Pressure
Pulmonary hypertension; managnig our practices through challenging times; feline blood types; pearls of wisdom from this year's ACVIM meeting; when is radiation therapy the right choice? treating rear limb weakness; elective surgeries now offered in Clearwater and Brandon
DownloadKIBBLE for Techs, Summer 2011: HOW DOES CANCER SPREAD?
Metastasis; patient monitoring and capnography; working up a lather with derm shampoos; purrrrrr with oncology tech Jen G
DownloadCOMPANION for DVMs, Summer 2011: Facial Nerve Paralysis
How advanced imaging modalities such as MRI are invaluable in reaching an accurate diagnosis for facial nerve paralysis; pharmaceutical compounding; liver shunts; Xylitol; soft-tissue sarcoma; meet Dr. Nicole Salas, surgery service
DownloadCOMPANION for DVMs, Spring 2011: Feline Heart Murmur
When is a feline heart murmur of concern?; minimally invasive procedures; component blood therapy; trilostane for Cushing's; feline hypertension alert; meet Dr. Jen Coyle, oncology service
DownloadCOMPANION for DVMs, Winter 2010: ELEVATED LIVER VALUES
Find out how Dr. Luria deals with elevated ALT/ALP values on routine labwork in otherwise healthy dogs; neutraceuticals and liver disease; diagnosing the coughing canine; compounded meds; FHM
DownloadCOMPANION for DVMs, Fall 2010: Feline Heartworm Disease
Feline heartworm; an update on canine heartworm; atopy; Minimally Invasive Medicine & Interventional radiography Service; what's new in diabetes care; meet Dr. Heather Willis-Goulet of the dermatology service
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