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The COMPANION newsletter is sponsored by BluePearl and by our Partners in Education for the Sunshine State’s veterinarians, veterinary technicians, assistants and practice managers.  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, Outreach Coordinator Bobbi Kelley at bobbi.kelley@bluepearlvet.com, or call us at 813.933.8944.

Thank you to our 2013 Partners in Education: Abbott Animal Health, Antech Diagnostics, Hill’s Pet Nutrition, Novartis Animal Health, Stokes Pharmacy, Trupanion and Zoetis.

• Companion 2013 Spring: A new look! | Laser therapy | Achieving weight loss compliance | ?4U: Is this 2M2H? | Reverse sneezing

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• Kibble for Techs, Winter 2013: Meet Danielle Davis | The art of ears | Once bitten, twice shy | Why some cats can count to 20 | What is refeeding syndrome? | Now you know | CE

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• Companion for DVMs, Winter 2013: SNIFF! Meet Jennifer S. Goodman, DVM | Regenerative stem cell therapy | Five years and counting | A sticky situation | Can calcium oxalate stones be prevented? | Congestive heart failure | Pain management for cancer patients | Join us for upcoming CE sessions

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• Kibble for Techs, Fall 2012: Compassion fatigue | Is restraint important in the ophthalmic world? | ?4U: Is this 2M2H?

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• Companion for DVMs, Fall 2012: You’re invited, pain relief for cats, subcutaneous emphysema, FDA tools & More

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• Kibble for Techs, Summer 2012: Massage for your patients, diagnosis by nose, right-handed or left-handed pets?, Addison’s disease & more

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• Companion for DVMs, Summer 2012: Addison’s disease clinical trial, cryotherapy, hyperthyroidism cure, PUGR, plasma volume expander, oncologic surgery for the cure

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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
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• Companion 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
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• Kibble 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!
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• Companion 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
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• Kibble 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
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• COMPANION 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
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• KIBBLE 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
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• COMPANION 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
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• COMPANION 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
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• COMPANION 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
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• COMPANION 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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