The game does a good job of being matter-of-fact and professional, asking you to select the three most pertinent, professional questions to ask, handling injections, rectal temperatures, and stool samples with a minimum of fuss. It will present the cases with info on the normal pulse and temperature for that species, then ask the doctor if a particular reading is high, low, or normal.
The program takes about 15 minutes to install, but once installed, you don’t need to insert the CDs to play – something I really appreciate rather than expecting a child to handle the CDs (or having to take them on trips). Pet Pals is a great game to give to any youngster who loves animals or loves a more realistic game.
The cases seem well chosen to help educate about the care of the various species and to help compare and contrast appropriate care for different animals.
For example a rabbit with a hairball, and you could learned that rabbits cannot vomit, that hairballs are life-threatening, and that rabbits are poor surgical candidates. removed an abcess from an iguana in minor surgery, which was just the right amount of ‘icky’ to help get the feel of the real thing. Details >>
Feline Panleukopenia Infection occurs when cats come in contact with the blood, urine, stool, nasal secretions, or even the fleas from infected cats. A cat can also become infected without ever coming in direct contact with an infected cat. Bedding, cages, food dishes and the hands or clothing of people who handle the infected cat may harbor the virus and transmit it to other cats. It is, therefore, very important to isolate infected cats. Any materials used on or for infected cats should not be used or allowed to come in contact with other cats, and people handling infected cats should practice proper hygiene to prevent spreading the infection.
The virus that causes Feline Panleukopenia is difficult to destroy and resistant to many disinfectants. At room temperatures, virus present in a cat’s environment can still infect other cats for up to one year. Ideally, unvaccinated cats should not be allowed into an area where an infected cat has been, even if the area has been disinfected. Pregnant female cats that are infected with the virus and become ill (even if they do not appear seriously ill) may give birth to kittens with severe brain damage. In most cases, if a cat recovers from Feline Panleukopenia, it will not infect other cats through direct contact.
source: avma brochure. image source: www.pbase.com
Females need to be spayed before 6 months too. You don’t want your dog to go through a pregnancy and a stressful and hormone ridden delivery every three months. Moreover, the scent of a female in heat can attract unneutered males from miles around. Dogs attracted to a female have been known to try to enter yards, and indulge in bloody fights over the female.
KENTAMED 1ME is an intelligent, microprocessor controlled electrosurgical unit.
This economic model contains the most used functions in monopolar electro surgery.
It characterizes with reliable operation, operating comfort and patient’s safety.
The unit has 100W maximal output power and 4 operating modes, allowing the surgeon to obtain a
Different tissue effects:
• smooth cutting (CUT),
• cutting with increased degree of homeostasis (CUT1),
• standard coagulation (COAG1) and
• Superficial coagulation (COAG2).
Each of these modes has independent power setting, shown by digital LED indication. A digital memory stores the last power settings. The unit can be activated by footswitch. Overheating (OH) and Power failure (PF) sensors increase the patient’s safety. A status monitor on the front panel indicates if some of the controlled parameters are out of the norm. If this happen, the control circuit immediately switches off the output power and generates a sound alarm.
This unit is designed to work flawlessly even at operations requiring long duration and high output power. In the same time it provides precise adjustment in the low power range (Micro mode). During his work the surgeon independently and conveniently can activate the different operating modes by two-button electrode handle or by double footswitch. Separate potentiometers adjusts the output power for each group of working modes, thereby minimizing the necessity of readjusting the unit during the operation. The patient’s safety is increased by Neutral Electrode Monitoring System (NEMSY). Optionally the unit can,be equipped with ENDO SAVE system to additionally increase the safety for both patient and instruments. BUY NOW
With VIA you can stay on top of your critical information to improve productivity and the financial performance of your hospital, such as: Generate graphical treatment flowsheets that automatically capture fees; Eliminate missed charges through medically driven invoicing; Use electronic whiteboards to monitor hospitalized patient treatment tasks; Improve client relations, employee satisfaction, and operating efficiency; View Digital Radiographs and transmit orders to DICOM radiology equipment; Capture handwritten notes, drawings, and consent signatures; Access your information from home to review medical cases and finances, etc.
The Accounts section provides access to all information related to your client accounts: client and patient files, medical notes, medical history, estimates, invoices, and transaction history.
Patient medical history can be viewed by individual office visit, enabling you to quickly scan all reasons for visit to drill down on a specific case. The Preview Pane improves readability by automatically displaying pertinent medical information. SOAP notes, images, video, services, drug labels, lab graphs, and vaccine information are previewed as you scroll, eliminating unnecessary clicks to see attachments. History can be filtered, for instance, to compare lab results from several visits at once.
With VIA’s SOAP notes (Subjective-Objective-Assessment-Plan) you can document every action that occurs during a patient visit, from the initial client communications to your final diagnoses and plan, as well as store vitals, physical exams, invoiced charges, digital images, sound, and video.
Up until now, this type of detailed information took valuable time to record either in handwritten notes or on a computer. VIA streamlines that process by allowing you to define key phrases, abnormalities, and examination parameters, so you can generate precise, thorough medical notes with only a few clicks of the mouse.
VIA provides an industry first DICOM compliant solution that integrates billing, modality worklist request, PACS querying, and image viewing, all from within your practice management system. VIA’s DICOM Communication and Imaging module allows for seamless integration with Digital Radiography, Computed Radiography, Ultrasound, MRI, and other imaging modalities and PACS (picture archiving and communications) systems.
Generate image study requests and review completed studies. Access high resolution DICOM images directly from a patient’s medical history. Use VIA’s image enhancement tools to view both bone and soft tissue from a single image. View images from any workstation in your hospital. Compare and contrast historical cases by querying the PACS archive. Electronically transfer your images for consultation with a specialist or colleague.
VIA is a complete management system, with functionality encompassing user security to advanced data querying and backup capabilities. VIA is completely problem oriented with the medical record in a SOAP format. It is versatile; can be used by the computer illiterate, but can be customized up to the computer savvy.
The new feature is VIA Safe™. VIA Safe™ is the automated online backup service by Sound-Eklin that creates a secure, off-site backup of your VIA™ Practice Management System every day. VIA Safe utilizes your internet connection to automatically send a backup of your hospital data to a secure, off-site data center. VIA Safe creates an encrypted, incremental backup of your data every day and runs completely unattended. You will receive email notifications from VIA Safe to inform you when a backup has occurred or if a problem was encountered.
The powerful Data Mining tool lets you perform database queries across all of your medical, financial, and clinical data. Analyze data to spot trends, relate medical cases, find your highest and lowest revenue clients, and generate any type of search you desire.
You can even search for medical pictures, radiographs, or ultrasound images. Search variables can be memorized for later use, and information exported directly to Microsoft Excel for further analysis. Reviewing financial transactions is a snap using VIA’s Financial Registers. Just choose a financial account and a date range and all transactions linked to that account appear. Simply click on any transaction to view or edit it and your books are instantly recalculated and updated.
In the end, the bottom line is value. To be justified, veterinary management software must help you generate higher revenue, lower your expenses, and practice better medicine. VIA does all with ease. It is very easy to use and is the most extensive software on the market. Get your free Demo now!!
Very young puppies and kittens are highly susceptible to infectious diseases because their immune systems are not fully mature. While nursing, their mother’s milk contains antibodies (special proteins) that provide some immunity to diseases; however, these maternal antibodies do not last long, and there may be gaps in protection as the milk antibodies decrease and the puppies’ or kittens’ immune system isn’t yet capable of fighting off infection.
In many instances, the first dose of a vaccine serves to prime the pet’s immune system against the virus or bacteria while subsequent doses help to further stimulate the immune system to produce the antibodies needed to protect a pet from specific diseases. To keep these gaps in protection as small as possible and to provide optimal protection against disease in the first few months of life, a series of vaccinations are scheduled, usually 3-4 weeks apart.
For most puppies and kittens, the final vaccination in the series is administered at about 4 months of age; however, in some situations, a veterinarian may alter this schedule based on an individual animal’s risk factors. Remember that an incomplete series of vaccinations may lead to incomplete protection, making puppies and kittens vulnerable to infection.
source: avma brochure, image source: Highway 29 Veterinary Hospital


Wireless ECG
The first Bluetooth equipped ECG monitor. Artifact suppression and low noise electronics offer the cleanest, most readable ECG trace possible. When this quality is combined with an interference-free wireless connection to your computer, the result is a low priced ECG system with a large screen display that can be easily seen from across the room. ECG information, including clinic and patient identification, ECG trace, heart rate, chart speed, gain, etc. can all be saved to file and stored on your computer without the hassle of downloading.
PC-Vet can be used in the exam room to screen for heart abnormalities that may cause problems before, during and after surgery. ECG screens add value to the initial and subsequent annual exam and often allow the practitioner to find defects that support follow on care. Dr. Larry Tilley, a cardiology consultant, states that no other diagnostic test, including ultrasound, can accurately determine the source of various arrhythmias and conduction abnormalities as is done with ECG testing. Lead II is all that is needed in most cases; you can do away with complex lead analysis, axis shifts and perfect positioning of the pet. “The majority of veterinarians can interpret their own ECG by simply focusing on the heart rate and the cardiac rhythm.” For difficult cases, the ECG printout can be emailed directly to cardiology-based services for quick and inexpensive interpretations to determine the necessary course of action.Buy Now
The CDS 2000, Advanced small animal anesthesia machine is a high end anesthesia system. The one-piece frame assembly provides a small work shelf suitable for holding a table top pulse oximeter or other vital signs monitors. The universal mounting bracket accepts any current out-of-circuit vaporizer such as Tech3, Tech4 and Ohio-style vaporizers. Buy Now