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ErgoPractice News - Jan/Feb 2024 By Jin Chang PhD jchang@surgitel.com Summary When making a purchase, particularly one that can have a positive impact on your health and well-being, it’s only natural to have questions. To assist you in making informed decisions, we’ve compiled a list of 10 questions and our responses. However, we understand that each person’s needs and concerns ...
CPR training equips people with life-saving skills that can save lives. Learning CPR can benefit almost anyone. Some careers highly value this training as part of their professional skills. This article explores careers that require CPR training because of their job responsibilities. Medical and Healthcare Industry Professionals Fundamentally, professionals in the medical and healthcare ...
Avian cell lines for human and veterinary vaccine manufacturing Currently, many NDV-based vaccines and viral vectors are still produced using a traditional process in embryonated chicken eggs or primary chicken embryo fibroblasts (CEF). ...
ByNuvonis
Success doesn’t just come from a winning idea or an exciting new concept. Success comes from having a dedicated team behind that idea, with the enthusiasm and commitment to drive it from concept to clinic. ...
National Pet Week was created in 1981 by the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) and the Auxiliary to the AVMA. It is celebrated each year during the first full week of May to encourage responsible pet care and to celebrate the bond between pets and their people. ...
As most of you know by now, arthritis is one of the most common diseases that afflicts pets. In fact, according to most estimates, 1 in 5 dogs is affected by osteoarthritis. Additionally, it is estimated that 40-92% of cats are affected by arthritis. There are numerous potential treatment modalities for arthritis including medications, rehabilitation, and even VetStem Cell Therapy. Another ...
The work was supported by funds of the LSU Division of Biotechnology & Molecular Medicine, School of Veterinary Medicine, by a Governor's Biotechnology Initiative grant from the Louisiana Board of Regents (to K.K.), and by Cores of the Center for Experimental Infectious Disease Research, and Louisiana Biomedical Research Network, supported by NIH: NIGMS P30GM110670 and ...
Additionally, according to the American College of Veterinary Surgeons, 40-60% of dogs who injure one cruciate ligament will go on to injure the other cruciate ligament in the future. ...
We absolutely love hearing stem cell success stories from pet owners. But some stories are extra touching because it’s clear that VetStem really improved a pet’s quality of life. That’s the case with Molly, a senior chocolate lab who was suffering from severe osteoarthritis and a potential spinal ...
What do rat poison and anticoagulation medicine have in common? As often happens in scientific discovery, research follows a twisted route to the most effective remedy. ...
The study, called the Vaccination Against Canine Cancer Study, or VACCS, is the largest, most expensive interventional veterinary cancer trial to date. Although testing cancer therapies in dogs is still unusual in cancer research, the practice is growing as scientists realize that our canine friends provide a much better preclinical model than mice. ...
ByCalviri
In vitro animal models would drastically reduce the need for in vivo animal studies for human drug development, as well as provide an invaluable tool as for the development of agricultural and veterinary medicines. In vitro animal studies could be completed more rapidly at less cost than traditional in vivo approaches. ...
” The platform is intended for use beyond COVID-19 PCR testing and even beyond medical, with potential for veterinary, chemical, and foodservice testing. “It is not a COVID-specific platform,” said Patel. ...
ByFluxergy
A suture practice kit is a must-have for anyone who's aspiring to become a medic, veterinarian or physician. It should be noted that not all suture kits are alike, and you'll find that some are better than others. To prevent you from wasting time and money finding the right one, here's a short guide to help you out. The Suture Pad Must Be Realistic and Have Many Different Wound Types It's ...
In both dogs and cats, hypothermia, and even hyperthermia, can often happen with any lengthy surgical procedure – dental or general – or in a patient that has comorbid issues. Veterinary-specific multiparameter digital monitors are the key to quickly determining if an anesthetized patient is becoming hypothermic during a procedure. Prior to the availability of ...
We hear a lot about how to protect yourself and others right now… and it is especially important to me because I am in a high-risk group (over 65 with underlining health conditions). In the Dairy Industry, we deal with high-risk groups every day–cows that have just calved and newborn calves less than 75 days of age. Herd immunity threshold (percent of animals that are immune) ...
Synonyms Rainbow Trout Fry Syndrome (RTFS) Bacterial fry anemia Low temperature disease Peduncle disease Saddleback Tail-rot Systemic myxobacteriosis Cause of the Disease Bacterial Coldwater Disease (BCWD) is caused by Flavobacterium psychrophilum, also known as Flexibacter psychrophilus and Cytophaga psychrophila. There may be strain differences among isolates but their importance ...
Formaldehyde health and safety is vital since the chemical has many uses in the healthcare industry, not just preserving bodies in the morgue. Formaldehyde is used as a disinfectant as well as a tissue preservative. As a tissue preservative, it can be found in histology labs where tissues are sectioned and prepared for microscopic analysis. Of course, autopsies can also subject the examiner and ...
Insect cells are used to express proteins for research, as well as to manufacture biologicals for human and veterinary medicine. Recently, several insect cell lines used for recombinant protein expression were found to be persistently infected with adventitious viruses. ...
By degrading the dung of livestock that graze on pastures, coprophilous arthropods accelerate the cycling of nutrients to maintain pasture quality. Many veterinary medicinal products, such as ivermectin, are excreted unchanged in the dung of treated livestock. ...