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Posted on December 2, 2009
The guest editor for the December issue of The Veterinary Examiner is Dr. Jeff Zuba. For the past 17 years, Dr. Zuba has been a staff veterinarian at the San Diego Wild Animal Park. Professional highlights include being a faculty member for the Envirovet Institute (an ecosystem veterinary health program), an affiliate clinical professor at [...]
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Posted on December 2, 2009
The patient is 4.54 billion years old, weighs 5.94 x 1024 tons, has a girth of 24,900 miles, is the third planet from the sun and looks like a blue marble from space. For medical record purposes, this female patient is called ‘Mother Earth’. Her skin, called tectonic plates, came to life (welcome RNA, DNA!) [...]
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Posted on December 2, 2009
By Christopher Herndon, M.D. People have been using plants as materia medica since the dawn of history. Medicinal plants have been found in the Shanidar IV cave site in Iraq dating from 60-80,000 years ago. A fur strap found on the wrist of the 5,000 year-old Ice Man from the Alps contained threaded fragments of [...]
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Posted on December 2, 2009
Written by Dr. Jeff Zuba, Associate Veterinarian San Diego Wild Animal Park Probably one of the most memorable aspects of my journey through the University of Wisconsin (undergraduate, graduate and veterinary school) was the career mentorship I received from a select number of professors and veterinarians. Even more meaningful was how they developed from being [...]
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Posted on December 2, 2009
Click on the link below to view free sample NAVLE preparatory questions from VetPrep, the sponsor of The Veterinary Examiner. Every month, new trial questions are added to correspond to the study topic of the month. This is a great way to get a head start and to test and reinforce your knowledge. You may [...]
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Posted on December 2, 2009
By Bradford P Smith, DVM, DACVIM, Professor Emeritus I recall the summer between my second and third years in veterinary school way back in the 1960s, when I worked in the clinic on the large animal treatment crew. The other students had gone home or to some job off campus, leaving a few of us [...]
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Posted on December 2, 2009
Exam dates, and registration procedures and deadlines NAVLE Testing Window November 16 – December 12 VIRMP Match December 7, 2009 – Application deadline. Last date for applicant to complete Application Packet online. Transcripts and Letters of Reference due to the VIRMP. January 15, 2010 – Applicant rank order lists due/End of withdrawal period. Last date [...]
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