Large Animal Topic

Colic in Adult Cattle

...Simultaneous auscultation and percussion with particular attention paid to areas of resonance, abdominal palpation per rectum, and abdominal ballottement. Blood work including a packed cell volume, total protein, lactate, serum...
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Residents’ Workshops begin in October

...DVM, DACVS (Small Animal): Hernia-palooza: An AB-dominal Exploration January 8, 2024 Hunter Piegols, DVM, DACVS (Small Animal): Abdominal Neoplasia Valentine Verpaalen, DVM, MS, DACVS (Small Animal): Total Hip Arthroplasty  ...
Small Animal Topic

Achilles’ Tendon Injuries

...and protecting the surgery repair with the aforementioned options for that time. Complete healing of the tendon can take a total of 9-12 months. If your veterinary surgeon has applied...
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Maintenance of certification deadline reminder

Diplomates certified by ACVS in 2018 must submit their maintenance of certification (MOC) record to ACVS in CERT by November 1, 2023, 11:59 pm (ET). Diplomates must document a total...
Small Animal Topic

Salivary Mucocele

...the mucocele as he or she chews. A pharyngeal mucocele is generally totally undetectable until the oral cavity is examined with sedation. Pets with pharyngeal mucoceles may experience respiratory distress...
Small Animal Topic

Nasopharyngeal Polyps

...treated with total ear canal ablation procedure (see Otitis Externa). Figure 7. Cat’s skull (nose is to the left). The blue arrows point to the bullae- the bony sacs that...
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Maintenance of certification deadline reminder

...total of 100 activity points. A minimum of 70 activity points must be in the Diplomate’s respective specialty of certification (e.g., small animal surgery or large animal surgery). ACVS will...
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New Diplomates Certified in 2023

...total number of ACVS Diplomates is now 2,438 with approximately 67 percent small animal surgeons and 33 percent large animal surgeons. Brittany E. Abrams, DVM Diplomate, American College of Veterinary...