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Brain Teaser: Can you solve this puzzle?

Test your veterinary knowledge with our monthly challenge, featuring a three-year-old male intact Beauceron presenting for six hours of lethargy, non-productive vomiting, and restlessness.

Continuing Education

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The Quiet Blind Eye

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In this session: Kathryn Diehl, MS, DVM, DACVO, focuses on differentials for acute but quiet blind eyes in dogs with concepts applicable to other species. Along the way, she will contrast some common “more active” / hot causes of ocular cloudiness and visual impairment.

Small Animal

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Putting the 'Fun' in Fundus: Examining the Posterior Segment of the Eye

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In this session: Anne Metzler, DVM, MS, Dipl. ACVO,  describes techniques for examination of the retina and optic nerve with a goal of differentiating pathologic changes from normal variations. A brief overview of species-specific variation in retinal and optic nerve anatomy is also provided.

Practice Management

Hell hath no fury like a vet with 'senioritis'

"To some extent, this version of volunteerism, what I’m alternatively calling “veterinary senioritis,” is possibly why so many veterinarians have turned to relief medicine. The power to say “no” is a tremendous antidote to what ails many in our profession."