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Myths vs. facts: The truth about ticks
VETERINARY ECONOMICS
Share these tick tips with your veterinary clients to help them keep their pets safe.
Your role in parasite prevention and treatment
FIRSTLINE
Regardless of whether you work in the front or the back of the clinic, you can play a vital role in identifying and preventing hemoparasitic infections.
University of Nebraska seeks answers about 'supershedding' of pathogens in livestock
DVM NEWSMAGAZINE
Lincoln. Neb. — Researchers at the University of Nebraska have been awarded a five-year, $2.35 millioin grant by the U.S. Department of Agriculture to find what makes some livestock "supershedders" of food-borne pathogens.
CAPC Road Show: A little Northern exposure
VETERINARY MEDICINE
Summer is here when the Companion Animal Parasite Council takes the show on the road in the big RV.
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Heartworm preventive resistance and Immiticide shortage
VETERINARY MEDICINE
Learn about these important issues associated with canine heartworm disease.
8 vectors and hosts of Bartonella bacteria
FIRSTLINE
Bartonellosis is usually transmitted by cat scratches and bites contaminated with flea feces. Learn more about the animals that host and pass on the Bartonella bacteria.
Tick trivia: A clinical quiz
FIRSTLINE
Test your knowledge of these little suckers and the diseases they transmit.
Chart: 6 zoonoses you should know
FIRSTLINE
An in-depth chart of common zoonoses just in time for the spring parasite explosion.
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More than just flea control in cats
VETERINARY MEDICINE
Monthly flea control products can prevent flea-borne Bartonella species infections in cats and, possibly, subsequent spread to owners.
Getting a leash on visceral leishmaniasis
VETERINARY MEDICINE
Although not yet endemic in the United States, more cases of this parasitic--and potentially zoonotic--disease are being seen. Are you ready to handle affected dogs?
Have You Heard? More sleep = fewer parasites (4:10)
VETERINARY MEDICINE
Researchers have verified a benefit of sleep.
Leishmaniasis in North American foxhounds (6:02)
VETERINARY MEDICINE
Dr. Stephen C. Barr examines this parasitic disease and its public health concerns.
Have You Heard? Toxoplasmosis and schizophrenia: A link? (3:30)
VETERINARY MEDICINE
People exposed to Toxoplasma gondii have an increased risk of developing schizophrenia, says a study published in the American Journal of Psychiatry.

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