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The COMPANION newsletter is sponsored by BluePearl and by our Partners in Education for Middle Tennessee’s veterinarians, veterinary technicians, assistants and practice managers.  Your feedback is important to us. If you have any questions or would like follow up on any article, please contact our hospital administrator, Darcy Meade at darcy.meade@bluepearlvet.com, or our outreach coordinator, Nicole Young at nicole.young@bluepearlvet.com, or call us at 615.333.1212.

Thank you to our 2013 Partners in Education: Abbott Animal Health, Antech Diagnostics, Hill’s Pet Nutrition, Novartis Animal Health, Stokes Pharmacy, Trupanion and Zoetis.

• COMPANION 2013 SPRING: TRILOSTANE FOR CUSHING’S DISEASE | STORM PHOBIA | AN INTERVIEW WITH DR. STRICKLER | MORE

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• Kibble for Techs, Winter 2013: It’s not a tumor? | Cardiology’s alphabet soup| What’s in your pet’s food?| Now you know – Stethoscopes | What is the purpose of the third eyelid? | Urinary catheters

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• Companion for DVMs Winter 2013: A sticky situation | Diabetic ketoacidosis in dogs and cats | What goes down, may need to come up | Feline hypertension alert | Down but not out | How do you treat hyperthyroidism? | CE sessions coming your way

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• Kibble for Techs, Fall 2012: An invisible risk | Once bitten, twice shy | Disinfecting & sterilizing | How do glucometers work?

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• Companion for DVMs Fall 2012: Etiology & management of alterations in systolic blood pressure | A fourth choice for cats with hyperthyroidism | NSAIDs in patients with kidney failure | More

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• Kibble for Techs, Summer 2012: Is your pet a southpaw?; spider bites; patient monitoring; we want your input on tech CE

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• Companion for DVMs, Summer 2012: Diabetic cats & corticosteroids; economics of dental radiography; melanomas; FIC; pulmonary hypertension; uremia therapy

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• Tennessee Spring 2012 Kibble

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• COMPANION FOR DVMS, Spring 2012: New Plasma Volume Expander Introduced

  VetStarch hits the market; BluePearl in Tennessee introduces behavioral service; treating malocclussion; treating esophageal strictures; assessing deep pain; feline anemia FHM
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• Kibble for Techs Winter 2012: What is FLUTD?

  What is FLUTD?; electrocardiography monitoring; all about the colon; 2012 technician CE; an interview with Mary Saunders, LVMT, VTS (ECC), of our critical care service
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• COMPANION for DVMs Winter 2012: Fighting bacterial infections: Let the laboratory be your guide

  Fighting bacterial infections; medications that may alter canine thyroid function testing; fluid therapies; proceed cautiously when using human albumin; canine bone tumor treatments
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• Kibble for Techs Fall 2011: Patient Monitoring

  Patient monitoring techniques - oximetry and capnography; causes of sudden paralysis; tech and assistant CEs; an interview with Latisha Lampley, BS, LVMT
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• COMPANION FOR DVMs, FALL 2011: A Pain in the Back

  Rear-limb weakness in dogs; how to proceed after the cancer diagnosis; curing cancer by removing tumors; cystalluria; pearls from this summer's ACVIM meeting; CE info; interview with Dr. Nicole Piscitelli
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• KIBBLE for Techs Summer 2011, You Give Me Fever!

  All about fevers; cuterebra larva; dehydration; antibiotics quiz; IV catheter care; purrrrrr, meet Crystal Pitman LVMT
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• COMPANION for DVMs Summer 2011: CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE (CHF)

  Congestive heart failure; limb salvage; canine MCTs; portosystemic shunts; a cautionary tale about xylitol; an interview with Kim Johnson, DVM, DACVIM-Oncology
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• COMPANION for DVMs Spring 2011: Is it a Protein Losing Enteropathy?

  Protein losing enteropathy; feline hypertension alert; blood component therapy; cystalluria; after the cancer diagnosis; preventing calcium oxalate stones; feline blood typing
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• COMPANION for DVMs Winter 2010: I-131 Treatment

  I-131 now at BluePearl; facial nerve paralysis; recurrent feline constipation; neutraceuticals & liver disease; elevated liver values in seemingly normal dogs; GI foreign bodies; compounded medications
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• COMPANION for DVMs Fall 2010: Laryngeal Paralysis

  Laryngeal paralysis; causes of sudden canine collapse; advantages of arthroscopy; the latest in diabetes care ; an interview with Marc Berkovitch, DVM, DACVIM-SAIM
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