The Wildlife Services (WS) Program manages wildlifelhuman conflicts by using an integrated approach employing some vertebrate pesticides. These are used in such small quantities that private industry cannot afford to register and produce them profitably. On behalf of WS, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) maintains about 30 federal and state pesticide registrations, containi...

Background: Squamous cells are normally not found inside the breast, so a primary squamous cell carcinoma of the breast is an exceptional phenomenon. There is a possible explanation for these findings. Case presentation: A 72-year-old woman presented with a breast abnormality suspected for breast carcinoma. After the operation the pathological examination revealed a primary squamous cell carcin...

26 " I think that it is important that the doctor should study how to learn prognosis knowing and warning in advance that whoever lives and whoever dies, he will be able to avoid criticism. " Hippocrates, Aphorisms II.19 1 Since the earliest of times, knowing the prognosis of a sick individual has been a constant desire of doctors. When faced with the uncertainty that illness produces in the in...

Pre-operative considerations Pre-operative preparation of the horse may be fairly abbreviated when anesthesia and surgery are occurring in the field, however it is wise to conduct a brief physical exam. The cardiovascular system should be examined by ausculting the heart and palpating the pulse. Murmurs or heart block may or may not be normal, and should be recognized. An elevated heart rate ma...

The Ketamine Stun is simply the addition of a small dose of ketamine to any injectable chemical restraint technique. I initially developed the Ketamine Stun technique in the early 1990's to cover my limited cat handling abilities. My first exposure to camelid patients came when I left equine practice to teach at Ohio State. The recalcitrant behavior they frequently exhibited quickly led to expe...

IMPORTANCE Current information on the prevalence and sociodemographic and clinical profiles of individuals in the general population with DSM-5 drug use disorder (DUD) is limited. Given the present societal and economic context in the United States and the new diagnostic system, up-to-date national information is needed from a single uniform data source. OBJECTIVE To present nationally repres...

Introduction Field immobilization of wildlife using various chemical immobilizing agents has been well documented (Mech et al. 1965; Bigler and Hoff 1974; Gregg and Olson 1975; Deresienski and Rupprecht 1989; Belant 1991, 2005; Kreeger 1999; Gehrt et al. 2001). The Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry (MNRF) wildlife research and monitoring section has an ongoing research and management p...

The Ketamine Stun is simply the addition of a small dose of ketamine to any injectable chemical restraint technique. I initially developed the Ketamine Stun technique in the early 1990's to cover my limited cat handling abilities. My first exposure to camelid patients came when I left equine practice to teach at Ohio State. The recalcitrant behavior they frequently exhibited quickly led to expe...

DR BURNS: Ms G is a 71-year-old woman with a past medical history of osteoporosis, mitral valve prolapse, mild rheumatoid arthritis, and hypothyroidism. She has Medicare. Ms G is trying to decide whether to undergo a colonoscopy to screen for colon cancer. Ms G is currently feeling well and has no active medical issues. Ms G’s physician has encouraged her to have a colonoscopy, but she remains ...