Personal/Professional Development
Gratitude and Giving Back — One Veterinary Tech’s Story
Elizabeth Exline shares how her childhood admiration for a veterinary team put her on the path to becoming a veterinary technician.
Dermatology
A Technician’s Role in the Treatment of Demodex Patients
Diagnosis of demodicosis depends on identifying Demodex mites in dermal samples.
Internal Medicine
Body Cavity Centesis: Techniques for the Pleural, Abdominal, and Pericardial Cavities
Body cavity centesis is a valuable and effective treatment for removal of large effusions.
Pain Management
Pain Management and Becoming a Patient Advocate
Information on pain management and assessment in veterinary patients has grown tremendously.
Emergency Medicine/Critical Care
Pediatric Emergencies
Neonatal and pediatric patients differ significantly from their adult counterparts. Veterinary nurses and technicians must understand these patients’ unique physiologic differences and how they affect diagnosis and treatment of emergencies.
Radiology/Imaging
Radiographic Positioning: Head, Shoulders, Knees, & Toes, Part 2
This second of two articles on radiographic positioning provides an overview of proper patient restraint as well as techniques to obtain good-quality radiographs of the stifles, pelvis, and phalanges.
Personal/Professional Development
If You Missed It…
This year, the NAVC Conference settled into a new home.
Equine Medicine
Cantharidin Toxicosis from Blister Beetles in Horses
Blister beetles, also known as Spanish fly, contain a toxic substance called cantharidin that can severely injure or kill horses.