Pet poultry training for veterinary practitioners

Keeping backyard poultry in urban areas is a burgeoning trend in the United States. As such, we believe urban pet poultry owners are increasingly likely to seek veterinary services from urban companion-animal practitioners. Traditionally, poultry species have been classified as production animals. Most small-animal practitioners have limited experience or knowledge of these species and hesitate to accept these animals at their practices. We developed a one-day course to train veterinarians in pet poultry (as opposed to commercial poultry) medicine. The course covers poultry examination, diseases, and treatments and provides an introduction to poultry breeds and behavior and the basics of nutrition and husbandry. We believe this type of continuing education program is important for veterinarians because they are often on the front line of human public health issues. In addition, courses of this type increase the number of veterinarians trained to spot serious avian diseases, including foreign diseases and diseases with zoonotic potential. Most important, veterinarians with this training develop the knowledge to contribute to the health and well-being of pet poultry along with their clients' other companion animals.     

The future of veterinary medicine in poultry production

The poultry industry is a highly complex food-animal production system. Its success is dependent upon sophisticated techniques and systems to ensure disease prevention and product quality. Poultry veterinarians play a key role in the overall business and are typically the only individuals within poultry companies who are involved in the entire production process, including production management, health management, product quality, nutrition, and economics. Preparing veterinarians to work effectively in the poultry industry can no longer be accomplished within the DVM instructional program. Post-DVM training programs specializing in poultry medicine are now producing the veterinarians entering the North American poultry industry. Regionalization of training in poultry medicine has already taken place. These training programs are very important to food animal production in North America; in the future, they must be nurtured and supported in order to remain able to supply the veterinary workforce for our dynamic poultry industry.     

Evaluation of prescribing practices for gabapentin as an analgesic among veterinary professionals

ObjectiveTo describe the prescribing practices for gabapentin as an analgesic within the veterinary community.Study designAnonymous online voluntary survey.PopulationA total of 718 veterinarians within the United States and Canada, including general practitioners and diplomates of the American Colleges of Veterinary Anesthesia and Analgesia, Emergency and Critical Care, Surgery and Internal Medicine.MethodsAn anonymous online survey was used to gather information about individual prescribing practices for gabapentin including frequency of use, reasons for prescribing and procedures for authorizing refill requests. Questions specific to gabapentin covered mechanisms of action, perceptions of efficacy and the potential for abuse in people. Dunn’s test for multiple comparisons and pairwise Mann–Whitney U test were used to evaluate relationships between veterinary specialty and survey responses.ResultsA total of 718 veterinarians responded to the survey, 528 (73.5%) answered all questions of the survey to completion. Frequency of prescribing was high with 365/529 (69.0%) of respondents prescribing gabapentin as an analgesic on a daily or weekly basis. Surgeons and general practitioners used gabapentin significantly more frequently than other groups, with surgeons more likely to prescribe gabapentin for postoperative pain. The most common reason [254/517 (49.1%)] survey respondents prescribed gabapentin as an analgesic was because administration of a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory medication was contraindicated for that animal. The majority of survey respondents [362/527 (68.7%)] considered the abuse potential of gabapentin to be low in people.Conclusions and clinical relevanceVeterinary prescribing practices for gabapentin closely mirrored that of human physicians, with gabapentin being prescribed frequently and for uses largely unrelated to its labeled indication. The perception of the potential for abuse of gabapentin is low within the veterinary community.     

家禽不合理用药所引起的残留

残留是指用药后药物的原形或其代谢的产物在动物的细胞、组织、器官或可食性产品(如蛋)中的蓄积、沉积、贮存或结合。环境化合物对可食性产品的污染,也称为残留。对于残留,人们所关注的是:它对生产动物和人体的毒性,它在动物性食品中的形态、数量和变化规律,它的允许量和监控方法,食品储藏加工对它的影响。残留对人体有许多种危害。除变态和过敏反应外,一般不表现为急性毒性作用,主要是慢性毒性,如耐药性转移与传播、二重感染、致畸作用、致突变作用、致癌作用和激素样作用等。这些作用,一般是人摄入低量残留一段时间后,残留物在体内逐渐蓄…     

养殖户用药误区

1 盲目投药 在畜禽饲养过程中，因多种致病因素的存在导致畜禽时常发生各种各样的疾病。     

家禽营养趋势的调查

<正>美国某权威机构针对家禽营养和饲养管理进行的调查显示,家禽业仍是一个前景乐观的行业,人们正在寻求新的饲料原料替代品,并对饲料厂和家禽生产进行投资。     

家禽的抗病育种研究

禽病一直是养禽业的难题,提高家禽的抗病性与健康水平已成为世界养禽业普遍关注的问题。随着分子生物学技术的发展,采用遗传学方法从遗传本质上提高家禽的抗病能力,增强免疫功能的抗病育种则愈发显得重要。本文就抗病育种的遗传基础、抗病育种的方法及其在家禽生产中的成功运用作了简单介绍,最后对抗病育种的发展前景作了展望。     

Survey of libraries in veterinary practice

Responses were received to a survey of practice libraries, from 537 practices. The average practice library contained between 11 and 30 books and one or two journals. Between 50 pounds and 100 pounds was spent on books each year. Practitioners wished they had more time to read and that the literature was orientated towards practice.