The 82nd PVMA Annual Convention and Scientific Conference was held at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Cebu, last February 18 to 20, 2015. The theme for the year’s convention is “Bridging Veterinarian Competencies and ASEAN Cooperation”. Nordep PhilMed Inc. was proud to introduce the iM3 Dental machines and tools on the said convention.
Investigations yield insights into Ebola outbreak’s early months
With West Africa’s Ebola epidemic passing the 1-year mark, two new reports yielded details about factors that fueled the event, including bats in a hollow tree that may have infected the index patient, a young Guinean child, and a silent chain of transmission that caused the disease to flare again in May after cases had sharply dropped off.
The bloody truth: How blood donations can save animals’ lives
Blood transfusions are of importance not only in human medicine. Also animals do need blood donations. The University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna operates a blood bank for dogs for more than a decade. But also cats can donate blood for acute emergencies. Horses need blood donations especially during operations that involve high blood loss. Sheep, […]
Hospital patients rarely wash their hands, may spread disease
Although healthcare workers are urged to wash their hands often and hand sanitizer dispensers are everywhere in hospitals, patients are less scrupulous and may be contributing to the spread of hospital-acquired infections, say Canadian researchers. After tracking hundreds of patients in a transplant ward for nearly a year, the study team found that hand washing […]
Ebola or Not? Rapid Test for the Virus Not Here Yet
That assessment, by Dr. Daniel Varga, chief clinical officer at Texas Health Resources, during testimony before a Congressional panel on Thursday, sums up the critical concern at the heart of the current Ebola scare.
Ebola and Dogs
According to the World Health Organization, the Ebola Virus has killed more than 3,400 people in West Africa and infected at least twice that many to date. The virus has taken an especially devastating toll in the hardest-hit countries of West Africa; Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone. However, infected persons travelling from this region have […]