WHAT’S  NEW The ON-LINE edition of our monthly newsletter   West Nile Virus and Pets $5 Rebate for Felv/FIV test from IDEXX labs Special Offer from Frontline: Buy a single box (of three applications), and get a Fourth Application FREE! Interesting External Links "Feed an animal in need" for free The Animal Rescue Site is having trouble getting enough people to click on it daily to meet their quota of getting free food donated every day to abused and neglected animals. It takes less than a minute to go to their site and click on "feed an animal in need" for free. This doesn't cost you a thing. Their corporate sponsors/advertisers use the number of daily visits to donate food to abandoned/neglected animals in exchange for advertising.  (Legal Disclaimer: we haven’t checked out the veracity of this site ourselves, but Weight Watchers is one of the sponsors, and that’s good enough for us!)      http://www.theanimalrescuesite.com/ Click on this link, and when the site opens, click on the purple box that says Feed an Animal for free.  That's it! Pass it along to people you know. PLEASE TELL 10 FRIENDS TO TELL 10 TODAY!! If you don't have ten friends, make 'em up. Thanks!!.   Did You Know? That our hospital has launched a monthly feature of the strange but true information that makes the cutting edge of pet care fun?  Every month we include something new but perhaps not widely known, a fun fact to amaze your friends. Thank-You for Our New Referrals What’s New in our Web Site Libraries (since last month) (Go to Hospital Home Page) (Check out the Pet Web Library, Pharmacy Center, Surgery Suite & Vaccine Mezzanine) The “What’s New” Archives   Would you like an eMail each month when this page is updated? Click here and ask to be notified whenever a new “What’s New” page is added. POPULAR TOPICS FROM PAST NEWSLETTERS

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WHAT’S NEW IN OUR WEB SITE LIBRARIES (since last month) HYPERCALCEMIA An elevated blood calcium is a damaging metabolic change and usually bodes a serious underlying disease. The testing sequence is complicated and not inexpensive. This page in The Pet Web Library will help it make sense, CANINE DISTEMPER Canine Distemper was once the scourge of dog-owning communities but is now only common in rescue, shelter, and pet store situations. What is the infection that ultimately formed the very basis of regular canine vaccination?  This page in The Vaccine Mezzanine has the details, plus an FAQ. FELINE REPRODUCTION (GIVING BIRTH TO KITTENS) Birds do it. Bees do it. Even little cats do it. And what should you do when they've done it? Here is a primer, in The Pet Web Library. FELINE OXALATE STONES Rapidly emerging as a common bladder stone in the cat, oxalate stones have increased in incidence tremendously over the past 10 years.  This stone is formed under the conditions that prevent struvite stones so in preventing one stone, a new stone has become problematic. Dogs get oxalate stones as well but the feline recommendations are a bit different. Read this section of The Bladder Stones Information Center in The Pet Web Library for more details.