WHAT’S  NEW The ON-LINE edition of our monthly newsletter   Hurricane Katrina News Information on the Louisiana to LA pet airlift and disaster preparedness for your own pets. Hurricane Katrina Pet Donation Links Welcome Ana Interesting External Links Need a dog friendly place to take your canine friend? Going on vacation with your canine friend and want a dog park in an area you don't really know? This web site allows you to enter a city and get a list of dog parks, complete with a handy set of symbols to describe resources and any restrictions. By the way, The Friends of the Culver City Dog Park will be having an auction to raise funds to design and build a local dog park. They already have a grant to clean the land but still need more support. Visit www.culvercitydogpark.org for more details www.dogpark.com 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) CAT NEUTER SLIDE SHOW Although not a new page, our Neutering the Male Cat page in The Surgery Suite now includes a slide show to walk you through an actual feline neuter. These are actual surgical photographs. If you are not too squeamish and would like to see how the surgery is done, step-by-step, click on the slide show link at the very bottom of the page. FLUCONAZOLE Fungal infections have always been a treatment challenge. They respond slowly to medication, and availability of oral treatments is only a recent development. Fluconazole is able to penetrate sequestered fungal infections and is particularly useful in treating fungal infections in the nervous system. For details, visit this page in The Pharmacy Center.. BETHANECHOL CHLORIDE Spinal injury can impair comfortable urination, leading to increased sphincter tone that is hard to voluntarily overcome. To regain control sometimes the bladder needs a stronger contraction. This is where bethanechol chloride comes in. Read more this medication ont this page in The Pharmacy Center. DIPHENOXYLATE HYDROCHLORIDE It might be surprising to find that opiates can be used in the treatment of diarrhea, but in fact they help improve the tone and motility of the intestine. Diphenoxylate hydrochloride, a relative of Demerol, is frequently used for animal as well as human diarrheas but the addition of atropine prevents recreational use. We invite you to read more.in this page in The Pharmacy Center.