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Shortage of cancer drugs having devastating effects on patients, veterinarians

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Chemotherapy drugs, including cisplatin and carboplatin, have been in short supply for months. The situation is affecting animal patients and veterinarians, forcing them to track potential leads on where to procure these life-saving drugs and make challenging treatment decisions.

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Acheron Delta, Greece: Hell is Closed for Renovation

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We tried yesterday to visit the Nekromanteio of Afyra, the very entrance of ancient Greek’s Hades, but the world of the dead was locked up (well, not really for renovation, but for further research at this archeological site, after the height of a tourist season). Still, it is somehow reassuring to know that Hell is closed: one Albanian proverb says that there are no keys for the Hell’s Gates – they are open to all.

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How to Teach Respect in a Sales Engagement by Creating Boundaries

Sales and Marketing Management

Commanding respect from clients is crucial to building sustainable relationships and closing deals. One avenue to gaining respect is by creating boundaries for both parties. The post How to Teach Respect in a Sales Engagement by Creating Boundaries appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management.

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World Rabies Day: ‘All for 1, One Health for All’

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The theme of the 17th annual World Rabies Day, “All for 1, One Health for All,” highlights the need for collaboration and strengthening health systems to eliminate human deaths from dog-mediated rabies. Unvaccinated dogs are the main source of human rabies deaths, contributing up to 99% of all rabies transmissions to human globally.

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NAVTA celebrates 30 years of National Veterinary Technician Week

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This year marks the 30th anniversary of National Veterinary Technician Week, happening October 15-21, in which everyone is encouraged to celebrate, recognize, and promote the valuable contributions that credentialed veterinary technicians, veterinary technologists, and veterinary technician specialists make to the veterinary profession and society.

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AAHA expands international accreditation into Asia

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The American Animal Hospital Association has begun to accredit veterinary practices internationally. Daktari Animal Hospital in Tokyo became the first internationally AAHA-accredited animal hospital followed by five institutions in Japan that were accredited this summer. More recently, AAHA announced a partnership with the Korean VMA to bring accreditation to South Korean veterinary practices.

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FDA proposes framework for collecting antimicrobial use data

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The Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Veterinary Medicine is inviting public comment on a possible framework for establishing a public-private partnership to collect and analyze antimicrobial use data from food-producing animals.

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Another Endemic Amazona

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The islands of the Caribbean are home to 176 species of endemic birds unevenly distributed across the region. Some islands host one or two species, others more than twenty. Many of these species are declining in number, having to share their limited geographical range with an expanding human population without a doubt impedes their ability to proliferate as needed.

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The Blood Pheasant

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The Blood Pheasant gets its name from the crimson-colored streaks on its body – which apparently to some rather weird or overly imaginative people look like blood. The Latin species name cruentus , “blood-stained” has the same background Blood Pheasants mainly feed on mosses – not many bird species do this as mosses are not very nutritious.

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The Story of Your Secret Superpower

Sales and Marketing Management

Selling is storytelling. To be more charismatic, persuasive, and effective, every leader should have three distinct kinds of story in their proverbial back pocket and be familiar with four basic techniques to make them as engaging as possible. The post The Story of Your Secret Superpower appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management.

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