'High-tech' comes to 'vet med.' - veterinary medicine, includes related articles

FDA Consumer, April, 1989 by Judy Folkenberg

PHOTO : A veterinary surgical team at the duPont Scott Equine Medical Center in Leesburg, Va.,

PHOTO : finishes bandaging the hind leg of an injured filly after performing arthroscopic surgery,

PHOTO : a microscopic surgical procedure often used on human athletes. The filly, a thoroughbred,

PHOTO : can now compete at the race track.

PHOTO : In photo above left, Jane Kay, a large-animal medicine technician at Tufts University

PHOTO : School of Veterinary Medicine at North Grafton, Mass., supports a thoroughbred foal on a

PHOTO : heated waterbed to keep it warm. The foal is attached to a

ventilator to help it breathe.

PHOTO : In the middle photo, Michael Pavletic, a veterinary plastic surgeon at Tufts veterinary

PHOTO : school, examines a dog's mouth for oral cancer, a common disorder among dogs and cats.

PHOTO : Removal of the tumor often leaves a hole that may interfere with the pet's ability to

PHOTO : breathe, eat or swallow. Pavletic can repair the hole with skin grafts, allowing the

PHOTO : animal to live longer.

PHOTO : In photo at right, veterinary student Liz Devitt feeds a premature llama milk at Tufts

PHOTO : veterinary neonatal intensive-care unit.

PHOTO : Michael Murray, center, a veterinarian with the duPont Scott Equine Medical Center, uses

PHOTO : a video endoscope--a long tube with a miniaturized video camera at one end--to examine a

PHOTO : yearling's stomach for stomach ulcers, a fairly common disorder in horses. The tube is

PHOTO : passed through the horse's nose, down the throat to the stomach, transmitting pictures

PHOTO : for viewing on a color monitor.