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JOURNAL CLUB | BEHAVIOR Environmental Enrichment for Indoor Cats Curtis TM. Compendium of Continuing Education for the Practicing Veterinarian 2007; 29(2):104-107. This article, although a few years old, addresses a critical component in cat behav- ior: the importance of promoting environmental stimulation for cats housed indoors. *U SFQPSUT PO GJOEJOHT PG B GFMJOF CFIBWJPSBM TUVEZ QVCMJTIFE JO UIF T XIJDI NPOJ- tored the activity of cats and the amount of time per day spent performing certain activities. These normal behaviors were categorized into sleep habits, grooming, hunting, travel, and playing. The importance of these activities for cats was discussed and recommendations made for supplementing those activities for indoor-only cats. The emphasis of the article was to educate veterinarians about what recommen- dations to provide to indoor cat owners regarding provision of proper stimula- tion for their pets. FOR YOUR PRACTICE Turn to page 34 for the client handout How To Enhance Your Pet's Environment, which is also avail- able for download at todaysveterinarypractice.com. Joel D. Ray, DVM, Mississippi State University HOW CATS SPEND THEIR TIME Today's Veterinary Practice would like to welcome the following veterinary professionals to our Editorial Peer Review Board: BRETT BECKMAN, DVM, FAVD, Diplo- mate AVDC & AAPM, owns and operates Florida Veterinary Dentistry & Oral Surgery in Punta Gorda and also sees patients in Orlando and Atlanta. Dr. Beckman is the past president of the American Veterinary Dental Society and was the 2010 Acad- emy of Veterinary Dentistry's Fellow of the Year. He has published numerous peer- reviewed articles in the field of veterinary dentistry, oral surgery, and pain management and also lectures extensively on these topics throughout the U.S and at his Veterinary Dental Educa- tion Center in Punta Gorda, which is dedicated to advancing the educational needs of veterinarians and veterinary technicians worldwide in the fields of dentistry and oral surgery. Dr. Beck- man received his DVM from Mississippi State University. ERNEST ROGERS, DVM, PhD, is the Consultant Forensic Veterinarian to the New Jersey SPCA Humane Police, who enforce Title 4 statutes related to animal cruelty, and has worked with various police agencies in New Jersey for over 10 years, completing such tasks as projectile recovery, expert witness reports, forensic necropsies, crime scene evaluation, and courtroom expert testimony. Dr. Rogers also works on cases outside of New Jersey, acting as an expert witness and reviewing the science and medical data presented as prosecution discovery for defense attorneys. In addition to his work in forensic veterinary medicine, he owns and remains active in his general practice, Maplewood Animal Hospital, in Maplewood, New Jersey. Dr. Rogers received his DVM from Tuskegee University and his PhD from Virginia Tech; he has also completed courses in criminal investigation, criminal law, and criminal procedure. TERRY MARIE CURTIS, DVM, MS, Dip- lomate ACVB, is head of the Clinical Be- havior Service at the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine and makes house calls in Florida and South Georgia for behavior-related cases. Dr. Curtis is the author of a number of peer-reviewed arti- cles, including book chapters in Veterinary Clinics of North America and Blackwell's Five-Minute Veterinary Consult (5th ed). She regularly lectures at the NAVC Conference, where she is the coordinator for their Be- havior Symposium, and has appeared on ABC's Nightline and NBC's Today show. Dr. Curtis received her DVM from University of Florida and completed her veterinary behavior residency and MS in psychology at University of Georgia. CHARLES H. VITE, DVM, PhD, Diplomate ACVIM (Neurology), is an assistant profes- sor in the Section of Neurology and Neuro- surgery, Department of Clinical Studies at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine. His clinical interests are focused on brain diseases, includ- ing epilepsy and neurodegenerative and neurodevelopmental processes, vestibular dysfunction, and myotonia congenita; his expertise focuses on improving the diagnosis of disease using nuclear MR methods and clinical trials to assess the efficacy of new therapies for cur- rently untreatable disease. Dr. Vite has written numerous peer- reviewed articles and lectured extensively at national veterinary conferences. In addition, he recently partnered with the Mayo Clinic and veterinarians and doctors from the Universities of Minnesota and Pennsylvania to study new ways to predict and control epileptic seizures in dogs and humans. Dr. Vite received his DVM from Purdue University and his PhD from University of Pennsylvania. July/August 2012 Today's Veterinary Practice 87 Collection of Commentaries on Veterinary & Related Literature