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January/February 2012 Today's Veterinary Practice 1
Rosemary Lombardi, CVT, VTS (ECC)
Mark Cofone, VMD, Diplomate ACVS
editorinchief@todays veterinarypractice.com
EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD P. Jane Armstrong, DVM,
MS, MBA, Diplomate ACVIM (Small Animal Internal Medicine)
EDITORIAL PEER REVIEW BOARD Kenneth Abrams, DVM, Diplomate ACVO Clarke Atkins, DVM, Diplomate ACVIM Paul Bloom, DVM, Diplomate ACVD & ABVP (Feline & Canine Practice)
Dwight D. Bowman, MS, PhD Regina J. Brotherton, DVM, CCRP, PhD Camilo Bulla, DVM, MS, PhD Michael J. Dark, DVM, PhD Craig Datz, DVM, Diplomate ABVP (Canine & Feline Practice) & ACVN
Mark Epstein, DVM, Diplomate ABVP (Canine & Feline Practice) & AAPM
Derek Fox, DVM, PhD, Diplomate ACVS Laura Garrett, DVM, Diplomate ACVIM (Oncology)
Frederic P. Gaschen, DrMedVet, Diplomate ACVIM (Small Animal Internal Medicine) & ECVIM (Companion Animal)
Gregory F. Grauer, DVM, MS, Diplomate ACVIM (Small Animal Internal Medicine)
Deborah Gross Saunders, DPT, MSPT, OCS, CCRP, Diplomate ABPTS
Debra F. Horwitz, DVM, Diplomate ACVB Sandra Koch, DVM, MS, Diplomate ACVD Angela Lennox, DVM, Diplomate ABVP (Avian)
Sheila Grosdidier, RVT, PHR
Steve Martinez, DVM, MS, Diplomate ACVS Kathryn Michel, DVM, MS, Diplomate ACVN Mark Oyama, DVM, Diplomate ACVIM (Cardiology)
Mark Papich, DVM, MS, Diplomate ACVCP R. Michael Peak, DVM, Diplomate AVDC Lysa P. Posner, DVM, Diplomate ACVA Jody Ray, DVM, MS Margaret Root Kustritz, DVM, PhD, Diplomate ACT
Rose Raskin, DVM, PhD, Diplomate ACVP Elizabeth Rozanski, DVM, Diplomate ACVIM & ACVECC
Garret Pachtinger, VMD, Diplomate ACVECC
Margie Scherk, DVM, Diplomate ABVP (Feline Practice)
J. Catharine Scott-Moncrieff, VetMB, MS, MA, Diplomate ACVIM & ECVIM
Claire Sharp, BSc, BVMS (Hons), MS, CMAVA, Diplomate ACVECC
Michael Schaer, DVM, Diplomate ACVIM & ACVECC
Jörg Steiner, MedVet, DrMedVet, PhD, Diplomate ACVIM & ECVIM (Companion Animal)
Jennifer L. Wardlaw, DVM, MS, Diplomate ACVS
Tina Wismer, DVM, Diplomate ABVT & ABT James Young, DVM
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