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Pet Practitioners Association of Mumbai has been steadily progressing since it was founded on 20 Jan 1997. With continuing education programs, seminars, hands on workshops have added value and knowledge to the clinical ability of per practitioner. It is imperative the experience and knowledge obtained by our own member veterinarians get documented. This record will help future veterinarians learn from the vets practicing today. Today's veterinary doctors practicing have to face numerous difficulties right from starting a per practice, locating a place, obtaining various permissions, establishing a reasonable practice, hiring manpower, medicine and essential supply support, retaining clients and keeping one self-motivated.

This bulletin of Pet Practitioners Association of Mumbai is dedicated to this veterinarian who is struggling to keep himself at the forefront of knowledge and expand our mental horizon. We must keep vigil on accumulated knowledge as knowledge remains in s state of flux to change of time and circumstances. We need to update our self with latest concepts and inputs. Sometimes we may have to unlearn had learned concepts and relearns too. Many a times it will involve self-appraisal and self-assessment. We need continually upgrade our current skills. We need to collaborate with our fellow veterinarians, take part in learning process, thank and develop our out of box ideas so that we can empower ourselves to handle the future.

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In the modern day practice, whether pets or large animals, it is a very common phenomenon to use multiple drugs, at a time, to combat all etiological factors at once. This practice of poly pharmacy invariably leads to drug interactions. Drug interactions can be classically defined as alteration in effect of drug due to presence of other drug and called as drug interaction. Similarly, there may be drug food interactions, and interaction between drug and physiological events.

The effect of drug interactions may be beneficial or undesirable. From clinicians point of view, the beneficial effects such as additive effect, potentiation and synergistic effect are always a welcome phenomenon e.g. effect of gentamicin is potentiated when given along with carbenicilin , to undesirable effects. The undesirable effects are often termed as antagonistic effects. Read More

Dilates Cardiomyopathy effectively managed in nine year old Labrador Retriever with tab Enalapril maleate 0.5mg/kg bid, Tab Furosemide 1.5mg/kg tid, Tab Pimobendan 0.25mg/kg bid and Tab Diltiazem 2mg/kg for two weeks.
M. Chandrasekar et.al. reported in Indian Vet J. Feb 2014 Read More