VetZone Podcasting

Env H 007 Criteria Air Pollutants, Part 1

Have you noticed some days there seems to be a "haze" in the air?  Does it seem harder to breathe on those days?  Ever wondered what exactly you inhale into your lungs with each breath?  This series on criteria air pollutants intends to provide these answers.  Here, the bios and roles played by each will be laid out in this macabre drama taking stage in your delicate skin, lungs, and other mucous membranes.

When a Blue Dot or Line is Not a Blue Dot or Line

Every snap a patient test and wonder, is that result real? Perhaps, you just always trusted it. You should NOT! Learn when a blue dot or line is NOT a blue dot or line. This is essential for every clinician and pet owner - help save lives and learn more. 

How a Proper Cup of Tea Changed Veterinary History

With the act of offering a cup of tea, a statistical method was born in the early 1900's that is still used to day. More important than that, this method provides a unique benefit to address a common challenge in veterinary study designs. Learn more!

Weight, Weight, Don't Go Away! How disease impacts muscle mass.

We notice that infections and disease generates dramatic weight loss but what is the underlying mechanism of action? When does additional dietary protein help? When does it hurt? Learn more about this interesting and practical subject

Stat Epi 005 Conjugation

Antibiotic resistance is a growing concern.  How do bacteria develop this resistance so fast?  Learn about conjugation, transformation, and transduction here!

Admin 001 Food, Drug and Cosmetics Act

Safe foods and drugs are often taken for granted.  You can thank the Food, Drug, and Cosemetic Act of 1938 for this.  Learn what things are covered by this Act! 

Inf Dz 009 Peste des petits ruminants

Peste des petits ruminants sounds fancy.  Unfortunately, PRP is decimating the small ruminant population across the globe.  Do you know the disease it closely resembles?

Pet Food 001 An Electrons Sabine Tale of Rape Pillage and Plunder

What are Free Radicals and Oxidants? How exactly do they cause harm? In this short, fun podcast we dive into the weeds using a metaphor to explain the mechanism of action for free radical and oxidant damage. We explain an underlying theory for the generation of cancer. 

I positively predict value with prevalence

If a diagnostic test is positive, what is the likelihood that that is actually correct? Meet, Positive Predictive Value. This statistic is here to help you! Learn how to calculate this statistic and when and where to use it. It is fun and we even talk about zombies. 

Smoking out the definition of typhus

Endemic typhus, epidemic typhus, Rickettsia, Salmonella, and tsutsugamushi - all bear names involving the word typhus and all are different species of bacteria. Here, we will clear the smoke that veils this often confusing term.