Pathology in Practice Premieres in JAVMA

The Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association (JAVMA) has a new feature in their Veterinary Medicine Today section: Pathology in Practice, published in cooperation with the ACVP.  The first article, by Catherine Lamm et al., was published April 15, 2009 (JAVMA 234:1013).  Additional manuscripts are under review or in press.  The editors of Veterinary Pathology wish to thank those who contributed to the development of Pathology in Practice-- the ACVP Council, especially Buffy Howerth, Council liaison to Vet Pathol; the late Janis Audin, JAVMA Emeritus Editor-in-Chief; Helen Simons, JAVMA Asst. Ed. assigned to Pathology in Practice; and the many who have submitted manuscripts or provided peer review. 
The objectives of Pathology in Practice are

• To educate veterinary students and practitioners in diagnostic pathology.
• To strengthen the partnership between diagnostic pathologists and clinicians. 
• To increase awareness of pathology as a career opportunity.

One format for Pathology in Practice is a diagnostic challenge with a case presented as an unknown on page 1 and resolved on page 2.  Such case presentations, often classic examples of well-documented diseases, have been confined to pathology seminars or meetings.  The Pathology in Practice feature takes these presentations, with their inherent educational value, beyond pathology residents and pathologists to a broader audience.
The well-designed article will entice readers with gross or clinical photographs, and then demonstrate how diagnosis entails predicting the microscopic appearance of a lesion.  Color images of the macroscopic and microscopic findings are important elements of this new feature; there are no page charges or charge for color figures.  Alternate topics might include specimen submission, updates on emerging diseases, or technical issues in anatomic or clinical pathology.