Month: June 2007

Graduating to Advanced Veterinary Products for Your Pet

Many of us have had a pet all of our lives and therefore they have simply become part of the family that you subconsciously think about every time you shop, plan a vacation and make a budget. It is not unusual to want the best and most advanced veterinary products for your pet in order to ensure that it is in the best of health at all times. Here are a few ways in which you can get all the advanced veterinary products for your pet.

Shopping for Advanced Veterinary Products

The number one source for almost anything that you want to get your hands on first is the internet and it is no exception when it comes to finding advanced veterinary products. However, before purchasing and using anything from the internet for your pet especially medicine and food you may want to run it by your vet. Both online and offline companies advertise their items as the Best on the Market , at the Incredible Price and always Now Better and Improved , but be careful not to make a fatal mistake by trying to be a step ahead of everyone.

Your vet will have advanced veterinary products from drugs to food and even other items that some pets with a specific medical condition may require; therefore it is recommended to check with your vet first. The advantage of buying any advanced veterinary products from your vet is that he or she will be able to guarantee the outcome while some internet companies sometimes disappear after they have tricked enough clients or simply don t answer your queries.

Prevention Is Better Than Cure

Carefully read everything written about an advanced and improved product especially the reviews written by customers as they often reflect the truth and not only the company s point of view, which is always good. If you are buying a new drug or food product for your pet, try and get small quantities in order to see how your pet reacts to it. Many times, even if the product is great, your pet may be allergic to one or some ingredients and you may not be able to use the product at all.

Helpful Tip

Let your veterinarian now right away if you have tried a new product and your pet is having an adverse reaction. Take the new product to your vet in order for him to conduct tests, make an accurate diagnosis and recommend a course of treatment.

Air Conditioning Grows Through Industrial Applications

Humans have always sought creature comfort from heating their cave to storing food for later consumption and many of their finds for the home began as processes for business or industry.
In 1851, Dr. John Gorrie used compressed ammonia to make what his patent application called an icemaker. It was used to cool the patients rooms and despite his dreams of whole-house air conditioning, he lacked the financial resources and his invention remained in the planning stages.

It took almost 50 years before the first commercial application of air conditioning cooled air for industrial processing, thanks to the invention of Willis Carrier. Stuart Cramer, operating a textile mill in South Carolina found a way to add moisture to the air, making fabrics easier to work with while cooling the environment, and coined the term air conditioning in his application for the patent.

The earliest methods of air conditioning used compressed gases such as ammonia, methyl chloride and propane, but the danger they presented led to the use of chlorofluorocarbon and in 1928 under the trade name of Freon, was found to be safe for man and machine. However, it was found harmful to the atmosphere and was replaced by hydrofluorocarbons, which proved safer, however even newer gases that are ozone friendly is taking their place and by 2010, all new products will contain Puron.

Air Conditioning Use Spreads To Personal Comfort

During the 1950 s air conditioning use expanded into home and automobiles, improving personal space and helped in the development of larger, deep-well buildings. Developing central air conditioning systems that sent cooled air through ductwork enabled wider building construction. Previously, the buildings had to be thin enough to allow for proper air circulation throughout the entire building.

It has also been noted, and disputed, that human productivity improves in areas where cooler temperatures are maintained. Studies have professed that the most productivity occurs in a room temperature of 72-degrees, and diminishes one percent for every two-degree temperature rise. Many say this is a result of an air conditioning salesman s pitch and dispute the theory.

While other are convinced the study conducted in the Hawthorne Works, a factory in the early 1930 s, shows the relationship between environmental temperature and productivity.From the days of using towers of water and windmills to speed evaporation, controlling the interior environment has found it way into the air conditioning processes available today. From cooling small rooms to entire buildings, humans have found another way to enhance their creature comfort.