Food items, such as grapes, and raisins, come in a close second on the annual list released by the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) Animal Poison Control Center (APCC)
The Texas A&M School of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences’ (VMBS) Veterinary Emergency Team (VET) has created protocols for decontaminating dogs after disasters.
While sometimes called an “old dog disease,” canine osteoarthritis (OA) can affect dogs of any age, with risk factors that include breed, intense activity, obesity, join injury, and joint surgery.
Adequate pain control can aid in faster healing times, less patient interference with the surgical site, and reduced chance of the development of a chronic pain syndrome.
This World Spay Day, Feb. 28, it is important to revisit and recognize the importance of spaying and communicate with our clients how this can help preserve the health and well-being of their pets
Generally, an outbreak of infectious disease would have an initial location and then would spread based on movement of the ill animals or contact with the initial source animals.
Although the species, stages, and number of questing ticks vary throughout the year, these ectoparasites are always active in most populated areas of North America, creating an ongoing risk of pet infestation and infection. Consistent year-round tick prevention is the best way to combat the growing risk.
In the Chemistry World article titled, “The dead of aconite,”4 we learn that aconitine, an aconite alkaloid, is 100 times more lethal than strychnine.
Before we can broadly incorporate these tests into our clinical practice, we need to understand how they work, consider the evidence behind them.
Though ultrasonic scalers are very helpful tools, you will also need to have hand scalers and curettes in your armamentarium.
