photocredit: http://www.statesymbolsusa.org/North_Carolina/mammal_graysquirrel.html
I started my veterinary career in a very densely populated suburb on the North Shore of Long...
photocredit: http://lonestarshihtzurescue.com/
A very kind retirement age client of my veterinary clinic of many years brought her new puppy in to see me a few months ago. She...
photocredit: http://www.gopetplan.com/
Although veterinarians and the orthopedic foundation for pets have not observed developmental orthopedic (bone, muscle, and joint)...
(photocredit: http://isabellasnow.hubpages.com/hub/Chronic-Kidney-Failure-Cats)
Degenerative chronic kidney failure is the number one cause of death in cats and the number two...
I conclude my preventative pet health care series with one of the most important topics, the stool analysis. One in four dogs lives with a preventable parasite. One in three...
photocredit: http://bestfriends.org/
Feline leukemia is caused by a retrovirus for which there is no cure once a cat is infected. Many cats may contract the virus and be...
In our last stop for canine non-core vaccines (and canine vaccines period for that matter) in my preventative pet health care series, today I discuss Lyme Disease in dogs. Lyme...
photo credit: http://galleryhip.com/dog-drinking-from-puddle.html
Leptospirosis is a bacterial disease that attacks the canine liver and kidneys. While it has an affinity for...
photo credit: http://carltonvet.com.au/news/kennel-cough-its-not-all-about-kennels
We have reached the point of our preventative pet health care series where I will be discussing...
(photocredit: http://michiganpaw.org/top-shelter-medicine-veterinarian-comes-michigan/)
Today’s Preventative Pet Health Care Series continues with feline respiratory disease...
H5N1 Avian Influenza is causing far more trouble than just just high egg prices. The bird flu has successfully jumped species now able to infect cats and people. Although the ability to infect...
No person aside from your parents will love you more than your dog. No matter what, your dog will always go bonkers the moment you come home. That love will never be in question, as you are...
We must consider the life span of a dog in comparison to ours to understand how much faster they age than we do. We should also consider the size of the dog when considering the aging process, as...