Dr. Laura Smallwood has advice on the importance of nutritional intervention and how to get clients on-board.
The best way to prolong the efficacy of deworming programs is to use vaccinations and sound nutrition in conjunction with the right anthelmintics.
Hormonal management of mares is used to manipulate the onset of the breeding season, the timing of ovulation and in performance mares the prevention of estrus. Pasture breeding, hand breeding using teasing with estrus detection by a stallion, and artificial insemination (AI) of cooled and frozen semen are still commonly used in Canada.
Why and how to investigate your canine patients whose overactivity drives their owners up the walls.
One hospital and its clients help a family stunned by tragedy pick up the pieces and begin a new life.
Several insidious diseases cause significant economic loss to sheep and goat producers through decreased longevity, growth rate, milk production and animal sales, and they are often purchased through inapparent carriers.
Enteral feeding tubes are an essential tool in the provision of nutritional support to animals unable or unwilling to consume sufficient calories on their own. Nutritional support should be considered for any animal that has been anorexic or has had inadequate voluntary caloric intake for ? 3 days, has lost ? 10% of their body weight or has other signs of malnutrition (e.g. poor hair coat, muscle wasting, poor wound healing, hypoalbuminemia, lymphopenia).
Help your clients to avoid dangerous conditions and snarling dog fights with these tips.
If your credit card statements are rife with odd or inexplicable charges, a few simple changes could help you save.
Probably not, but I learned better client care when my dad ignored my advice and picked a pet with his heart-not his head.
Although the combination of hypoalbuminemia and hypoglobulinemia is "textbook" for a protein-losing enteropathy (PLE), it should be noted that a normal, or even elevated globulin level should never be the only reason to take PLE off a list of differentials that was generated by a history and physical examination.
Study results indicate possible need for testing in these patients.
After decades of significant increase, delay adjusted rates stabilized in 1995 and fell since 1999.
Rescue isn't a panacea for every pet, nor will cultivating rescue work be the be-all end-all solution for all private practices trying to compete in a crowded market. But it can work, and save lives and alleviate suffering along the way.
You've got a bunch of different personalities buzzing around your clinic, but that doesn't have to mean a lot of stinging and biting.
Dr. Jason Coe discusses a key component of getting clients to accept your recommendations.
Dr. Catherine Tiplady seeks veterinarians to fill out a survey investigating animal cruelty and related human violence.
Correcting the defects in uterine defense, neutralizing virulent bacteria, and controlling post-breeding inflammation are the goals of successful therapy. This is accomplished by surgically correcting anatomical defects, improving physical drainage after insemination, reducing the length or modulating the inflammatory response to insemination and inhibiting bacterial growth.
Clients prefer orderly offices over lavish designs.