Feline Medicine

A client tells you her companionable cats have launched all-out warfare. How can you help? Heres one behaviorists insights.

Cats aren't naturally gregarious, so before your cat-owning clients decide to add a new feline into mix, ask why.

Scratch the old idea that your veterinary team can only help petsuse this handout to help clients understand why to care about cat scratch disease.

The UGA study seeks to extend life expectancy in affected cats through novel anticoagulant therapy.

Just like us humans, cats no longer have to live in a guns-at-the-ready world to survive, as in the Old West. Today's cats have it so easy! So easy, their waistlines are exhibiting way too much westward-and eastward, southward and northward-expansion. What can we learn from cats' feral roots?

Get older cats with sudden weight loss into your veterinary clinic to make sure serious disease isn't looming.

Feline expert Dr. Elizabeth Colleran shares how her practice has been bite free for more than five yearsand how yours can be too.

The University of Wisconsin reports an outbreak of H3N2 in cats a midwestern shelter.

Getting a cat to the clinic can be tough for clients. Teach them how to relax their fraidy cats with this handout.

A new study finds the ability to help distinguish between vaccinated versus truly infected cats using point-of-care tests only.

Pass on this handout to help your feline veterinary patients lose a little weight and feel a lot better.

Lungworms low on your list in a cat with respiratory signs? This article says you may want to raise your alert level.

The veterinary team at UC Davis implanted an artificial ureter-the first such procedure in a kitten.

A little night music is not so pretty when it's coming from your kitty-and you're trying to sleep. Here's how to help clients curtail the caterwauling.

Cornell study finds obese cats still love you even when you restrict their food intake.

Make the most of maxilla. Maximize maxilla. The miracle of maxilla! Your maxilla radiographs will be tops! We could go on, but why not just get to the tips, right?

It didnt pain us (were here all week, folks) to talk to physical rehabilitation expert Jane Huntingford, DVM, DACVMR, about what she uses to manage feline patients chronic pain.

This quick and easy DIY tip uses pool noodles as positioning aides.

Digest this advice from a feline expert on how to handle a common cat crisis.

A clinical trial at UC Davis using fat-derived mesenchymal stem cells helped some cats with feline gingivostomatitis finally be pain-free.

Kittens can be adorable, insane bundles of energy come nighttime. Veterinary behaviorist Dr. John Ciribassi discusses tips to give clients exhausted by their new pals.

Our experts weigh in on this compelling study from Japan.

Study claims lysine supplementation is ineffective for treating and preventing feline herpesvirus infection.

In this scenario, Ted and Bill are two very confused individuals with a cat that needs urgent dental care. How well does our doc communicate the problem? Find out now.

Check out this feline-friendly eco-friendly, budget-friendly approach to create a safe haven for visiting cats at your veterinary practice.

The pioneering technique from UC Davis keeps ducts permanently unobstructed.

Dr. Jan Bellows offers advice for treating these painful lesions in elderly feline patients.

As no consensus was reached after two years of discussion between groups on how to humanely reduce the populations of these cats, AVMA encourages more research.

Pay heed to this advice in if you encourage this form of exercise in your feline patients.

Come along as Dr. David Bruyette cuts through the mysteries of this potential confounding factor in diabetic patients.