Valli Parthasarathy, DVM, PhD, DACVB, discusses how veterinarians can evaluate feather loss, self-mutilation, and vocalization in pet parrots and identify when medical and behavioral factors may overlap.
|Videos|September 3, 2014
Reliable and consistent anesthesia in large carnivores
Often even routine medical procedures on large carnivores require that the animal be anesthetized. Here, Ryan DeVoe, DVM, MSpVM, DACZM, DABVP, clinical veterinarian with Disneys Animal Kingdom, tells a tale of his staff staying chilled out while attending to a polar bear.
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Often even routine medical procedures on large carnivores require that the animal be anesthetized. Here, Ryan DeVoe, DVM, MSpVM, DACZM, DABVP, clinical veterinarian with Disney's Animal Kingdom, tells a tale of his staff staying chilled out while attending to a polar bear.
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