Wildfire disasters highlight the importance of burn injury care in companion animalsApril 16, 2024Treating burn injuries in animals consists of managing the systemic effects of the burn injury, ensuring adequate nutrition and fluid intake, dressing the wounds, debriding dead tissue, and managing pain.
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Guiding clients in keeping pets safe and stress-free during the eclipseApril 7, 2024While eye protection may be the least of worries for animals during this rare cosmic event, experts advice owners to ‘maintain a sense of normalcy’ for their pets
Greater capacity in specialty animal care aim of new San Diego center opening in 2025April 5, 2024The University of California (UC), Davis will expand the existing UC Veterinary Medical Center - San Diego to become the Janice K. Hobbs UC Davis Veterinary Medical Center Southern California
Las Vegas police dog stabbed on duty recovers and is 'in good spirits'April 1, 2024Police dog, K9 Enzo, was rushed to a nearby veterinary hospital then airlifted to a trauma facility after sustaining multiple stab wounds on the job, the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD) reports
Reconsidering antibiotic duration for canine aspiration pneumoniaMarch 29, 2024Extended antibiotic therapy is not an unreasonable idea. New research is whittling away the recommended duration of antibiotics for canine aspiration pneumonia. Is there, in fact, good evidence for recommendations for long duration of antibiotic therapy for aspiration pneumonia?
Pain points: Having a crucial conversation with pet ownersMarch 26, 2024The chronic pain of osteoarthritis or other diseases was simply accepted in aging pets. Now that more is known about pain pathways and management, the one sticking point can be talking to clients about it and demonstrating a pet’s slowdown is pain-related, not simply an artifact of aging for which nothing can be done.
$45M additional funding bolsters development of canine longevity drugMarch 25, 2024The latest financing round brings the total funds raised for the first FDA-approved dog lifespan extension drug to $125M
Texas dog recovers from a trio of autoimmune diseasesMarch 20, 2024Lanie, an English silver Labrador retriever, was first diagnosed with juvenile cellulitis and hypertrophic osteodystrophy as a puppy, and later developed canine sterile steroid-responsive lymphadenitis
Periodontal instrumentation: How to properly scale and polish teethMarch 17, 2024This month's column features hand instrumentation and proper polishing that should occur after every dental scaling.
Flatworm that preys on dogs found in Southern CaliforniaMarch 15, 2024The 'dog-killing parasite' (Heterobilharzia americana flatworm), previously only seen in Texas and other Gulf Coast states, was confirmed by experts to be present in a portion of the Colorado River.
