Keep on drilling! A handy guide to dental burs and handpiecesJanuary 23, 2025A closer look at dental burs and handpieces—essential tools for precision and efficiency in veterinary dentistry.
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Using the gut-liver axis to guide nutritionJanuary 21, 2025Understanding the gut-liver axis may help direct therapies including diet interventions, medications and supplements that can modulate and support the gut mucosal barrier, intestinal microbiota and liver regeneration and repair.
Hemoperfusion: A brief history, current considerations, and future applicationsJanuary 21, 2025Explore hemoperfusion, its potential benefits for pets, and the current understanding of reintroducing this treatment into practice.
Treating facial nerve paralysis with acupunctureJanuary 20, 2025While many horses recover with conventional care, those that do not may be euthanized. Evidence indicates acupuncture propels a more rapid resolution of peripheral nerve injury; why wait, then, until all else fails before giving it a try?
VPN Plus+ ExclusiveTaking the Mystery Out of the Diagnosis and Treatment of Soft Tissue Orthopedic Injuries in DogsJanuary 14, 2025In this session: Soft tissue orthopedic injuries in dogs are challenging to diagnose and treat effectively. Michael Jaffe, DVM, MS, CCRP Diplomate, ACVS, takes the mystery out of some of the most common muscle and tendon injuries seen in dogs. The goal is to present practitioners and technicians with information to assist them in identifying these complicated cases. Diagnosing, treating, and delivering aftercare of calcanean tendon rupture, biceps tenosynovitis, supraspinatus tendon injuries, iliopsoas muscle injuries, and more are discussed.
Best practices for pharmaceutical pain management with surgery for cats and dogsJanuary 14, 2025Streamlining pain control protocols can improve outcomes—this article highlights key options without overwhelming, ensuring happier patients and caregivers.
VPN Plus+ ExclusiveJPS? TPO? THR? FHO? WTFudge??? Navigating Hip Dysplasia OptionsJanuary 9, 2025In this session: Clara Goh, BVSc, MS, DACVS-SA, ACVS Founding Fellow—Surgical Oncology covers the main indications, patient selection/exclusion criteria, and ideal timing of these hip dysplasia procedures: juvenile pubic symphysiodesis (JPS), triple or double pelvic osteotomy (TPO), femoral head and neck ostectomy, and total hip replacement.
Pet diabetes: New meds and monitoring tools advancing care optionsJanuary 7, 2025Novel drug treatments for diabetes mellitus (DM) can provide clients with options permitting treatment of patients that would otherwise be euthanized due to cost or other issues related to insulin therapy in pets.
Reimagining approaches to pet intoxicationsJanuary 6, 2025The pivotal role of home-based interventions offers a timely solution to minimize the effects of intoxications before professional care is available.
VPN Plus+ ExclusiveYou've Gotta Be Kitten Me, Cats Get Orthopedic Disease Too?December 31, 2024In this session: Nina Kieves, DVM, DACVS, DACVSMR, MBA, discusses the pertinent anatomy of the feline as it pertains to orthopedic disease. Common causes of thoracic and pelvic limb lameness in cats will be presented, along with associated treatment methods. Particular attention will be paid to discussing feline osteoarthritis treatment.
