Nutrition management in aging petsDecember 2, 2025Understanding the changes that occur with aging and how they affect nutrient needs will help veterinary professionals in designing optimal nutrition plans for senior dogs and cats.
Education Center - SponsoredVector-Borne Disease Coming to a Neighborhood Near You: Which Tests to Reach For, and Why?by • AntechWhether it’s a screening to identify exposure to tick-borne pathogens, or a broad molecular diagnostic panel to help with acute disease detection or confirm the presence of genetic material, these options empower veterinary teams, guide treatment, and support antimicrobial stewardship.
Industry collab aims to advance mobility care for aging petsSeptember 16, 2025The new partnership aims to promote research, education, and evidence-based strategies for supporting mobility in aging dogs.
The expanding universe of canine aging scienceMarch 27, 2025In this exclusive feature, Dr. Brennen McKenzie explores the explosion of interest in canine geroscience and potential methods for extending healthy lifespan in dogs.
Thinking differently about aging in dogsSeptember 19, 2022The traditional view of aging as a natural and inevitable phenomenon that we can only palliate and combat by treating individual diseases once they occur is gradually being replaced. A more useful view is aging is simply a biological process like any other, one that can be understood and manipulated to preserve health and well-being. As is so often the case in medicine, a change in perspective is necessary to facilitate new discoveries and new therapies.
The process of agingAugust 6, 2021Aging is one of those superficially simple phenomena we all feel we understand until we try to define it.
Caring for the geriatric petJune 1, 2018Puppies and kittens are adorable, but I can’t help loving another group—geriatric pets. There’s something about the weak and the wobbly, the skinny and the stinky.
The amazing grace of senior petsAugust 17, 2017I think the dilemma for a lot of veterinarians is the healthy pet,” said Steven Marks, BVSc, MS, MRCVS, Dipl. ACVIM, but he wasn’t trying to be humorous in his assessment.