VPN Plus+ ExclusiveCommon Avian EmergenciesApril 3, 2024In this session: Pet birds and backyard chickens often present at emergency with advanced disease as birds commonly hide signs of early illness, consistent with most prey species. Olivia Petritz, DVM, DACZM, reviews common avian emergencies including hemorrhage, seizures, cloacal prolapses, and dyspnea via case examples in parrots and chickens
Education Center - SponsoredA New Way Forward in Canine Osteoarthritis: Targeting Pain and Inflammation at Its Sourceby • Exubrion Therapeutics The traditional approach to canine osteoarthritis (OA) has largely focused on treatments such as NSAIDs, joint supplements, stem cell, PRP, and anti-nerve growth factor (anti-NGF) injections. This raises a critical question: What if we could do more than manage symptoms? What if we could target the inflammation driving the disease?
Avian influenza affects poultry, people around the globeApril 5, 2017Avian influenza, which brought an early demise to nearly 50 million chickens and turkeys and doubled the price of eggs in the U.S. in 2015, has returned.
PSI: More pet sitters are watching chickensJanuary 17, 2017Pet-sitting services are no longer just for dogs and cats. Increasingly, professional pet sitters are taking care of backyard chickens when a city-slicker owner heads out of town, according to Pet Sitters International.
