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A veterinary blog for pet lovers, vet voyeurs and the medically curious...
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Diagnosis: A lifetime of pain.
Treatment plan: Euthanasia.
It’s hard to describe the mixed emotions attached to this news. I’m sure many of you feel the same way. You’re saddened, no doubt, by the death...
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“I wish I could quit ewe” and “He’s just not into ewe” are but two of the tasteless puns to make the rounds of headlines after a researcher at Oregon State University got some untoward PETA press. The scientist...
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Cold as the title may sound, there’s plenty of evidence to show that permanent brain damage from seizures, near-drowning, head-trauma, anesthesia-related hypoxia (low oxyxen in the blood) and high fevers (among other possibilities) can...
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It happens. You see a sick animal and you try to make it better: You plan to give it a drug or perform a procedure you expect will help. You inform the owners of the risks. They agree. You proceed. Then it all goes to hell when one of those...
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The controversy is decades old but the volume of discourse on the subject is still turned way up high. Plastic surgery is still debated as hotly as it ever was when ear crops were banned in Great Britain. Despite the ongoing movement against...
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Last night’s houseguest was not exactly sick; she was pregnant—somewhere between 64 and 70 days pregnant. Darn near overcooked, I’d say. And no nine-year-old, ten-pound Shih-Tzu deserves to be in such a predicament without...
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A couple of months ago a child was attacked by a “pet panther’ here in Miami. Although the term I offer in quotations should be an oxymoron, the state of Florida doesn't agree. While it's legal to keep a pet panther (with a permit)...
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It happens. In fact, it happens a lot to some of my less discriminating patients. I’m talking about their often bizarre dietary habits. Technically referred to as pica, the eating of stuff not meant for dietary consumption (though...
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The importance of blood in my everyday life cannot be understated. Beyond my own biological need for the red juice that provides my every vital cell with oxygen, it’s a substance we vets deal with daily for a variety of reasons. Its...
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Unbelievable! In a recent story out of Auburn University, a vet student takes on a role better suited to a Tom Clancy novel than to an ivory tower academic setting.
Employing hidden cameras and defying confidentiality agreements...
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