March 24, 2017
Wendy Yaphe, DVM, DACVIM What causes cholelithiasis? – Choleliths (gallbladder stones) are thought to form due to imbalances in fluxes between bile salts and cholesterol that maintain a liquid composition to bile. Resultant change ...
February 16, 2017
Trent Stephens, PharmD, DVM, MS, DACVS Surgery Specialist Arthrocentesis is the aspiration of synovial fluid from a joint space for diagnostic evaluation. The technique is simple to perform for most peripheral appendicular joints in ...
October 28, 2016
Brooke Fowler, DVM, MS, DACVIM Oncology Specialist Paraneoplastic syndromes are often the first manifestations of cancer. They can show up in the most unusual places and in the most unusual ways. Often, these syndromes ...
August 15, 2016
Ben Nolan, DVM, PhD, DACVIM Gastric acid secretion is an essential part of normal gastrointestinal function, but also can play a role in several different disease processes. Of particular concern is the development of ...
June 29, 2016
Cassie Prpich, BVSc, MANZCVS (Internal Medicine), DACVS-SA Fellow of Surgical Oncology Brachycephalic airway syndrome (BAS) consists of both primary and secondary components. The three primary components are elongated soft palate, stenotic nares and hypoplastic ...
May 10, 2016
Kelly N. Monaghan, DVM, DACVIM Internal Medicine Specialist Leptospirosis is an infection caused by the pathogenic spirochete bacteria of the genus Leptospira. There are nine pathogenic Leptospira species and the two of greatest significance ...
April 8, 2016
Liran Tzipory, DVM, DACVIM Neurology Specialist Traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) in dogs and cats is uncommon, and often is the result of automobile accidents, falling from heights, gunshots, and “little dog – ...
February 24, 2016
Brooke Fowler, DVM, DACVIM Oncology Specialist For oncologists and general practitioners alike, proliferative histiocytic diseases are some of the most frustrating and complicated cases out there. The frustration lies in the diagnosis of this ...
November 23, 2015
Dan Taylor, DVM Emergency Veterinarian As one of the more common feline emergency presentations, cats in respiratory distress pose challenges in realizing a diagnosis, providing appropriate treatments and determining a prognosis. This presentation ...
October 6, 2015
Acute traumatic brain injury (TBI) should be suspected in any patient that has suffered trauma especially when they have evidence of external head injury (epistaxis, oral hemorrhage, facial or skull fractures, aural hemorrhage, and facial ...
