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 ...

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 ...

  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 – ...

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 ...

  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 ...

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 ...

  Sofia Kalkstein, DVM Emergency Veterinarian     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, ...

  Ben Nolan, DVM, PhD, DACVIM Internal Medicine Specialist   The proper use of antibiotics and the emergence of antibiotic resistance have received much attention in recent years. At one point or another, all practitioners ...

  Dana Dietrich, DVM   Hyperglycemia and hypoglycemia can cause severe clinical signs requiring emergency treatment.   DKA is a complex, multifactorial, life-threatening disease process resulting in fluid, acid-base, and electrolyte abnormalities.  DKA occurs due ...

  Wendy Yaphe, DVM, Dipl ACVIM Internal Medicine Specialist   Crystalloids vs Colloids – What do they do for us? Crystalloids are salt containing solutions that contain electrolytes and water in proportions that mimic that ...