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Abdominal Surgery: Post-Operative and Incisional Care
How to care for your pet after surgery
Recognize the symptoms of kidney failure and understand the treatments available
Recognize the signs of Addison’s disease or hypoadrenocorticism, understand the treatment options available
Recognize the signs of an allergic reaction in your pet, and what to do about it
Managing osteoarthritis, the number one cause of chronic pain in the dog and cat
Understanding and managing asthma in cats
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Managing your pet’s bandages to prevent infection
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Canine Parvo Viral Infection and Feline Panleukopenia
Understanding Parvo virus in dogs and cats
Understanding chronic kidney disease
Managing the hereditary condition of collapsing trachea
Common Household Items and Plants That Are Toxic to Your Pet
Poisons and their remediation
Understanding serious heart disease
Recognizing and treating constipation and obstipation
Cranial Cruciate Ligament Injury
Understanding and treating cranial cruciate ligament (CCL) injury
Understanding and treating Cushing’s disease
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Understanding diabetic ketoacidosis
Distal Aortic Trifurcation Thromboembolism (Saddle Thrombus)
Understanding this serious complication of feline heart disease
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Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency (EPI)
Understanding and treating exocrine pancreatic insufficiency in cats and dogs
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Also known as “hepatic lipidosis,” this serious disease affects cats predominantly
Understanding and managing asthma in cats
Understanding and managing herpes virus infection in cats
Feline Infectious Peritonitis (FIP)
Recognizing and manging infectious peritonitis in cats
Feline Lower Urinary Tract Disease (FLUTD)
Understanding and managing urinary tract disease in cats
Understanding Parvo virus in dogs and cats
Urethral obstruction in cats can be life-threatening - recognize the condition and how to avoid recurrence
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Gastric Dilatation and Volvulus (GDV)
Large and giant breed, deep-chested dogs can be susceptible to this condition - know the signs and treatment
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Understanding serious heart disease
Avoid potentially deadly heat stroke
Also known as “fatty liver disease,” this serious disease affects cats predominantly
Understanding and managing herpes virus infection in cats
Understanding and managing hyperthyroidism – an excess secretion of thryroid hormone from the thyroid gland(s)
Hypertrophic Osteodystrophy (HOD) and Panosteitis
Understanding these two disorders found mostly in large breed puppies
Hypoadrenocorticism (Addison’s Disease)
Recognize the signs of Addison’s disease or hypoadrenocorticism, understand the treatment options available
Hypoglycemia in Small Breed Puppies
Understanding how to avoid hypoglycemia (low blood sugar) and its complications
Understanding and managing hypothyroidism, thyroid hormone deficiency
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Immune Mediated Hemolytic Anemia (IMHA)
Understanding and treating IMHA
Infectious Peritonitis, Feline
Recognizing and manging infectious peritonitis in cats
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Presentation and treatment for “kennel cough” and pneumonia
Recognize the symptoms of kidney failure and understand the treatments available
Understanding chronic kidney disease
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How to deal with laryngeal paralysis
Avoiding and treating leptospirosis
Also known as “hepatic lipidosis,” this serious disease affects cats predominantly
Lower Urinary Tract Disease, Feline (FLUTD)
Understanding and managing urinary tract disease in cats
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Recognizing and treating constipation and obstipation
Urethral obstruction in cats can be life-threatening - recognize the condition and how to avoid recurrence
Managing osteoarthritis, the number one cause of chronic pain in the dog and cat
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Managing pancreatitis, inflammation involving the pancreas
Understanding Parvo virus in dogs and cats
Panosteitis and Hypertrophic Osteodystrophy (HOD)
Understanding these two disorders found mostly in large breed puppies
Understanding Parvo virus in dogs and cats
Understanding knee injury in dogs and cats
Understanding and managing pericardial effusion in cats and dogs
Peritonitis, Feline Infectious
Recognizing and manging infectious peritonitis in cats
Describing the different types of pleural effusions, how they present and treatments usually employed
Understanding and treating pneumonia. See also “Kennel Cough”
Presentation and treatment for “kennel cough” and pneumonia
Post-Operative and Incisional Care:
Abdominal Surgery How to care for your pet after surgery
Post-Operative Management at Home
Frequently asked questions about managing your pet’s recovery after surgery.
Poisons: Common Household Items and Plants That Are Toxic to Your Pet
Poisons and their remediation
Managing your pet’s bandages to prevent infection
Recognizing the symptoms of this infection within the uterus of unspayed female dogs and cats, and treatment options available
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Recognize the symptoms of kidney failure and understand the treatments available
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Saddle Thrombus (Distal Aortic Trifurcation Thromboembolism)
Understanding this serious complication of feline heart disease
Understanding seizures in dogs and cats
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Toxins, Common Household Items and Plants
Poisons and their remediation
Managing the hereditary condition of collapsing trachea
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Urethral obstruction in cats can be life-threatening - recognize the condition and how to avoid recurrence
Urinary Tract Disease, Feline (FLUTD)
Understanding and managing urinary tract disease in cats
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Understanding and managing vestibular disease