Clinical

Spaying and neutering cats before five months of age has become the accepted norm, thanks in part to the “Fix Felines by Five” Initiative.

The 2021 AAHA/AAFP Feline Life Stage Guidelines provide a comprehensive, age-associated framework for promoting health and longevity throughout a cat’s lifetime. This executive summary provides highlights.

Clients gravitate toward home-cooked pet diets for many reasons. We put together some client handouts that can help aid your conversations on homemade nutrition.

Clients gravitate toward home-cooked pet diets for many reasons. But they need veterinary guidance to avoid nutrient deficiencies or excesses that happen all too easily.

If we have learned anything from the pandemic, it is that it is better to take significant precautions than to suffer grievous consequences. Risks and hazards surround us every day, so the precautions we take make a difference to our health and survival. This article describes the key things technicians should know about safety around chemotherapy drugs.

The 2020 AAHA/AAFP Feline Vaccination Guidelines provide the most current information and recommendations for feline vaccination as determined by a task force of experts in feline practice. The recommendations are based on current peer-reviewed literature and data, and complemented by clinical insights collectively derived from decades of experience. This executive summary provides selected highlights of the guidelines.

While ketamine dosages are not an exact science, this case documents the use of a ketamine infusion as a pain management tool for a dog with a neck injury.