Dental Implants History & Practice

Implantation can be an effective method of restoring diseased or lost dentition in veterinary patients.

Canine Mounting: An Overview

Clients are often embarrassed to discuss certain canine behaviors, including mounting. When the subject does arise, what key information should be covered?

Periodontal Health: Causes & Consequences

Are there serious clinical consequences of periodontal disease, and how is good oral health beneficial when treating systemic disease?

Pimobendan

Overall, pimobendan enhances systolic function by improving the efficiency of cardiac contraction.

Surgeon's Corner: Enterotomy

The patient presented with acute vomiting, chronic nausea, anorexia, depression, and watery and fetid diarrhea.

Diagnosis & Management of Canine Mast Cell Tumors

Mast cell tumors arise from malignantly transformed mast cells. The prognosis varies considerably; most dogs will be cured with appropriate local therapy.

Online Gallery: FHV-1 Images

Feline herpesvirus-1 (FHV-1) infection is commonly recognized in the domestic feline population. Many of the clinical signs affect the eyes.

Vulvar Discharge in the Bitch

Vulvar discharge can originate from anywhere in the genitourinary tract. Cytologic evaluation can be an additional diagnostic tool to blood work and ultrasonography.

Herpetic Keratoconjunctivitis in a Cat

Joshua, a 3-year-old castrated domestic short-haired cat, presented with a recrudescent upper respiratory and ocular infection.

Blood Gas Analysis

Learn how to analyze blood gas samples and address underlying disease processes using this management tree.

Vertebral Magnetic Resonance Imaging

 Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is noninvasive, provides the clinician with data in multiple image planes, and offers outstanding soft tissue contrast.