JAAHA 57.2 Abstracts
Abstracts from issue 57.2 of JAAHA, Journal of the American Animal Hospital Association .
Abstracts from issue 57.2 of JAAHA, Journal of the American Animal Hospital Association .
December 17, 2020
A 10-year-old spayed female domestic shorthair cat presented for acute-onset, progressive lameness of five days’ duration.
Quincy is a neutered male greyhound mix who was a rescue dog and is estimated to be about 18 months old. Six months after surgery on his left knee for a luxating patella, he’s still limping.
Kent, a nine-year-old male neutered Labrador retriever, presented with acute pain on the left front shoulder after slipping on the owner’s hardwood floors while playing with their other two dogs.
Cats are truly the underdogs of veterinary medicine. They tend to be noncompliant patients, they are misunderstood, and often keep to themselves. Behavior issues are the feline way of wanting to tell us something. But do we listen?
Photobiomodulation is an innovative therapy that can increase the comfort of patients and enhance your practice’s multimodal approach to a variety of clinical cases. Knowing how this therapy works and when to best use it is key to its successful implementation.
News briefs from across the industry and beyond. This month’s articles include: CAPC issues appointment guidelines, Cryptosporidium study on gut cells, first-ever stem cell treatment on a nonhuman primate a success, Jesse Brandon named president of LVMA, Fort Drum drive-through clinics, NAIC developing pet insurance model law, mummified Yukon wolf pup, survey on barriers to veterinary care, and rapid language learning in dogs.