Clinical

Stephen Niño Cital, RVT, SRA, RLAT, CVPP, VTS-LAM (Research Anesthesia) is a multi-credentialed veterinary technician specialist (VTS) with a passion for anesthesia, pain management, and cannabinoid medicine.

An Oklahoma state veterinarian took to the news to stress the importance of vaccinating animals against rabies.

Labby digs into a common, but tricky, situation. A general practice is seeing more and more cases in need of specialty care, but although they’d love to refer these cases out, there aren’t many specialists in the area. Fortunately, everyone’s favorite advice-giving Labrador was quick to fetch several paw-sible solutions!

The off-label use of feeding tubes for catheterization in dogs is not recommended, for a good reason.

In this conversation with veterinarian, author, and animal welfare advocate Emma Milne, we discuss why breed conformation has gotten both more extreme and more popular in recent years—and what veterinarians can do.

August is “Itchy Pet Awareness Month,” and AAHA has just the thing to scratch that itch: the 2023 AAHA Management of Allergic Skin Diseases in Dogs and Cats Guidelines!

Vaccine hesitancy among pet owners isn’t new, but it’s also not going away. But communicating with your clients in a way that truly acknowledges their concerns, offers individualized solutions to their pet’s care, and keeps the pet’s wellbeing as the overall goal can go a long way toward shifting attitudes, one case at a time.

Leptospirosis is a threat to human and animal health the world over, and not just in tropical climates. We caught up with a veterinarian who was part of a multi-disciplinary research team of animal and human health professionals studying transmission and spread of this disease among urban rats and learned how in this case sanitation is more effective than eradication.

This marks the first approval of generic methimazole oral tablets for use in animals. The FDA previously approved Felanorm, a generic oral solution for the treatment of hyperthyroidism in cats in July, 2024.

The incidence of canine heartworm disease (HWD) is rising in North America, and multiple barriers can keep care from reaching those who need it the most.