Feeding Tubes for Dogs and Cats

As most of us know, good nutrition and adequate fluid intake are crucial to good health.  When a pet is ill, this becomes even more important. Yet for various r ...

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Helping Animals During a Disaster

The most important thing you can do to help animals during a disaster is to be sure that you have prepared appropriate emergency kits for yourself, your human f ...

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Why Whiskers is Whisked off to the Back Room

Photo by Dr. Gregory Tackett A few nights ago, I was at rehearsal for our local community symphonic band, where I play keyboard percussion — xylophone, bell ...

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Facial-recognition apps scout lost pets

To the imperfect world of lost-pet identification comes a new technological approach: facial recognition.   Free apps offered by two competing companies in Nort ...

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Veterinarians concerned about phony service dogs

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Alcohol Poisoning

Dogs and cats can get more than just drunk when they drink ethanol, isopropanol, or methanol -- they can get a trip to the emergency room. Pets can die from ing ...

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