Miranda Spindel, DVM, MS

Dr. Spindel serves as the shelter medicine consultant and student advocate for VIN. She initiated and completed the first residency in shelter medicine with a masters of clinical sciences through Colorado State University in 2007, and then worked as the senior director of shelter medicine at the ASPCA for 10 years. She is a member of the Shelter Medicine Organizing Committee and Residency Committee for Shelter Medicine for ABVP. Dr. Spindel lives on a small acreage in Colorado with her daughter and dogs, cats, chickens, horses and donkeys.

Articles by Miranda Spindel, DVM, MS

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Successful management of anemia in dogs and cats requires an accurate diagnosis and treatment of the underlying disease process. Three simple tests can help facilitate the diagnosis by classifying a patients anemia as blood loss, hemolysis, or decreased production.