Feline Medicine

To save a kitten, a veterinary technician like me can't help but share good advice to see the veterinarian, whether it's in the feed store, the grocery store or anywhere. But sometimes trying to help just gets you a slap in the face (not literally).

Bone is pretty amazing tissueconstraining and directing the forces of muscle, and adapting under heavy loads. So, can you apply that metaphor to your client communication? Veterinary surgeon Dr. David Dycus explains how poor communication led to one super smelly cat, and offers tips getting clients to follow your fracture management recommendations.

Managing your senior feline patients goes much deeper than non-slip mats. Consider these tips from Dr. Kelly St. Denis in order to better manager your senior cats.

Clients rubbing their chins over feline chin acne? Give them a guide to causes, signs, diagnosis and treatment.

Don't let your cat owners suffer with no sleep because the cat causes a ruckus at night. Use these tips!

An innovative new feeding system for cats turns mealtime into hunting season.

Pet cams like the Petcube Camera are spilling onto the pet retail market, giving pet owners a chance to see and even interact with their cats, dogs and whatever away from home. So ... silly gimmick or future tool for diagnosing at-home behavior problems? You decide.

These new and improved guidelines will help shelter veterinarians and non-shelter veterinarians alike.

Dr. Robin Downing explores the link between fear and pain in your feline veterinary patients.

ELise Christensen, DVM, DACVB, offers solutions to help clients and keep cats in the home.

The company will donate cat food to shelters for each pledge to schedule a veterinary visit.

Help more kitties get the healthcare they need with this checklist to make it easier to get kitties to your practice.

Recent study findings suggest NV-02, a feline anti-nerve growth factor antibody, could be used as a safe, long-term analgesic in cats with degenerative joint disease-related pain.

This toolkit delivers team training, free client handouts, exam room education strategies and more, all designed to make it as easy as possible for veterinarians and their teams to discuss feline care and wellness with clients. (With an educational grant provided by CATalyst Council)

Veterinarians hope their clinical research will address major gaps in forms of treatment.

Study at veterinary teaching hospital will examine safety and efficacy of robenacoxib.

A study investigates what factors might help us catch this covert killer early.

Chronic upper respiratory disease can be a confounding problem in veterinary patients, especially in cats. Explore diagnostic and treatment approaches that will help your affected feline patients breathe easier.

National Feral Cat Day is only possible with the help of veterinarians and veterinary technicians helping community cats and trap-neuter-return programs nationwide, according to Alley Cat Allies.

The new oncology guidelines will help ensure veterinary patients benefit from the correct diagnosis and optimal treatment to maintain the best quality of life possible.

You might wonder why a veterinary podcast is doing interviewing an architect. But Heather Lewis, partner at Animal Arts, a firm in Boulder, Colorado, is no ordinary architectshe's also a devoted advocate of minimizing pets' stress and anxiety during their veterinary visits. And she's got a lot to tell you!

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9 tips to help cats in your veterinary clinic have less stress and more appetite

Two recent studies indicate that the local anesthetic is effective for postoperative analgesia and seems to lack toxic effects in cats.

Reader says vomiting isn't a major sign in feline pancreatitis. Our feline expert agrees.