Feline Medicine

It's not a surprise that chronic kidney failure tops list of feline illnesses.

How to make in-house blood glucose curves in cats comfortable for all.

Hear about the possible harmful effects of this practice.

A reader tip for positioning cats for abdominal surgery.

Look after your kitty with this expert advice.

States joins national conversation about increasingly controversial feline veterinary procedure.

The take-home on this one? Think retroviral when you see inflammatory oral disease in cats.

By recognizing physiologic, physical, and behavioral signs of pain and employing a consistent pain scoring system, veterinary teams can improve their assessment of cats in need of analgesic therapy. And by administering FDA-approved analgesic drugs in multimodal protocols, veterinarians can provide effective pain relief for their feline patients.

In this roundtable, experts in veterinary behavior, infectious disease, and feline practice came together to discuss way to improve preventive care of feline patients, including a discussion of the importance of effective parasite control and the use of flea and tick collars for cats.

Feline expert Dr. Margie Scherk shares her personal thoughts on this controversial issue.

No animal should live their life in fearespecially when it comes to normal life events, such as going to the veterinarian.

What to do when your veterinary client exclaims, My cat has something wrong with his face!

Presented by: Sheilah A. Robertson, BVMS, PhD, DACVAA,DECVAA, DACAW, DECAWBM (WSEL)

Veterinarians' dirty little secret, making more money through feline visits, and commentary from Dr. Elizabeth Colleran.

Dr. Elizabeth Colleran gives us the scoop on how the cat friendly initiative has gone thus far and what's ahead.

Window views of outdoor cats can trigger cat fights.

New clinical trial seeks renal disease patients.

Feline friends can develop into feline foes overnight, confounding their owners. Help re-establish peace in the household with these veterinary management tips.

A look at which factors might make spontaneous normalization of glycemic control more likely in one of your feline patients.

Are you committing any of these feline stress-inducing faux pas?

Find out in which situations these analgesics are most effective.

The blind Superman technique helps ease cats into carriers.

Ever wonder how a mouse would factor on the Weight Watchers "point" system? It may help clients with overweight cats.