Parasitology

Help veterinary clients understand how one flea turns into thousands.

Lyme disease is among the most frequently diagnosed, zoonotic, tick-borne diseases worldwide and continues to receive intense attention in small animal medicine since canine disease was first reported in the early 1980s.

Get in tick-talk shape.

Appeal to veterinary clients' hearts and wallets with this client handout.

Naturally clients have questions about the essential products they use for their own healthcare. Use this script to talk about natural products.

When pet owners launch a Lyme disease discussion, can you tick off the main points? Heres help to keep these client conversations ticking along.

Veterinary parasitologist Dr. Richard Gerhold gives the low-down on these burrowing bloodsuckers.

Dont be the lone star in your practice who can talk about ticks. Be a deer, er dear, and practice this sample tick talk with your veterinary team to bridge the gulf in otherwise rocky tick conversations with clients.

If you're tired of fleas, just imagine how your poor creeped-out veterinary clients feel facing the devil's jumping beans. One more time, doctors, with gusto: Let's go get those blood suckers!

Grr. Argh. Dont fear this life-saving talk with veterinary clients.

As a veterinary small animal practitioner, you may be unsure when clients come in with questions about this increasingly popular pet. Try this for starters.

At one time, veterinary spot-on topical fipronil formulations for dogs and cats were recommended for extralabel use in rabbits, but no more. Exposure to these products can cause life-threatening signs in rabbits.

Researchers at UC Davis have found that B. burgdorferi can stop the body from remembering previous invasion and mounting an immune response if an animal is reinfected.

One investigator attempts to rein in the fearmongering about cats and toxoplasmosis.

Taylor Gaes of Larimer County, Colorado, died of the plague in June.

Initial exposure to a tick-borne disease may have contributed to this puppy's susceptibility to this fungal disease, which can be deadly if disseminated. Would you be able to catch the signs of infection?

Pet owners want quick, concise information on parasites

Product and service decisions are being made independently at home

A dog in Tampa, Fla., had a severe flea infestation. An area flea-counting system was used to evaluate pet flea counts.

Fleas are frustrating, for all involved. But we wonder, is there a communication gap between practitioners and clients that could be making the fight against fleas even worse?

The layperson might find your parasitology textbook as revolting as a horror film. And you could work this to the advantage of their pets.

Lyme disease, ehrlichiosis and other tick-borne diseases continue to spread; year-round parasite control urged for pets.

Even if heartworm infection is treated, we all know it does serious, permanent damage to the body. This in-depth look at that damage will renew your commitment to consistent prevention recommendations for your veterinary patients.