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Investigators recently reported in Environmental Science & Technology that cats with hyperthyroidism had significantly higher serum levels of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) than did euthyroid cats.

How to use this biomarker in your veterinary practice to help you diagnose, treat and monitor chronic kidney disease.

Although dogs were typically considered to be refractory to infection with influenza A viruses, two canine influenza virus (CIV) subtypes—H3N8 and H3N2—have emerged in the past 12 years.

As veterinarians, we have a responsibility to look after the well-being of pets and animals. Not just the physical wellbeing, but the emotional wellbeing as well.

Implementing Fear Free SM strategies may not only reduce the patient’s stress–a noble pursuit in its own right—but will demonstrate to the client that you sympathize with their pet’s feelings. Subsequently, you will gain a more loyal client who is less hesitant to bring in their pet for a visit.

Cats can transmit several different respiratory pathogens to humans. Recognizing these diseases can help veterinarians appropriately treat feline patients and counsel clients about preventing zoonotic transmission.

This is an exciting time to be in veterinary medicine as we are seeing a renewed focus on animal health.

In veterinary practice, proper recordkeeping must be kept in order to prevent legal risks and repercussions.

Given the recent tragedies that have occurred across the globe and here at home, we need to take a step back and focus for a moment on family.

The site also includes regulations for interstate travel within the United States.

In remote areas where burial and rendering facilities for large animals are not available, drug residues in the tissues of horses euthanized by pharmacological means can create a health hazard if the remains are not properly disposed of.

Multidrug-resistant infections associated with veterinary facilities pose a risk to both animal patients and humans.

Many domestic and wild animals, especially rodents, serve as chronic, asymptomatic carriers of Leptospira, and excrete the bacteria in their urine.

An important study looks at how many coughing dogs have laryngeal dysfunction.

The Swiss Canine Cancer Registry includes records of pathological examinations of 121,693 dogs from 1955 to 2008. A total of 67,943 tumors were confirmed in 63,214 dogs.

A clinical trial of an antiviral drug aimed at naturally occurring feline infectious peritonitis (FIP) in cats is showing promising results, according to a preliminary report.

When it comes to bargaining be careful what you wish for, as Dr. Brock's friend finds out.

Ecologists from the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, New York, and the University of Georgia have compiled maps comparing mammal species distribution and global hotspots of zoonotic disease.

A ketogenic diet rich in medium-chain triacylgylycerols achieved clinically meaningful levels of ketosis and helped prevent seizures in dogs with epilepsy, according to a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover trial.

Pregnant and nursing animals in pain need special consideration because clinical trials of analgesics usually exclude these populations and safety data are lacking.

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has released guidelines for regulating dog and cat diets intended to treat diseases (for example, obesity and renal failure). The document contains nonbinding recommendations for FDA staff and is a response to the increase in therapeutic diets marketed directly to the general public.

Vaccines against animal pathogens might one day be made from genetically engineered algae, according to recent studies.

The rate of major complications related to percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tubes more than doubled when dogs and cats received corticosteroids than when they did not, according to a single-center retrospective study.

Ohio Governor John Kasich has signed a bill permitting first responders to treat an injured dog or cat at the scene of an emergency. The bill HB 187, was passed by unanimous votes in both the House and Senate and was signed into law on May 31, 2016.

Dog walking is positively correlated with the physical health of adults aged 50 years and older, according to a study recently published in The Gerontologist. However, the results did not show that dog ownership (as opposed to dog walking) was associated with better physical health.

The two main dangers posed by Foxtails are foreign-body reactions and infections.

SDMA markers can be detected earlier that other indicators of chronic kidney disease, leading to faster management.