Technicians

Periodontal disease is progressive-the dental chart tracks how a patient is progressing (or not) from cleaning to cleaning.

Anesthetic patients should be evaluated on a case-by-case basis and an anesthetic protocol created for the individual situation.

As veterinary medicine progresses, so does our ability to provide advanced services and quality care.

Pain management in veterinary patients has come a long way.

The number one reason owners do not comply with regards to dentistry is the fear of anesthesia, not cost as some would believe.

Understanding pain Terminology Nociception: the process by which signals generated by the stimulation of nociceptors are transmitted from the site of injury to the central nervous system and ultimately results in the perception of pain by the brain.

Transfusion medicine has certainly come a long way, and is continually changing with our growing advancements in veterinary medicine.

In every practice, general or emergency, triage is encountered and should be understood.

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Often epidural anesthesia and analgesia is underutilized in the veterinary world as part of a multi-modal approach to pain management.

Changes in the dentistry service Dentistry within the general practice has always been regarded as a simple teeth cleaning.

Central lines have become a necessity in the majority of hospitalized patients in the critical care setting.

As a veterinary team, we focus on diagnostics, treatment, and outcome

The function of a drain is to remove unwanted fluid or gas from a wound or body cavity.

Units of concentration can refer to a concentration in a liquid or solid material.

Teamwork is defined by a set of interrelated knowledge, skills, and attitudes (KSAs) that facilitate coordinated, adaptive performance, improving a groups ability to meet its objectives.

Protein losing enteropathy is defined as the loss of protein from the intestines due to intestinal disease.

Hypertension may be the most under diagnosed systemic illness affecting companion animals.

The anticoagulant class of rodenticides comprises 95% of the rodenticides used in the United States.

When a client presents with a dog or cat the goal of the examination is to determine the location of the disease within the body for the problem.

Units of concentration can refer to a concentration in a liquid or solid material.

Veterinarians are often limited to drawing conclusions about a patients response to therapy following a 15 minute examination within the confines of the veterinary hospital.

Why is skin cytology performed and how do we do it.

Nutrition is an oft-overlooked aspect of management of the hospitalized patient. In the case of inadequate energy intake in the non-stressed cat or dog, the body will down-regulate energy expenditure, conserve lean muscle mass and increase lipolysis.

Puppies are the future of your practice.

Pets that exhibit problematic behaviors risk losing their homes or even their lives.

Hyperadrenocorticism develops most commonly in middle aged to older cats.

Pediatric and reproductive emergencies are common in both general practice and the emergency room setting and can be both extremely rewarding for the small animal practitioner.