Christopher Lee, DVM, MPH, DACVPM, DACVM (Parasitology), discusses the clinical significance of Toxoplasma gondii, when veterinary professionals should consider testing, and how to communicate the risks of exposure to clients.
|Videos|January 9, 2016
Catching the light: An essential step when using laser pointers
Pay heed to this advice in if you encourage this form of exercise in your feline patients.
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Do you advise your cat-owning clients to exercise their cats by having them chase the light from a laser pointer? It's an effective and easy activity. But our veterinary practitioner in the trenches Dr. Sarah Wooten pounced onto one finer point of this exercise in a talk by veterinary behaviorist Dr. John Ciribassi: Let the cat catch the light once in awhile or you could be cultivating compulsive behavior. How can you catch a light? Dr. Wooten caught Dr. Ciribassi to get the details.
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Anthony Coronado, DVM, breaks down how new veterinarians can build clinical confidence, communicate with clients, and avoid burnout in their first years.
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