|Articles|May 3, 2019

Veterinary complaints: A handy chart

You maybe be covered in cat hair, vomit and poo, but there's always some kind of silver lining in the veterinary profession.

This concept was the brainchild of former dvm360 Associate Content Specialist Sarah Dowdy, who now works as a freelance contributor to dvm360.com. Thanks to the fact that she recently became a mom to a (human) child, she feels you.

We posted this on dvm360‘s social media for World Veterinary Day. What all of you said was our biggest oversight? No mention of anal glands. (Psst, if you want join the fun, follow dvm360 on Facebook or Instagram.)

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Veterinary complaints: A handy chart

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