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Feline Cancer for the Caring Cat Owner : A Practical Guide Part 1
One would hope to be spared the difficulty of dealing with a beloved cat ill with cancer, yet the increasing life expectancy of our pets, as well as the unfortunate prevalence of Feline Leukemia Virus, have made this situation increasingly commonplace. But two things need to be remembered; first, treatments are readily available through local veterinarians in protocols developed specifically for cats and, secondly, an animal is spared the mental anguish of knowing that it may be terminally ill. This is very important, because many cats feel no illness in the early stages of disease; a diagnosis of cancer need not require an immediate decision for humane euthanasia, even though this may be the best decision days, weeks, months, or even years later. Read whitepaper
Feline Cancer for the Caring Cat Owner : A Practical Guide Part 2
In Part I of this article, the major types of cancer and their various forms of treatment were presented. While surgical excision of cancerous tissue remains the major treatment for most types of cancer in cats, two types of cancer benefit from drug therapy. These include many of the various forms of lymphosarcoma as well as the separate cancer, mastocytoma. In this article, the strategy of chemotherapy will be explained, followed by a descriptive list of the major drugs used in veterinary medicine to fight cancers. All of these drugs are also used in human medicine and the doses and programs described have been tailored by research veterinarians to the needs of cats. The drugs emphasized here will be those that are most readily available to veterinarians in private practice through their local hospital pharmacies. Read whitepaper
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Canine Cancer for the Dutiful Dog Owner - A Practical Guide Part 1
One would hope to be spared the difficulty of dealing with a beloved pet ill with cancer, but the longer life expectancy of our pets has made this situation increasingly commonplace. However, two things need to be remembered; first, treatments are readily available through local veterinarians in protocols developed specifically for dogs. Read whitepaper
Canine Cancer for the Dutiful Dog Owner - A Practical Guide Part 2
In Part I of this article, the major types of cancer and their various forms of treatment were presented. While surgical excision of cancerous tissue remains the major treatment for most types of cancer in dogs, two types of cancer benefit from drug therapy. These include many of the various forms of lymphosarcoma as well as the separate cancer, mastocytoma. In this article, the strategy of chemotherapy will be explained, followed by a descriptive list of the major drugs used in veterinary medicine to fight cancers. Read whitepaper
Kidney Disease Part 1 - New Insights and Treatments
Best known as the body's filter, the kidney is a complex organ whose failure sets off a legion of debilitating ailments As a senior veterinary college student, I was assigned to the intensive care unit and spent one very long afternoon watching an elderly dog on fluids die in uncontrollable seizures because its owners refused to consider euthanasia for this poor animal in total kidney failure. Eleven years later, I euthanized my own dog for the same illness, and both these experiences have given me a special interest in this disease. Read whitepaper
Kidney Disease Part 2 - Managing a Renal Crisis
In Part I of this article, we spoke in general terms about the kidney in both health and disease. This article focuses completely on kidney failure, in both advanced and early stages, focusing on two cases. The first is the most typical -- an older dog with a history of bladder infections and the onset of kidney failure due to aging as well as recurrent infections. The second is a young, pure-bred dog with a congenital destruction of her kidney. In both cases, death due to kidney failure was inevitable, despite aggressive medical management. Read whitepaper
Orthopedic Disorders of the Growing Puppy
Sorting the multitude of bone growth diseases in puppies and young dogs is a formidable task even for a veterinarian, since one is confronted with a long list of look - alike acronyms like OCD and HOD, HD, CMO or, alternatively, long, complicated names like Osteochondrosis, Osteochondritis Dissecans, Hypertrophic Osteodystrophy, Hip Dysplasia, or Cranial Mandibular Osteoarthropathy. Not to mention Panosteitis and Avascular Necrosis of the Femoral Head (also called Legg - Perthes Disease). This article will begin to elucidate these and several other disorders of the growing dog. Read whitepaper
The Mighty Menace of Mange
Nothing is more frustrating for either an owner or a veterinarian than a dog that is suffering from a chronic skin condition. And since skin can only respond to disease causing agents in a few selected ways, the appearance of many skin illnesses will be similar. These responses are redness, blistering, ulcerating, oozing, (either serum or oils), thickening, scaliness and increased pigmentation. Consequently, many diseases, including allergies hypothyroidism, fungal infections, bacterial infections and other skin parasites besides the mites that cause demodectic and sarcoptic mange may have similar appearances on the medical examination table. Consequently, a veterinarian's complete dermatologic examination will include several diagnostic tests. Read whitepaper
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