Rascal’s is a preanesthesia laboratory success story, eerily similar to our own Peyton’s story. In preparation for dental scaling and polishing, just like Peyton, we performed routine screening laboratory tests: CBC, Chemistry Profile and Urinalysis. These tests help us to know whether his major organs were functioning correctly (pancreas, liver and kidneys), as well as [...]
“I’m so happy,” said Trouble’s owner. Could there be any better words for a veterinarian to hear about one of his patients? Trouble, who is pictured below, and really is no trouble at all, has arthritis. It was June, 2009, when we first discovered pain and weakness secondary to arthritis. She was 12 years of [...]
Arthritis. Glucosamine. Chondroitin. Dasuquin and Cosequin. Seems simple enough to some of us, doesn’t it? As much as I dislike bursting bubbles, I’ll have to. There is very little in the practice of medicine that is simple. The good news is that with dogs and cats most arthritis is limited to one kind: osteoarthritis. Regardless [...]
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