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Abdominal Surgery: Post-Operative and Incisional Care
How to care for your pet after surgery
Acute Kidney Failure
Recognize the symptoms of kidney failure and understand the treatments available
Addison’s Disease
Recognize the signs of Addison’s disease or hypoadrenocorticism, understand the treatment options available
Allergic Reactions
Recognize the signs of an allergic reaction in your pet, and what to do about it
Arthritis
Managing osteoarthritis, the number one cause of chronic pain in the dog and cat
Asthma, Feline
Understanding and managing asthma in cats
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Basic Bandage Care
Managing your pet’s bandages to prevent infection
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Canine Parvo Viral Infection and Feline Panleukopenia
Understanding Parvo virus in dogs and cats
Chronic Kidney Failure
Understanding chronic kidney disease
Collapsing Trachea
Managing the hereditary condition of collapsing trachea
Common Household Items and Plants That Are Toxic to Your Pet
Poisons and their remediation
Congestive Heart Failure
Understanding serious heart disease
Constipation and Obstipation
Recognizing and treating constipation and obstipation
Cranial Cruciate Ligament Injury
Understanding and treating cranial cruciate ligament (CCL) injury
Cushing’s Disease
Understanding and treating Cushing’s disease
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Diabetic Ketoacidosis
Understanding diabetic ketoacidosis
Distal Aortic Trifurcation Thromboembolism (Saddle Thrombus)
Understanding this serious complication of feline heart disease
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Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency (EPI)
Understanding and treating exocrine pancreatic insufficiency in cats and dogs
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Fatty Liver Disease
Also known as “hepatic lipidosis,” this serious disease affects cats predominantly
Feline Asthma
Understanding and managing asthma in cats
Feline Herpes
Understanding and managing herpes virus infection in cats
Feline Infectious Peritonitis (FIP)
Recognizing and manging infectious peritonitis in cats
Feline Lower Urinary Tract Disease (FLUTD)
Understanding and managing urinary tract disease in cats
Feline Panleukopenia
Understanding Parvo virus in dogs and cats
Feline Urethral Obstruction
Urethral obstruction in cats can be life-threatening – recognize the condition and how to avoid recurrence
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Gastric Dilatation and Volvulus (GDV)
Large and giant breed, deep-chested dogs can be susceptible to this condition – know the signs and treatment
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Heart Failure
Understanding serious heart disease
Heat Stroke
Avoid potentially deadly heat stroke
Hepatic Lipidosis
Also known as “fatty liver disease,” this serious disease affects cats predominantly
Herpes, Feline
Understanding and managing herpes virus infection in cats
Hyperthyroidism
Understanding and managing hyperthyroidism – an excess secretion of thryroid hormone from the thyroid gland(s)
Hypertrophic Osteodystrophy (HOD) and Panosteitis
Understanding these two disorders found mostly in large breed puppies
Hypoadrenocorticism (Addison’s Disease)
Recognize the signs of Addison’s disease or hypoadrenocorticism, understand the treatment options available
Hypoglycemia in Small Breed Puppies
Understanding how to avoid hypoglycemia (low blood sugar) and its complications
Hypothyroidism
Understanding and managing hypothyroidism, thyroid hormone deficiency
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Immune Mediated Hemolytic Anemia (IMHA)
Understanding and treating IMHA
Infectious Peritonitis, Feline
Recognizing and manging infectious peritonitis in cats
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“Kennel Cough” Pneumonia
Presentation and treatment for “kennel cough” and pneumonia
Kidney Failure, Acute
Recognize the symptoms of kidney failure and understand the treatments available
Kidney Failure, Chronic
Understanding chronic kidney disease
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Laryngeal Paralysis
How to deal with laryngeal paralysis
Leptospirosis
Avoiding and treating leptospirosis
Liver Disease
Also known as “hepatic lipidosis,” this serious disease affects cats predominantly
Lower Urinary Tract Disease, Feline (FLUTD)
Understanding and managing urinary tract disease in cats
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Obstipation and Constipation
Recognizing and treating constipation and obstipation
Obstruction, Feline Urethral
Urethral obstruction in cats can be life-threatening – recognize the condition and how to avoid recurrence
Osteoarthritis
Managing osteoarthritis, the number one cause of chronic pain in the dog and cat
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Pancreatitis
Managing pancreatitis, inflammation involving the pancreas
Panleukopenia, Feline
Understanding Parvo virus in dogs and cats
Panosteitis and Hypertrophic Osteodystrophy (HOD)
Understanding these two disorders found mostly in large breed puppies
Parvo Viral Infection, Canine
Understanding Parvo virus in dogs and cats
Patellar Luxation
Understanding knee injury in dogs and cats
Pericardial Effusion
Understanding and managing pericardial effusion in cats and dogs
Peritonitis, Feline Infectious
Recognizing and manging infectious peritonitis in cats
Pleural Effusions
Describing the different types of pleural effusions, how they present and treatments usually employed
Pneumonia
Understanding and treating pneumonia. See also “Kennel Cough”
Pneumonia, “Kennel Cough”
Presentation and treatment for “kennel cough” and pneumonia
Post-Operative and Incisional Care:
Abdominal Surgery How to care for your pet after surgery
Post-Operative Management at Home
Frequently asked questions about managing your pet’s recovery after surgery.
Poisons: Common Household Items and Plants That Are Toxic to Your Pet
Poisons and their remediation
Post-Operative Care: Bandages
Managing your pet’s bandages to prevent infection
Pyometra
Recognizing the symptoms of this infection within the uterus of unspayed female dogs and cats, and treatment options available
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Renal Failure, Acute
Recognize the symptoms of kidney failure and understand the treatments available
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Saddle Thrombus (Distal Aortic Trifurcation Thromboembolism)
Understanding this serious complication of feline heart disease
Seizures
Understanding seizures in dogs and cats
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Toxins, Common Household Items and Plants
Poisons and their remediation
Trachea, Collapsing
Managing the hereditary condition of collapsing trachea
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Urethral Obstruction, Feline
Urethral obstruction in cats can be life-threatening – recognize the condition and how to avoid recurrence
Urinary Tract Disease, Feline (FLUTD)
Understanding and managing urinary tract disease in cats
V
Vestibular Disease
Understanding and managing vestibular disease