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Realizing your pet has heart failure can be especially scary. Animals often struggle to breathe and become extremely anxious, which can make owners anxious as well. Knowing how CARE’s staff monitors...
Cardiology
Feb 10, 2025
Veterinary cardiologists often hear questions about dietary supplements in pets with cardiac disease. Pet owners want to know if supplements can help manage their pet’s condition and which ones are...
Aug 15, 2024
Owners of boxers know they come with unlimited amounts of affection, energy, appetite and drool. But this beloved breed is prone to health problems, from neurological diseases to cancerous growths...
Feb 20, 2024
An old adage says owners start to look like their dogs after they spend a long time together. However true that may be, human and canine hearts have a lot in common when it comes to the way they...
Aug 15, 2023
Hearing that your new puppy has something wrong with its heart can be frightening and confusing news. Does this mean your dog’s not going to have a long life? How do you care for a congenital heart...
May 10, 2023
CARE’s Dr. Camden Rouben recently completed heartworm extraction surgery with excellent results. Pebbles When Pebbles was adopted off the streets, the 11-year-old Chihuahua had heartworms....
Feb 14, 2023
If your pet has cardiac disease, you’re already watching his health carefully. But what happens if he needs a procedure that requires anesthesia? Will it be safe to sedate him for a dental surgery...
Aug 16, 2022
Heart disease in cats can be an elusive topic. Our feline friends are more secretive in nature when compared to our canine counterparts. The clinical signs they display can often go unnoticed and...
Feb 15, 2022
Your dog no longer takes the same delight in running, jumping for your Frisbee or gobbling dinner. Maybe that’s the slow onset of arthritis, maybe the general decline of old age. But it could also...
Oct 13, 2021
More than 200 types of mosquitoes live in the United States, and a dozen spread germs that make us sick. West Nile, dengue, malaria and Zika viruses get lots of attention when they strike people....
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