Anesthesia For Cardiac Patients
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 or intraabdominal surgery? Do alternatives exist? The answers to these...
Heart Disease in Cats: It’s Difficult to Diagnose but Often Treatable
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 sometimes can be vague. Vomiting or increased hiding behavior often are...
Know the Signs of Congestive Heart Failure Before Coping With It
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 be congestive heart failure. If so, you’ll have to catch it early to...
Heartworm Can Kill – But It Doesn’t Have To
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. But the most common mosquito-borne disease in America attacks our pets....