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CIRDC Update… Is Respiratory Disease Still Rampant?

As I mentioned in this post, a little less than a year ago I began the volunteer position of Vet Resource Coordinator for Arizona Border Collie Rescue. It has been truly enjoyable to “dabble” in veterinary medicine again, and it prompted me to acquire my Arizona veterinary license. In the interest of maintaining my licenses, […]

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CIRDC or Canine Infectious Respiratory Disease Complex… Is there A New Bug?

Media outlets of all types have been abuzz lately with growing public concern over the wave of respiratory disease seen in our canine companions. Is this a new disease or an uptick in canine infectious respiratory disease complex, or CIRDC? As a retired veterinarian, but one who is involved in shelter and rescue medicine, I

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A Healthy Healed Splint Bone Fracture…Time to Start Rehab!

Over the past four weeks, I have been writing a series about the equine slaughter/auction pipeline. Each post has taken hours or even days to write. I have spoken to countless people and read innumerable articles. It has been a labor-intensive and emotionally draining series. I will be writing more, and I have many ideas

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The Perils of a Puncture Wound… A Day at CSU Veterinary Teaching Hospital

Once again, I am going to preempt what I had scheduled in order to tell you about what I didn’t have scheduled. I have alluded this past few weeks to the fact that Kadeen sustained a puncture wound to his leg while we were on the road. Sadly, it required a daylong experience at the

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Powerful Prolotherapy for People and Animals

This post will be about an incredibly successful method of treating inflammation in multiple different areas of the body. I will do my best to make is as free of “medical-ese” as possible, while still explaining how it works and the various ways to do prolotherapy. I have personally had multiple prolotherapy treatments over the

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Nutritional Management of Horses With Metabolic Disorders

In the past three weeks, I have been writing about two of the most often diagnosed metabolic disorders of equines… Equine Cushings Disease or PPID (symptoms and treatment), and Equine Metabolic Syndrome. Getting a diagnosis is the first step. What are the rules of the road for the nutritional management of horses or ponies with

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Vesicular Stomatitis Outbreak!

Vesicular Stomatitis, or VS, is a viral disease that primarily affects horses and cattle. It may occasionally affect other hooved animals, such as pigs, goats, sheep, llamas, and alpacas. Rarely, humans handling affected animals can experience flu-like symptoms. Although rarely fatal, VS can have a personal and economic impact on livestock owners. I decided to

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Inflammatory Polyneuritis equi or EPM?

This is the fourth installment of a blog series discussing neurological disorders in horses. Part One discussed Sarcosystosis, which is an infection with the protozoa Sarcocystis neurona. The protozoa most often associated with Equine Protozoal Myeloencephalitis or EPM is S. neurona. In Part Two, I shared the expertise of Siobhan P. Ellison, DVM PhD. Dr. Ellison believes inflammation

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EPM Facts

EPM is a confusing and (apparently) prevalent disease affecting horses. This is the third installment of this series. Part One discusses infection with Sarcocystis neurona, the main protozoan implicated in EPM. Next, Part Two provides an overview of what causes the symptoms of EPM. This post will provide some critical bullet points to understand and

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EPM Part Two–What Causes the Symptoms?

In Part One of this series, I discussed the fact that opossums carry the protozoa Sarcocystis neurona that is the primary causative agent of Equine protozoal myeloencephalitis or EPM. Additionally, I briefly described the lifecycle of the parasite and discussed the symptoms of Sarcocystosis or infection with Sarcocystis. Frustrated horse owners responded to the blog,

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Euthanasia, A Vet’s Perspective (Part Four)

This is the fourth and last in a series discussing euthanasia. The first three installments focused on medical reasons that might result in a decision to euthanize a pet. In this blog, I will discuss behavioral reasons that might prompt this most difficult of decisions. Once before, I addressed the issue of human safety vs. animal rights.

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Euthanasia, A Vet’s Perspective (Part Three)

In human medicine, a patient may receive either palliative care or hospice care. Palliative care often leads to hospice care. For instance, a person with high blood pressure would still receive blood pressure medication under palliative care. In hospice care, a patient no longer receives medication for chronic diseases. The goal shifts from trying to

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Vet School Vignettes… Purdue College of Veterinary Medicine

Recently, a thread appeared on one of my Facebook groups. The initial poster discussed a visit to her MD about broken ribs. She talked about how much money she spent there, versus what she spent right after that getting veterinary services for her horse. She and her veterinarian discussed her broken ribs, and the poster

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