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What It Takes to Manage Acute Pancreatitis

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| In the Clinic, Internal Medicine
May 31, 2017

Acute pancreatitis is a common presentation in dogs and cats. This article discusses the presentation, diagnosis and treatment of acute pancreatitis, and provides current, practical advice to optimize the outcomes. Clinical signs The classic clinical signs of acute pancreatitis in dogs include vomiting, diarrhoea and cranial abdominal pain. Pancreatitis...
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Important Advice On Anticoagulant Rodenticide Toxicity

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| Emergency & Critical Care, In the Clinic, Internal Medicine
May 10, 2017

Key Points Anticoagulant rodenticides are among the few toxins for which there is a reliable antidote. The clinician must identify the type of rodenticide consumed. Patients who ingested the anticoagulant rodenticide within 3 days of presentation will not yet be bleeding, and can either be started on vitamin K...
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Feline Haemotropic Mycoplasma Infections: Giving You The Advantage

by BAR VETS
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| In the Clinic, Internal Medicine
April 27, 2017

Key Points: M. haemofelis is associated with clinical anaemia M. haemominutum tends to cause mild, often subclinical disease but is the most common species to infect cats. The mode of transmission is unknown, however, the flea is suspected to be the major vector. Haemoplasmas induce anaemia by either direct...
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What You Need to Know When You Encounter the Anaemic Patient

by BAR VETS
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| Internal Medicine
October 24, 2016

Many vets will know John Angles is a small animal medicine specialist who leads the medicine team at the Animal Referral Hospital in Canberra and prior to that the team at the Animal Referral Hospital, Sydney. Less vets will know he started in dairy practice and initially aspired to be...
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Feline Chronic Gingivostomatitis

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| Dentistry, In the Clinic, Internal Medicine
January 27, 2015

What a straight forward name for a disastrous disease. It barely gives an inkling to the amount of pain and frustration that it causes to the patient. In this post Aaron Forsayeth tells us how he deals with this nasty disease.
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