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Heaven and earth have moved for veterinarians and their feline patients, a massive transformation that shifted one of the most feared animal diseases from “incurable and uniformly fatal”, straight through a wormhole and into the “better than 90% survival” range. If...

I hear that it’s theoretically possible to survive FIP, but I have never witnessed this.  FIP is a viral disease of cats that is virtually always fatal and usually preys on kittens.  FIP, or feline infectious peritonitis, is characterized by fevers and by profuse...

We busted a few myths in our last piece and addressed several reasons why pet owners might deliberately leave gaps in their heartworm prevention, but I did promise some wild ones and never delivered. Here’s a wild one for you—”My dog never leaves the yard,” or “Our...

Welcome to glorious mosquito season! In my part of the world, we’re all trying desperately to remind ourselves that we will, at some point, be fortunate enough to experience “non-mosquito season”. Dawn and dusk, and most times in between, their bloodlust compels them...

In our previous piece, you caught a glimpse into the private life of a parasite that has successfully evaded the human gaze for generations, entering the body, undetected, through a tiny opening no bigger than a pinprick. Inside the deepest recesses of the circulatory...

Any feline veterinarian asked to chat about their workday will surely mention some of the frustrating maladies that come through the door like clockwork: recurrent feline upper respiratory illness, stubborn overgrooming, and longstanding urination “out of the box”....

So, it ended up happening precisely as predicted… the New World Screwworm crossed casually over our southern border in the first week of June and attacked a U.S. calf. That incident was followed by dozens of additional cases in sheep, goats, and pet dogs, with reports...

Pregnancy is such a stressful and worrisome time of life. There’s intense excitement over all that the future has in store, but there’s also this gnawing paranoia that you, the mother-to-be, might trip up on some minuscule thing and somehow destroy the rest of your...

If you have ever visited the intersection of Pregnancy and Cat Ownership, you probably are familiar with the idea, at least, of toxoplasmosis. Toxoplasma is a parasite with a complicated life story that is capable of infecting virtually any warm-blooded animal,...

Well, if your prescriptions are all tablet and capsule, it’s really much less of an issue. Store them properly, out of reach from children and household animals. Dole them out behind closed doors and sitting at a desk or table, so that a dropped tablet won’t get...