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Rodenticide poisoning
Rat poisons
Rodenticides are the name given to any of the group of toxic substances that are used to kill rodents. They are among the most commonly used pesticides … All rodenticides are a group of compounds that exhibit markedly different toxicities to humans and rodents.
Below are listed the three most common rodenticides used in …homes today and their veterinary treatment regimes and relative toxicity as related to primary and secondary poisoning in dogs and cats:
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Sedative prior to anesthesia
Benadryl as a sedative prior to anesthesia
Abstract
Objective; To determine and compare levels of sedation achieved by IM administration of diphenhydramine, saline (0.9% NaCl) solution, and acepromazine in dogs.
Post op pain management
Chronic Pain — A Veterinary Frontier
April 1, 2003
Many post-surgical patients at the Matthew J. Ryan Veterinary Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania wear patches on their rumps, sticky plasters that slowly release painkillers into the animal’s bloodstream through the skin. The animals appear to be calm and comfortable. They don’t fret, pant or whine. Continue reading Post op pain management
Pain management
Pain management
While it is true that post op pain limits the dog’s mobility so that they will be more sedentary, narcotic analgesia will also make the dog feel more lethargic without experiencing undue pain. If your dog is having surgery, we recommend that you treat your canine friend with kindness and ask your vet to prescribe a post op narcotics. Continue reading Pain management
Canine leptospirosis
Referred to as canine malaria due to its symptoms, Leptospirosis is a deadly viral which causes almost immediate renal failure. Prognosis for dogs contracting the serovars without prompt diagnosis and medical treatment within the first 12 to 24 hours is unfortunately terminal.
Inflammatory bowel disease
IBD has been defined clinically as a spectrum of gastrointestinal disorders associated with chronic i
nflammation of the stomach, intestine and/or colon of unknown pathogenesis and etiology.
Canine I.B.D. Pathogenesis, Diagnosis, and Therapy
Etiology – Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) has been defined on the basis of clinical, histologic, immunologic, pathophysiologic, and genetic criteria.
Clinical Definition of IBD
IBD has been defined clinically as a spectrum of gastrointestinal disorders associated with chronic inflammation of the stomach, intestine and/or colon of unknown pathogenesis and etiology. A clinical diagnosis of IBD is considered only if affected animals have persistent (>3 weeks in duration) gastrointestinal signs (anorexia, vomiting, weight loss, diarrhea, hematochezia, mucousy feces), failure to respond to dietary (novel protein, hydrolyzed-, anti-oxidant-, or highly digestible diets) or symptomatic therapies (parasiticides, antibiotics, gastrointestinal protectants) alone, failure to document other causes of gastroenterocolitis by thorough diagnostic evaluation, and histologic diagnosis of benign intestinal inflammation (Jergens et al., 2003). Small bowel and large bowel forms of IBD have been reported in both dogs and cats, although large bowel IBD appears to be more prevalent in the dog. Continue reading Inflammatory bowel disease