Medical

An awareness of the many conditions that cause an increase in thirst and urination help pet owners spot clinical signs before a disease takes hold.   Early detection makes it easier to regulate [...]

It is extremely warm over the entire country right now.  Most people welcome warm weather after a cold, dreary winter and a cold, damp spring.  Most people pray for low humidity and a high of 75 [...]

Humans have had a relationship with domestic animals for at least 50,000 years.  That relationship started with dogs but cat domestication came much later- about 10,000 years ago.  For that [...]

The English Bulldog is extremely popular in the United States.  They are usually thought of as the dog appearing in Bugs Bunny cartoons as the mean guard dog living in a tiny dog house.  This is [...]

If your were to name one thing that has saved the lives of the multitudes of humanity and their companion animals it would have to be antibiotics.  Antibiotics have not even been around for a [...]

Cat bite wounds are probably one of the most common medical problems that veterinarians treat.  Although they can be seasonal, cat bite wounds are a year round medical occurrence.  To understand [...]

The human dietary supplement market is huge.  People pop handfuls of dietary supplements to help them live to be as old as Methuselah!  The logic goes is that what is supposed to be good for me [...]

Food serves only one function.  To provide calories plus vitamins and minerals that make the body function.  Foods pets shouldn't eat encompasses a wide range of products that are consumed by [...]

It never used to be that way.  People and their companion animals never lived hectic lives like they do today.  Obesity in the human population is paralleled by overweight pets.  Many medical [...]

The old saying goes that April showers bring May flowers (up north).  That is true.  In Florida there are always flowers blooming due to warm, rainy days.  This excess of rain causes more [...]