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Invisible Dangers in Your Pet’s Food Bowl

It’s one of the first promises a child makes when a new pet decision is being made: “I promise I’ll help take care of the dog/cat.” Helping usually includes walking, washing, and feeding the pet, all seemingly benign activities, but one of which may hold serious health risks — and it may be the one […]

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Recognizing and managing pain in dogs and cats, Ouch!

Recognizing and managing pain in pets

Pain is something that we as doctors know is universal to humans and pets alike. But the difference with our pets is that it can be hard for them to tell us they are in pain, and sometimes their signs of pain are easy to miss. Typical signs of pain that a client may report range […]

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Pets and COVID-19

What you need to know We do not know the exact source of the current outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), but we know that it originally came from an animal, likely a bat. At this time, there is no evidence that animals play a significant role in spreading the virus that causes COVID-19. Based […]