Total IV Anesthesia

The accepted best practice for anesthesia has been to induce the patient with and injectable drug, intubate, and maintain on inhalant anesthetics. The alternative to this is total IV anesthesia or TIVA. Learn from Kristin Spring, CVT, VTS (ECC,…

Non-Rebreather Circuit Set Up

Senior Technician Supervisor and CVT, Sarah Harris, goes through an in depth review and demonstration of setting up a non-rebreather circuit.

Special Stones: Urate and Cystine Urolithiasis

Urate Urolithiasis: Urate-containing uroliths are the third most common urolith in dogs and cats. They comprise about eight percent of submissions for dogs and about five percent for cats.…

Skin Scraping Techniques

Veterinary Dermatologist, Jon Plant, DVM, DACVD, of SkinVet in Portland demonstrates how to acquire a skin sample using two different scraping techniques.

Shar Pei Fever

Ladan Mohammad-Zadeh, DVM, DACVECC, reviews diagnosis and management of chronic Shar Pei fever.

Feline Radiology Diagnosis of Bates Bodies

Alan Lipman, DVM, DACVR reviews radiographs of a feline patient with a three-day history of hematuria.

When the Unblocking Gets Tough

Feline urethral obstruction is a common complication of feline lower urinary tract disease.  Approximately 12% of cats have metabolic derangements, which along with severe dehydration can cause…

The Mentally Altered Diabetic

When a mentally altered patient arrives at any veterinary hospital, there is often little information available that might direct a veterinarian down the path toward a diagnosis. Learn from Christy Michael, BVMS, about managing these patients…

Amikacin Precautions

Megan Brashear, CVT, VTS (ECC), discusses the precautions that should be taken with Amikacin.

Rat Bait - What’s Not to Love?

Anticoagulant rodenticide toxicity represents that rare gem in realm of canine toxicities: a toxin for which there is both a rapid, bedside diagnostic test and an antidote. Even severely affected…

Zinc Induced Hemolytic Anemia in a Dog

An 8 kg, 2 year old male neutered Boston Terrier presented to the general veterinarian with a one week history of lethargy and decreased appetite and a two day history of pigmenturia.  The owner…