Dogs and cats with long-standing skin or gastrointestinal troubles may be suffering food allergy. Once you’ve dispelled the myths surrounding food allergy, you’re ready to test. If you’re… Read more
Archive for the ‘canine’ Category
DIY Elimination Diet for Dog and Cat
Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010The 5 Myths of Food Allergies
Tuesday, March 16th, 2010In cats and dogs, like us humans, food allergies are on the rise. Discovery a pet’s long-standing skin, ear, or gastrointestinal problem is due to a single dietary factor, rather than invisible… Read more
Tummy Troubles? What to do…
Saturday, March 6th, 2010Given the secret lives of pets, and their propensity to vacuum up and swallow anything, digestible or inedible, natural or man-made, palatable or not, it’s not unusual for vets to see pets off-colour… Read more
Tick prevention: cost versus benefit
Thursday, February 25th, 2010Desperate in our search for status on a global stage, we Australians love punching above our weight in sport, and take pride in our lethal fauna. Snakes, sharks and crocodiles are the obvious ones… Read more
Heavy metal, abdominal pain in a dog
Tuesday, February 16th, 2010Unless you’re unlucky enough to live downwind of a mining operation, lead poisoning is a disease on the decline. Urban vets still intermittently see patients with the characteristic neurological… Read more
Liquid Gold: save time & money with urine
Friday, December 11th, 2009When talking urine testing, most think drugs, cyclists and sprinters, but in medical reality there are a diverse variety of diseases which can be diagnosed with urine. The non-compliant veterinary… Read more
Leaky Bitch – Incontinence in female dogs
Saturday, December 5th, 2009This is a great topic for understanding clinical decision-making. Not a headliner like brain tumours, but perfect as a simple example of balancing consideration of costs, convenience, and risk, when… Read more
Putting on a Brave Face – stoicism in animals
Wednesday, November 25th, 2009Most would think rabbit and bird would lose to Mastiff in the competition for bravest and strongest. Given comparable disease, the fragile bird or rabbit would be expected to be groaning miserably… Read more
Killing adults in the war on fleas
Saturday, November 14th, 2009Adult fleas, living on your pet, are only 5% of the total population but killing them gives pet owners immediate satisfaction, and pets relief. The benefits can be short-lived, however, if the dead… Read more