One of the most fulfilling aspects of working in veterinary medicine is being able to watch your patients recover. It has been a long time since I have had the ability to track cases, especially while only being able to do one or two week rotations. I have been disappointed by not being able to […]
What do Goats and Cats Have in Common?
During my recent food animal lectures about urinary diseases, I came to learn that cats and goats have more in common than I would have thought. There aren’t too many parallels between ruminants and feline carnivores aside from the fact that they both fall victim to urinary stones! Urolithiasis is a commonly occurring and life-threatening […]
Performing a Goat Mastectomy
Things can go awry in any species. Although goats don’t get breast cancer in exactly the same way that humans do, there can still be disorders that result in surgical removal of their mammary glands. Recently, I had a goat patient that arrived for evaluation of an enlarged, painful udder. The goat was not currently […]
