Unexplained weight loss is frustrating for owners and veterinarians alike, in addition to being life-threatening for the patients it affects. Recently, two middle-aged pot-bellied pigs from the same herd were presented to the clinic for severe weight loss that had been happening for about two months, despite proper deworming and increased feed rations. Weight loss […]
Horse Colic Work-Ups
I’ve been spending the last couple of weeks on Equine Emergency Surgery. I’ve been expanding my knowledge of horses and how to treat them in emergency situations. One of the most common emergency presentations for horses is colic or abdominal discomfort. These horses often present to the clinic because their owner has noticed them staring […]
Finding the Humer(us)
During our positioning week on Radiology, my rotation partner and I had taken radiographs (x-rays) of everything from Pomerians in heart failure to Labradors that had eaten rocks to cats with pelvic fractures. Most of our patients were dogs and cats, though I did help a technician take full body radiographs of a sedated rabbit […]
