Vet Talks

This is a love story between pets and humans that goes beyond scientific explanations. I was returning home after a long night working in the vet hospital and I remember being very tired that day; I had many patients in critical condition that day. I was driving straight from work to the university, as I had to...

Feline panleukopenia virus is a species of parvovirus that can infect all wild and domestic members of the feline family worldwide. It is a highly contagious, severe infection that causes gastrointestinal, immune system, and nervous system disease. What is Feline Parvovirus (Panleukopenia)? Most people are familiar with canine parvovirus, feline panleukopenia is very similar to...

One problem that pet parents are struggling more and more with is an overweight pet. Cats are particularly prone to being obese. In fact, it’s estimated that 25-50% of cats are overweight in the United States. Obesity in cats is associated with health risks such as cardiovascular diseases, bladder, and mammary cancer, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, anesthetic,...

You may have heard different stories like pets can only see in black and white, a warm nose means the pet has a fever or eczema in pets. To clarify some of these myths surrounding our fur babies, in this blog, I will help pet parents bust 8 common myths in the animal world! 1....

In my practice, I see anemia frequently as I deal with senior pets, and terminally ill dogs and cats.  Anemia is defined as a decreased hematocrit (HCT) or hemoglobin. Packed cell volume (PCV) is the same definition as hematocrit which is a calculated value from the mean cell volume and red blood cell count and...

A diagnosis of diabetes mellitus in your cat can be overwhelming. Diabetes changes your day-to-day life with your cat dramatically. New routines can be stressful to both humans and pets. In developing these new routines it’s helpful to understand exactly what is going on in your cat’s body when they have diabetes, so you can...

Alimentary lymphoma, or what is commonly known as Gastrointestinal lymphoma, is one of the most common kinds of lymphoma that I have seen in cats. It is always so difficult for me to talk about lymphoma, after losing my own kitty, Frederico to lymphoma a few years ago. My experience with lymphoma brings together what I had...

Dogs and cats can suffer from allergies to many different substances, whether food-related or environmental. One common cause of allergies in pets is mold. To some degree, mold is present everywhere. Where does Mold hide? Molds are multicellular organisms that thrive in damp environments. Indoors it is most often found in basements, bathrooms, and kitchens. Outdoors...

Food allergies are on the increase, and not just in humans! Sadly some of our furkids may experience discomfort from certain types of food. There is no simple test to diagnose food allergies in dogs and cats, and it can be a long process of elimination. Sometimes the way forward involves a lot of back and...

What is Pillow foot? Pillow Foot in Cats (Plasma Cell Pododermatitis in Cats) is a rare disease of the footpads of cats. Due to the accumulation of a specific type of white blood cells called plasma cells, the footpad becomes inflamed. Plasma cells play a major role in the immune system. Causes of Pillow Foot in...