Did you ever wonder about the dose and frequency of vaccines recommended for your pet? Can overvaccination occur and are there attendant risks?...
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Animal Health
Discover a world of pet protection, innovation and tips to help your pets lead a healthier life.
Understanding the Integrative (Holistic) Approach to Pet Care
I have 5 goals for using a natural, holistic, functional medicine approach to treating my patients. They are… Prevent Disease Say NO to Drugs...
Read moreBrain Health, Memory & Cognition
Of the primary factors that help control aging and memory, balanced nutrition and modest amounts of exercise are the most important for ourselves...
Read moreTen curious facts about Toxoplasma gondii
A whimsical look at a parasite that is most definitely not funny. A whole new meaning of “fatal attraction:” toxoplasma infected mice and rats...
Read moreOne Health: Extending Frontiers in the Art of Medicine
The scientific era began centuries ago with the Scientific Revolution of 1543 and the teachings of Copernicus, Gallileo, Kepler, Newton, Harvey...
Read moreAssessing Pet Health by Laboratory Testing
Background Laboratory diagnostic tests play an important role along with a thorough physical examination and patient history in the overall...
Read moreFour choices you make for your dog – Choice number two: To neuter or not to neuter?
There are four decisions no dog owner can avoid. You will be making these lifestyle choices for your dog regardless of whether you spend time...
Read moreAnimal Blood Banking
The history of veterinary transfusion medicine began in 1665 with the first reported transfusion of canine blood. From that time to the present...
Read moreCase Reports: Dietary Success with Nutriscan
Balanced nutrition is now recognized as the key factor in providing for health and longevity of human and animal populations. Achieving this...
Read morePup Protection – The Effects of Maternally Derived Antibody (MDA)
Why did the veterinarian order the vaccination of the puppy with core vaccine component, 3 times at 3-week intervals? For over a decade canine...
Read moreFeeding for Optimum Health
I’ve always believed in the adage ‘you are what you eat’. This is not a new concept. Way back around 600 BC Hippocrates famously said: “Let...
Read moreSafety Issues About Widespread Use of Pesticides & Herbicides
Forty to fifty years ago, two weed killers still in major use worldwide today (chlorpyifos and glyphosate) were introduced for use on agricultural...
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