Category Archives: Other Topics

The St. Patrick’s Day season is upon us and, here in New York City, we all become Irish, at least for a day. Since 1762, New York City has celebrated the Irish patron saint with a parade. In the past, I have written about St. Patrick’s Day traditions that might pose risks to your pets. Today’s blogpost will focus on the saints associated with animals and March 17th.

Next week is National Veterinary Technician Week, and its theme is This Is Who We Are, This Is What We Do. For this week’s blog post I will use the National

World Rabies Day 2019 is September 28. Approximately 59,000 humans die of rabies every year with most cases occurring in poor, rural areas of Asia and Africa. In these countries,

I received an email from a cat patient’s family. They have recently moved to the suburbs and with the move came a mouse! The mouse problem didn’t last too long

Since antiquity, humans have memorialized animals. Dog and cat graves have been found in Germany, Cyprus, and China dating from nearly 10,000 years ago. Ancient Egyptian tombs contain mummified remains