Blog
What AMC’s New Surgical Institute Means for Your Pet
With great fanfare, the Schwarzman Animal Medical Center held a “leash cutting” ceremony to mark the grand opening of the Denise and Michael Kellen Institute for Surgical Care. The press release describes...
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Cats Pets and Family Responsible Pet OwnershipApril 09, 2012
What to Expect When You’re Expecting Kittens
My family is trying something new this spring: we are hosting a pregnant cat as part of a local foster cat program. Destiny, now known affectionately as Lucy, will be ...
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DogsApril 06, 2012
A Matter of Taste: Why Dogs Love Sweets
Because at The Animal Medical Center every day is take your dog to work day, I know a quite a bit about the dogs who work here. Bitsy, a nearly ...
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UncategorizedApril 04, 2012
What Ever Happened To…?
Over the past several months, I have written about several patients treated by the veterinarians of The Animal Medical Center. Each blog is a snapshot in time and the case ...
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BlogApril 02, 2012
Estate Planning: Providing for Your Pet’s Future
I saw a new patient last week; an older cat with many serious problems, including cancer. After we finished agreeing on a plan for her cat, the owner told me ...
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Avian and ExoticsMarch 28, 2012
Ruptured Air Sac: A Unique Bird Disease
In 1984, The Animal Medical Center established one of the first Avian and Exotic Pet Services in a veterinary specialty hospital. At that time, the patients seen by the Avian ...
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UncategorizedMarch 26, 2012
Pills and Poison Prevention
Last week was National Poison Prevention Week and the 50th anniversary of this poison prevention campaign. The theme for the 2012 National Poison Prevention week, “Children act fast, so do ...
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About the author
Dr. Ann Hohenhaus is a third-generation veterinarian, double board-certified in Oncology and Small Animal Internal Medicine. As AMC’s Director of Pet Health Information, she writes AMC’s weekly blog, hosts a monthly “Ask the Vet” podcast, and regularly speaks to national news media about animal health. In addition, she has contributed widely to research articles and textbooks, lectures internationally, and has won prestigious awards for her work in both veterinary medicine and journalism. In 2021, she joined the influential World Small Animal Veterinary Association’s Oncology Working Group, which she currently chairs.
