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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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Everyday MedicineJune 07, 2017
Everyday Medicine: The Third Eyelid
Everyday Medicine is an intermittent series of blog posts highlighting tests, treatments and procedures commonly used at AMC. Some past examples of this type of blog post include “Vital Signs” and ...
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Pet Safety Responsible Pet OwnershipMay 31, 2017
Top Tick Stories 2017
Increase in Lyme Disease Cases for 2017 According to the Companion Animal Parasite Council, canine Lyme disease is expected to expand beyond its traditional geographic boundaries in 2017. In states like ...
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Blog SurgeryMay 24, 2017
Limb Amputation: Can My Pet Survive?
Veterinarians talk with pet families about many very difficult topics: failing kidneys, life-threatening injuries from automobile accidents, and the need for emergency surgery. But as an oncologist, one of the ...
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DermatologyMay 17, 2017
Ear Infections in Dogs and Cats
Yesterday I saw one of my favorite patients, a cute, red poodle named Charlie. As a baby, his bone marrow shut down for some unknown reason but ultimately recovered. Last ...
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WellnessMay 03, 2017
What is Diarrhea?
At first glance, this may seem like a silly question because, well, doesn’t everyone know what diarrhea is? Au contraire. Among the pet families I see, the definition of diarrhea ...
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Dogs OncologyApril 26, 2017
Melanoma Monday for Dogs
May is a busy month, cancer-wise. May has been designated as Skin Cancer Awareness Month and, more specifically, the first Monday in May is Melanoma Monday. Skin cancer is much ...
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