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A biopsy is one of the most important diagnostic tools in veterinary medicine. It’s so important that I can’t think of a veterinarian who never does a biopsy. Whether it’s a dermatologist, dentist, surgeon, internal medicine specialist or your primary care veterinarian, all use biopsies to diagnose different conditions. At the Schwarzman Animal Medical Center, veterinarians submit between five and fifteen biopsies on any given day. In many cases, a biopsy is the only way to confirm a diagnosis, especially for internal diseases like inflammatory bowel disease, liver problems and most kinds of cancer. In today’s blogpost, I’ll discuss how biopsies work and why they’re essential for diagnosis.

The soundtrack of my college years went silent with Jimmy Buffett’s passing over Labor Day weekend. The cause of death was widely reported as a rare form of skin cancer called Merkel cell carcinoma. Animals also suffer from this rare form of cancer, so today I’ll discuss Merkel cell tumors in animals, in honor of Jimmy Buffett.

“Everyday Medicine” is an intermittent series of blog posts highlighting tests, treatments, and procedures common in daily Animal Medical Center practice. Some past examples of this type of blog post

Pathologists are the invisible specialists; at least they are invisible to pet families.  Despite the fact that the American College of Veterinary Pathology is the oldest veterinary specialty college, I would