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Here Comes Summer!
Here comes summer! Summer is my favourite time of year, but the heat brings on some challenges for our pets that we need to be mindful of.
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Kidney Disease Part 2, Diagnosis
Kidney disease is most often diagnosed by blood and urine testing. We will perform these tests if your pet isn’t well (increased thirst, weight loss, muscle weakness, vomiting or anorexia), but we also perform these tests as part of our senior wellness testing or pre-anesthesia testing prior to a surgical or dental procedure (most often […]
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Kidney Disease Part I
In order to understand why our pets, get kidney disease and its impact on their health, it is important to know what kidneys do. In this three-part series, we will discuss what the kidneys do, what causes kidney failure and how we diagnose it, treat it, manage it and monitor your pet who is living with […]
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Atopic Dermatitis (Airborne Allergies)
Everyone knows someone with hay fever. Airborne pollens, moulds, dust particles, etc. are inhaled, and soon the sneezing and sniffling begins. A simple way to think of atopy for pets would be simply saying that the airborne allergen is inhaled, but instead of sneezing and sniffling, the pet gets itchy skin. In fact, this was […]
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