Surgical management of osteoarthritis is indicated for patients severely affected by osteoarthritis for which conservative management alone is not achieving the desired results. The joint(s) of the...
When the osteoarthritic patient comes into the hospital or facility, they need to be provided with plenty of cushions and bedding suitable for arthritic joints and backs (Figure 1). Geriatric dogs...
Behaviours that the owner may see early during the disease are the dog sporadically reluctant to perform previous tasks or activities, such as jumping into the car, which never posed a problem before....
Woolf (2011) defined the three types of pain as: neurological, this stems from the nervous system because of abnormal function; nociceptive, this is a result of a noxious stimulus damaging the...
Complementary and alternative pain management therapies can be used for a number of conditions in canine patients, either alongside traditional medications or alone. The most notable indication for...
Contrary to what might be assumed, actually any patient coming in to the veterinary clinic could be an end-of-life patient. A ‘healthy’ dog with behavioural issues, or two young feline companions...
The patient presented after running into a stick which penetrated his thorax adjacent to the sternum..
If the drug is to be added to fluids running at a set rate, it is important to know:.