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Cats with chronic kidney disease can now live longer, better lives than ever before. “It’s been a very exciting time over the last decade or so in that we’ve really enhanced our abilities to diagnose and detect chronic kidney disease,” said Dr. Shelly L. Vaden, a professor of internal medicine at North Carolina State University College of Veterinary Medicine. “We’ve also made many improvements in medical management.” Dr. Vaden was speaking during the New Therapeutic Approaches to Chronic Care Symposium at the AVMA Virtual Convention 2020 this past August. Another convention pres...

Erie Times-News I was talking to one of my stepmother's friends recently, and she mentioned that her dog had been diagnosed with a heart murmur. "You should take him to a veterinary cardiologist," I said. "I didn't know they had cardiologists for dogs," she replied. "They have every kind of specialist for pets that they do for people," I told her. I should know. Over the years, my seven dogs, past and present, have been to a number of them. Veterinarians with a string of letters behind their name and DVM or VMD title are board-certified. They've put in long hours and years of study to earn th...

Horsetalk.co.nz Study findings hold out hope for easier identification of insulin problems in horses Icelandic horses were used in the German study into insulin issues in horses. © Nick Hodgson The prospects of developing a screening tool to identify horses with insulin problems using only a baseline blood sample have been buoyed by the findings of recent research in Germany. Equine metabolic syndrome encompasses a range of disorders of energy metabolism. Problems with insulin regulation are a hallmark of the syndrome, as is obesity. The syndrome places horses at high risk of develo...