For Referring Veterinarians

Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Feline Brain Diagnosis of epilepsy in canine and feline patients involves careful history taking, accurate physical and neurologic examinations, and appropriate diagnostic testing, including advanced imaging and cerebrospinal fluid analysis.  Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is the gold standard for imaging brain tissue. Unfortunately, this diagnostic procedure is an expensive test and does come with the risks inherent to anesthetic procedures.  As clinicians, we have to be able to explain to clients the…

Key points for recommendations regarding the feeding of a novel medium-chain TAG diet* for the treatment of epileptic seizures in dogs Canine diets have diversified substantially in recent years and now include many formulations.  There are prescription diets, diets formulated for specific niches such as grain-free, joint health, and age, raw diets and many, many others.  More recently, research modeled on human medicine has focused on diets designed to promote cognitive health and epilepsy management. …

How to manage spinal pain in dogs can be a difficult dilemma for veterinarians. Spinal pain in dogs is a common presenting complaint by owners that can be nebulous in origin yet indicative of a potentially serious, impending neurologic catastrophic event.  Similar to the tip of the iceberg analogy, what presents as simple focal spinal pain without neurologic episodes can quickly progress to disastrous ship-sinking changes in mobility and paralysis. Management of spinal pain in dogs…