For Referring Veterinarians

One of the most challenging aspects of treating canine epilepsy is the ability to provide appropriate treatment recommendations to owners to help stop cluster seizure activity at home.  The benefit of not having to bring their pet into the ER has tremendous implications.   Successful home rescue therapy alleviates a variety of stresses to both owner and pet.  Owner anxiety in dealing with their dog’s seizures can be greatly reduced, emotional stress of family member interactions…

I was fortunate to moderate this year’s ACVIM Neurology panel discussion at National Harbor in Washington, DC on the topic of surgical options for disk associated cervical spondylomyelopathy (DACSM) in dogs, generically known as Wobbler’s disease. Each year a controversial topic is chosen for presentation at the neurology specialty day portion of the conference. The purpose is to provide a forum to stimulate open discussion on a topic between American and European diplomates, trainees and…

3 Common Questions About Canine Total Hip Replacement We commonly get questions about total hip replacement surgery in dogs. Here are the most common questions answered. What size and age must a dog be in order to be considered for total hip replacement? Since the introduction of the micro and nano total hip replacement systems (Figure 1) we can now perform this surgery in dogs and cats as small as ~ 4 kg and there is…