Personal/Professional Development
NAVTA’s Trademarked Specialist Logos Advance Veterinary Nursing
This landmark decision holds profound implications for the future of veterinary nursing.
Personal/Professional Development
ASPCA Training Programs for Veterinary Nursing Students
The ASPCA currently offers 17 training programs for veterinary professionals and students.
Nutrition
Feeding Orphaned Kittens From Birth Through Weaning
To ensure proper nutrition for orphaned kittens, consider the proper milk replacer to use, the current caloric needs of the kitten, and whether the kitten can consume those calories by volume.
Parasitology
Limiting the Zoonotic Risks of External Parasites
Ticks, scabies, fleas, and harvest mites all have potential to cause serious health problems in pets and humans.
Oncology
Electrochemotherapy for Companion Animals
Electrochemotherapy has been shown to be an effective treatment for a variety of neoplastic processes and malignancies, sometimes in as little as a single treatment, with minimal to no side effects.
Wound Management
Wound Bandaging Techniques for Small Animals
The two most common techniques are the modified Robert Jones and tie-over bandages.
Anesthesiology
Protein-Losing Diseases and Anesthesia
This article describes how protein-losing diseases affect the patient, common comorbidities and how to address them, and how to prepare and create an anesthetic plan for these patients.
Neurology
A Case of Steroid-Responsive Meningitis–Arteritis in a 6-Year-Old Boxer
Diagnosis of SRMA is based on clinical examination, findings on cerebral spinal fluid analysis, and exclusion of other diseases.