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Alabama veterinarian grossly abuses elderly cat while being filmed

PoC avatarPosted on April 10, 2021 by Michael BroadApril 12, 2021

NEWS AND COMMENT: This is sheer horror. It is gut wrenching and it makes my heart race. I have to comment on it. This is not just about news. Although the news about this act of gross abuse by a … Continue reading →

Posted in Veterinarians | Tagged bad veterinarians, behavior of veterinarians, cat abuse, Cat News, USA veterinarians | 3 Replies

Can you sue a doctor (veterinarian) for wrong diagnosis?

PoC avatarPosted on January 6, 2021 by Michael BroadJanuary 6, 2021

Veterinarians are called doctors. You can sue a doctor for wrong diagnosis but the whole process is usually highly problematic. You know that something went wrong and you know that your cat received poor treatment by your veterinarian and as … Continue reading →

Posted in Veterinarians | Tagged bad veterinarian experience, bad veterinarians, behavior of veterinarians, cat health treatments, law | Leave a reply

The reason why this American veterinarian is sticking with a curbside model

PoC avatarPosted on October 28, 2020 by Michael BroadOctober 28, 2020

The veterinary clinic “curbside model” is one in which the public has restricted access to a veterinary clinic due to the coronavirus pandemic and the necessity to maintain social distance. The public drops off and picks up their companion animals … Continue reading →

Posted in curbside model | Tagged coronavirus (2019-nCoV), good veterinarians, USA veterinarians, veterinarian | 1 Reply

Why are there many more women veterinarians nowadays?

PoC avatarPosted on October 22, 2020 by Michael BroadOctober 22, 2020

Back in the 1960s 98% of veterinarians were men. Nowadays, in the USA, it is said that the current ratio is 55% female to 45% male. And in the future the differential will grow in favour of women. So what … Continue reading →

Posted in Veterinarians | Tagged female veterinarians, USA veterinarians, veterinarians | Leave a reply

Why are vets called doctor?

PoC avatarPosted on October 16, 2020 by Michael BroadOctober 16, 2020

“Dr” is a courtesy and convenient title for veterinarians.

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Artificial intelligence (AI) will usher in an era of better diagnosis of companion animal illnesses

PoC avatarPosted on September 3, 2020 by Michael BroadSeptember 3, 2020

I believe that artificial intelligence will, in time, revolutionise the diagnosis of illnesses in both people and their pets and I am not alone. For the sake of clarity, artificial intelligence (AI) is a process whereby computers begin to think … Continue reading →

Posted in artificial intelligence (AI) | Tagged artificial intelligence (AI), cat health diagnosis, cost of veterinary care, USA veterinarians, veterinarian | Leave a reply

Developments in artificial intelligence (AI) in veterinary medicine

PoC avatarPosted on September 3, 2020 by Michael BroadSeptember 3, 2020

Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly being used in human medicine and it is expected to have a major influence on how veterinary practices develop and evolve in the future in order to keep pace and be competitive. As the eBay … Continue reading →

Posted in artificial intelligence (AI) | Tagged artificial intelligence (AI), cat health diagnosis, Cat Illness Diagnosis, genetic diseases, home diagnosis, inherited illnesses, self diagnosis, veterinarians | Leave a reply

Telemedicine and the treatment of cats by veterinarians

PoC avatarPosted on August 11, 2020 by Michael BroadAugust 12, 2020

The coronavirus pandemic, as we know, has changed the way that people interact with their doctors and their veterinarians. There is a need to keep social distance and minimise physical contact. Telemedicine allows this to happen and has been found … Continue reading →

Posted in telemedicine | Tagged AVMA, coronavirus (2019-nCoV), telemedicine, USA veterinarians, veterinarians | Leave a reply

Spaying and neutering is ethical while declawing is not

PoC avatarPosted on August 5, 2020 by Michael BroadAugust 5, 2020

Sometimes I see the argument that cat declawing is no different from de-sexing; the spaying and neutering of cats. They argue that they are both mutilations for the benefit of people. This is a poor argument. There are two sides … Continue reading →

Posted in ethics, Uncategorized | Tagged Cat Declawing, cat neutering, cat spaying, declawing cats, ethics, ethics in medicine, spaying and neutering | Leave a reply

Veterinarians involved in TNR under attack within their own profession?

PoC avatarPosted on July 27, 2020 by Michael BroadJuly 27, 2020

Dr John Bradshaw in his book Cat Sense writes that some veterinary surgeons who are involved in managing the welfare of feral cats by neutering and vaccinating them and then returning them to their original territory (under TNR programmes), have … Continue reading →

Posted in trap-neuter-release, Veterinarians | Tagged Animal laws, bird conservation, birds, Florida, TNR, USA animal laws, USA veterinarians, veterinarians, volunteers | Leave a reply

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