A Michael Broad Blog
A study from Colorado State University College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences found that during a full moon there is a slight increase in veterinary visits for cats and dogs which on the face might be considered a little puzzling but I have provided some suggestions. These were emergency veterinary visits and the …
The question really comes from a Reddit.com post in which the owner of an old cat asks whether her cat will feel better after he has had the hard calculus (tartar) removed from around his teeth by her veterinarian. She almost answers the question herself. Her cat was sedated rather than anaesthetised generally which …
NEWS AND COMMENT – Beckenham, Greater London, UK: This is shocking to me and many others. I’ll start with the picture which tells the entire story, actually. I don’t need to add many words because you can guess what is going on. The problem is I can’t publish the photo on this page as …
There’s an interesting letter in The Times today (29-08-23) from a doctor, Dr. Matthew Dryden. He says that, in the USA, private clinics take advantage of “vulnerable patients” by allegedly deliberately wrongly diagnosing Lyme disease. This allows them to prescribe a long course of expensive treatment all paid for by health insurance. The issue …
A cursory investigation will tell you that dogs are taken to the vets much more than cats and cats are not taken to the vets enough. Cat owners resist taking their cat to the vet. I am one of those cat owners. It is not about money for me but the hassle. But vets …
How good is veterinary telemedicine? These are the thoughts of a layperson. It is useful to examine this expanding aspect of veterinary practice. I’m sure that both veterinarians and clients like the idea of veterinary telemedicine. Clients will like it because they don’t have to go to a surgery which is nearly always problematic …
Provided veterinary clinics employ low stress techniques domestic cats need not be too stressed at their clinics.
In the UK, 80% of new veterinarians are women as at the date of this post which is January 30, 2022. There’s been quite a definitive shift from men to women in the veterinary profession. There was a time when women were quite scarce at vet practices but they now dominate substantially. In America, …
