Pets with any chronic illness can have good days and bad, and there are a number of tools available to help us in assessing their quality of life.  These tools become especially helpful as a disease progresses, as a pet ages, or as other problems develop over time.  Dr. Kathleen Cooney - a...

When making a change from one diet to another, veterinarians typically recommend that pet owners make that transition over a period of several days.  This is to try and avoid any GI disturbance that could develop in association with feeding a new diet. In the case of pets with kidney disease...

Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common cause of maladaptive pain in dogs and cats, but the disease manifests differently between the species.  Dr. James Gaynor - a veterinary pain management specialist - explains. Learn more about pain management strategies for pets with OA.

Dr. Sara Jablonski - a veterinary internal medicine specialist - explains the correct terminology we should be using to describe chronic GI disease in dogs and cats. Learn more about Protein-losing Enteropathy in Dogs.  

Dr. John Loftus - a veterinary internal medicine specialist - explains the rationale for adding a second immunosuppressant drug (in addition to prednisone) to the treatment plan of dogs with immune-mediated hemolytic anemia (IMHA).  Learn more about IMHA in dogs and how Dr. Loftus implements th...

Dr. Sara Jablonski - a veterinary internal medicine specialist and protein-losing enteropathy (PLE) researcher at Michigan State University's College of Veterinary Medicine - explains her approach to the medical management of dogs with this disease. Learn more about the therapeutic management of PLE...

There are ongoing efforts to investigate factors that could contribute to the development of cancer in dogs and cats.  Dr. Lauren Trepanier - a veterinary specialist and researcher at the University of Wisconsin School of Veterinary Medicine - addresses some questions about chemicals that have...

Veterinary cancer experts - Dr. Doug Thamm and Dr. Chelsea Tripp - explain why it’s so important to aspirate lumps and bumps in pets and to have the specimen submitted to a pathologist for cytologic examination.  Learn more about cancer and diagnostics.