Source: CVC PROCEEDINGS
 April 1, 2008
By:Albert E. Jergens, DVM, PhD, DACVIM
Protein-losing enteropathy (PLE) denotes a clinical condition characterized by excessive loss of plasma proteins into the gastrointestinal tract.
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Source: CVC PROCEEDINGS
April 1, 2008
By:Michael Leib, DVM, MS, DACVIM
Giardia is a flagellate protozoan parasite commonly encountered in small animal veterinary practice.
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Source: DVM NEWSMAGAZINE
 March 1, 2008
By:Karen M. Tobias, DVM, MS, Dipl. ACVS
Congenital portosystemic shunts usually are single vessels that develop inside or outside the liver (Photo 1). Because these vessels carry blood around the liver instead of through it, the normal hepatic processes of metabolism, storage and production are disrupted.
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Source: CUSTOM VETERINARY MEDIA
 February 1, 2008
By:Michael Leib, DVM, MS, DACVIM, Albert E. Jergens, DVM, PhD, DACVIM, Kenneth Simpson, BVMS, PhD, DACVIM, DECVIM, David Twedt, DVM, DACVIM, David Williams, VETMB, MA, PhD, DACVIM, DECVIM-CA, MRCVS
This roundÂtable discussion shares the current clinical, medical, and scientific understanding of vomiting and its physiology, cause, and control in companion animalÂmedicine. Due to the paucity of FDA-approved products, the discussion includes the extra-label use of human harmaceuticals.
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Source: DVM NEWSMAGAZINE
January 1, 2008
By:Janet Kovak, DVM, Dipl. ACVS
EDITORS NOTE: A new collaborative column with the American College of Veterinary Surgeons (ACVS) and DVM Newsmagazine debuts this month. SurgerySTAT offers DVM readers insightful information for preoperative preparation, a surgical technique or postoperative care.
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Source: DVM NEWSMAGAZINE
April 1, 2007
By:Ed Kane, PhD
Equine colic is "responsible for more deaths in horses than any disease group except old age." That's how Nathaniel A. White, DVM, MS, Dipl. ACVS, described the insidious nature of the condition in a 2005 presentation to the American Association of Equine Practitioners in Quebec.
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Source: VETERINARY MEDICINE
 November 1, 2006
By:David C. Twedt, DVM, DACVIM
Dr. David Twedt discusses how a handful of common gastrointestinal diseases in dogs and cats are frequently misdiagnosed, either because they are tricky to diagnose or they are not considered in the first place.
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Source: VETERINARY MEDICINE
October 1, 2006
By:Ralph P. Millard, DVM, Brenda Jo Salinardi, DVM, MS, DACVS
A 2-year-old intact male German shepherd was referred to the Kansas State University Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital for evaluation of a three-day history of lethargy, diarrhea, anorexia, and vomiting.
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