by Vickie Byard | Aug 23, 2014 | Uncategorized
By Stephen Cital, RVT, SRA, LAT California is in a severe drought. Signs, commercials and news reports constantly remind all of us water and sun loving Californians to conserve this precious resource. Some counties are even fining their residents for having green...
by Vickie Byard | Aug 17, 2014 | Emergency and Critical Care
By Stephen Cital, RVT, SRA, LAT Reptiles are special species with special nutritional needs. Nutrition based illnesses such as metabolic bone disease (nutritional hyperparathyroidism and hypovitaminosis A) are common conditions seen in practice. Understanding a bit...
by Vickie Byard | Aug 10, 2014 | Uncategorized
By Vickie Byard, CVT, VTS (Dentistry), CVJ Are you sitting on a dream or an idea? Do you want to be a part of changing something? Let me remind you of this: You heard the voice clearly when you chose this profession. For many of us, we heard many other voices that...
by Vickie Byard | Jul 27, 2014 | Uncategorized
Kara M. Burns, MS, MEd, LVT, VTS (Nutrition) Academy of Veterinary Nutrition Technicians We have talked about getting an accurate weight and body condition scoring (BCS) our pets. We have even taken an in-depth nutritional history – but now what? Planning a...
by Vickie Byard | Jul 1, 2014 | Nutition
By: Kara M. Burns, MS, MEd, LVT, VTS (Nutrition) President, Academy of Veterinary Nutrition Technicians We hear the excuses everyday: ‘my pet is not overweight, he is big boned’; ‘I do not want to starve him’; ‘I have no idea how he got this big!’ As veterinary...
