by Vickie Byard | Jun 22, 2014 | Emergency and Critical Care
By: Kenichiro Yagi, BS, RVT, VTS (ECC, SAIM) Canine parvovirus (CPV) infections cause severe gastroenteritis, lead to dehydration, shock, disseminated intravascular coagulation, bacterial translocation and sepsis when left untreated. With aggressive treatment, the...
by Vickie Byard | Jun 15, 2014 | Uncategorized
By Katherine Dobbs, RVT, CVPM, PHR Although compassion fatigue is a relatively new concept to the veterinary profession, burn out is not! We would all probably say “Yes!” if asked if we have experienced burn out. In fact, these are both conditions that can lead to...
by Vickie Byard | May 24, 2014 | Pet Dentistry
by Vickie Byard, CVT, VTS (Dentistry), CVJ In last week’s blog, I posted an educational video showing positioning for canine dental X-rays. Today’s post will be similar but will address positioning your feline patients. I like to think of the steps as...
by Vickie Byard | May 18, 2014 | Pet Dentistry
By Vickie Byard, CVT, VTS (Dentistry), CVJ One of the biggest fears about adding intraoral radiographs to the dentistry department service menu is that by taking full mouth radiographs the dental procedure will now take too long. There may be some truth to...
by Vickie Byard | May 14, 2014 | Uncategorized
by Vickie Byard, CVT, VTS (Dentistry), CVJ I usually blog on veterinary dentistry or I post some wisdom from some facet of veterinary medicine from one of our talented educators. Today, inspiration came from another direction and I feel it is equally important to...
