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What Bloodwork Can Teach You About Your Pet's Health
Blood tests are an easy, safe, and relatively inexpensive way to peer inside your pets and find potential health problems. Analysis of the numbers and structure of blood cells is important in the diagnosis and monitoring of disease and infection. These tests can help us identify a problem before clinical signs or symptoms appear. But what exactly are we looking for when we do a blood draw on dogs and cats?
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What is Pandora Syndrome?
Kitty urinary problems are often difficult to diagnose. They can even be difficult for you as the cat owner to recognize unless kitty chooses a location away from the litter box to urinate. Cats can also have blood in the urine and painful urination.
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Caring for a Cat with Asthma
You startle awake in the middle of the night to a familiar hacking sound. It’s your cat, expelling a hairball again—or is it?
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Avoid Pancreatitis This Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving has a way of leaving the entire family feeling stuffed and sluggish, but if your dog or cat is also experiencing these signs (or others, such as vomiting or diarrhea) this holiday season, don’t ignore it.
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What to Do When Your Pet Won’t Eat
When your pet suddenly loses his appetite, it can be concerning—particularly if you’ve got a regular chowhound on your hands.
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Big Heart, Big Problem: Understanding Feline Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Does your cat have a big heart? No, we’re not talking about her loving personality. An enlarged heart could point to a cardiac condition known as hypertrophic cardiomyopathy—and it can mean big problems for your feline friend’s health.
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The Many Benefits of Lab Work for Pets
As veterinarians, we often wish we could just ask our patients to tell us where it hurts. Unfortunately, evaluating sick pets is much more complicated, which is why blood work is such a valuable diagnostic tool.
Routine blood testing can help determine causes of illness, verify organ health prior to anesthetized medical treatments, and aid in the general maintenance of healthy pets.
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