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Tag: diet

  • Compromise: learning the ‘art of veterinary medicine’

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    It was my first day at work. I was nervous as heck, keen to impress, and desperate to prove to myself I could actually function as a veterinary surgeon (and, ideally, without writing my car off in the first week, which is what my university mates had voted me the person most likely in the…

  • Higher frequency passing stools can indicate adverse food reactions

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    While not exactly a major sign of food allergies, the number of times a day a patient passes stools can raise suspicion of the condition. Between 60% and 65% of dogs with adverse food reactions (AFR) have concurrent gastrointestinal disturbance (Paterson, 1995) and (Loeffler, 2004). Another study confirmed my impression dogs with AFR produce on average 3 stools…

  • Obesity: facing the big dog in the room

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    Obesity is a huge welfare problem that is rapidly increasing. We all know this. That owners with obese animals are guilty of neglect is obvious[1.yes, rarely there can be endocrine or metabolic problems], as is the state of their animals, and they don’t need a vet to bring this up in a consult – all…