Posts by "The Improve Team"
Making the most of your veterinary career connections how to make and maintain your network
It’s a known fact that professional network is influential in all occupational fields and veterinary...
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Taking care of invertebrates
Despite invoking fear in some people, invertebrates are becoming ever more popular as pets – and thi...
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Nasolacrimal Endoscopy and Stenting Procedure in a Cat
An 8-year-old female cat underwent a new procedure to permanently reopen an obstructed tear duct. Th...
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Cheetahs balance ‘turn capacity’ with pace when chasing prey
Scientific comprehension of the strategies predators adopt when pursuing prey is still very limited....
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Laser Therapy in Pets
Laser therapy (LT), also known as cold laser therapy or low-level laser therapy, is an increasingly ...
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Zoonotic Parasites of Reptiles
Reptiles have been generally associated with bacterial zoonotic pathogens, such as Salmonella, but r...
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Brachycephaly, ventricular dilation and skull malformations in Persian cats
Brachycephaly is considered the most important breed-defining trait for Persian cats and breeders ha...
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Poisoning of dogs and cats by human drugs
One of the main causes of poisoning of small animals is exposure to drugs intended for human use. Po...
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Toxic Foods for Dogs and Cats
Several foods, although harmless to humans, can pose a serious threat to the health of our pets. In ...
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Bronchial collapse during forced expiration in CT scans and radiographs exams in dogs
Tracheobronchomalacia refers to an imperfection of the trachea, main bronchi and/or other smaller ai...
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CASE REPORT: Subcutaneous lymphangiosarcoma in a pet rat
Lymphangiosarcomas are aggressive, rare malignant tumours that originate in the endothelial cells of...
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Clinical Use of Deslorelin in Companion Animals
Deslorelin is a Gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist, used not only for male contraception but als...
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Importance of Urinalysis
Many veterinary specialists consider urinalysis an extremely important diagnostic procedure. It not ...
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Chronic exposure to domoic acid
As oceans continue to warm, harmful algal blooms (HABs) are becoming more frequent, more toxic and l...
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Fine needle aspiration in cardiac masses
While they are still rare, the most common heart tumors in dogs are hemangiosarcomas, chemodectomas,...
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Managing conflict within the team
Conflict is an unavoidable element of work environments and is quite common among healthcare profess...
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Reducing of aggression in newly housed cats using rabbit maternal pheromone
Introducing new cats to a household can be cause moment of high stress and can lead to important beh...
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Is listening to classical music beneficial to kennelled dogs?
Rescue and rehoming environments or holiday kennels can be a stressful environment for the dogs stay...
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Charging upfront at veterinary practices
The pandemic has required new social distancing protocols that limit the number of people in work pl...
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Is it SARDS or CAR?
Sudden acquired retinal degeneration syndrome (SARDS) is a frequent cause of irreversible blindness ...
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Unsuccessful animal adoptions
Pet´s adoption rate is increasing but the number of animals returned to shelters post-adoption is co...
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Equine parvovirus hepatitis
In 1918 Theiler’s disease was first described in a group of horses in South Africa after the adminis...
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Excretory urography and urinary system diagnosis in domestic rabbits
Ultrasound and survey radiographs can be useful for the diagnosis of urinary function but their valu...
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Complete Tracheal Rupture in Small Animals
Complete tracheal rupture in small animals is normally due to trauma and a potentially fatal conditi...
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Vets around the World – Claire
I graduated from the University of Liège in Belgium in 2012. I became a diplomate of the European Co...
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New Online Computed Tomography Programme Launched by Improve International
We are delighted to have launched an online programme in Computed Tomography (CT), offering a route ...
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Food-borne parasites
The European Food Safety Authority has published an open-access report with a description of parasit...
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Efficacy of medical dissolution for suspected struvite cystoliths in dogs
The main goal of the article to which this summary refers was to evaluate the efficacy of medical di...
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Can epinephrine help reduce the severity of BOAS?
Brachycephalic obstructive airway syndrome (BOAS) includes various components that can be alleviated...
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Senior cat’s food formulation
Older cats are at increased risk of several age-related disorders and their nutritional requirements...
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