Posts by "The Improve Team"

Avian keratin disorder (AKD) is a disease characterized by debilitating beak overgrowth, often with ...

The ACVIM has published a consensus opinion about the administration of gastrointestinal protectants...

Horses are frequently trained based on negative reinforcement. Nevertheless, recently, positive rein...

We have a lot to learn about Feline Hyperaesthesia Syndrome (FHS), a complex disorder characterized ...

Dexmedetomidine, an alpha 2 -adrenergic agonist, may be used in companion animals for chemical restr...

Tularemia is a bacterial zoonosis which has been increasingly reported in humans, in Europe. There a...

Owners’ concerns about the health of their companion animals are increasing with nutrition often see...

Cryotherapy is a rehabilitation technique with anti-inflammatory and analgesic properties, commonly ...

The size or weight of puppies at birth is an important parameter, which influences neonatal mortalit...

In cats, psychogenic alopecia is a common diagnosis when medial regions of limbs, caudal abdomen and...

Rabies is linked to more than 55,000 human deaths every year. Human transmission vectors vary around...

Vitamin D is a fat-soluble vitamin which means that when it is ingested to excess, it is not promptl...

Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) is a semi-invasive technique that enables direct visualizatio...

Last week, Improve International started a unique partnership with the Veterinary Emergency and Crit...

Ocular blood perfusion can be evaluated by various imaging modalities and is an important parameter ...

Feline injection-site sarcomas (FISS) are malignant tumors that arise at the site of an injection in...

Performing blood transfusions between cats can save lives but we should always keep in mind that thi...

In this study, 117 cases of shelter cats that were infected with Feline Panleukopenia virus (FPV) we...

Pruritus is common in many skin disorders and it manifests through several types of behaviors. Until...

Although ileus is a poorly documented condition in ruminants, most of the cases happen after surgery...

Today, we reveal our first wet-lab training facility in Neu-Isenburg (Frankfurt, Main-Germany) to en...

Chinchillas are nocturnal and had been thought of as animals with a pure rod retina - but new resear...

This International Women’s Day, staff across the Improve International Group have come together to #...

The aim of this study was to report the clinical experience with fluoroscopically guided tibial apop...

Compared to other species, horses are born with a more functional and developed brain. This is thoug...

Today, the global zoo and aquarium community is focused on conservation, education and research, in ...

My name is Justine. I was born in the US but have lived most of my life in Spain. I studied veterina...

Gastric lymphofollicular hyperplasia (GLFH) is characterized by the formation of lymphoid nodules an...

As in humans and other species, anxiety is an important facet of canine behavior and affects welfare...

Hello to all readers, I'm Mariana, a Portuguese aquatic animal veterinarian, currently working on th...