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Ethylene Glycol Toxicosis in Dogs and Cats: Clinical Management
A time-critical toxicology reference for clinicians: ethylene glycol toxicokinetics, species-specific lethal doses, the three clinical stages, early diagnosis (osmolar and anion gaps, calcium oxalate crystalluria), and the antidote race with fomepizole and ethanol dosing for dogs and cats.
Read →Anticoagulant Rodenticide Toxicosis in Dogs: Clinical Management
A DVM's clinical reference for anticoagulant rodenticide toxicosis in dogs: mechanism, delayed 3-5 day presentation, PT as the earliest marker, vitamin K1 antidotal dosing and duration by generation, plasma for active bleeding, and the recheck-PT-after-stopping rule.
Read →Xylitol Toxicosis in Dogs: Clinical Management
A DVM reference for xylitol toxicosis in dogs: hypoglycemia at ~0.1 g/kg and hepatic necrosis at ~0.5 g/kg, delayed onset, why activated charcoal fails, and dextrose plus hepatoprotectant protocols with monitoring intervals and prognosis.
Read →Sago Palm (Cycad) Hepatotoxicosis in Dogs: Clinical Management
A clinical reference for managing sago palm (Cycas revoluta) toxicosis in dogs: cycasin/MAM mechanism, the three-phase course, decontamination with multi-dose activated charcoal, hepatoprotectant dosing (NAC, SAMe, silymarin), coagulopathy management, monitoring, and prognosis.
Read →Cannabis (THC) Toxicosis in Dogs: Emergency Management
A point-of-care clinical reference for THC toxicosis in dogs: toxicokinetics, the neurologic hallmark, decontamination criteria, supportive care and intravenous lipid emulsion dosing, the edible co-toxin trap, and prognosis.
Read →Inclusion Body Disease (IBD) of Boid Snakes: Reptarenavirus Infection
DVM reference on inclusion body disease of boid snakes: reptarenavirus (and hartmanivirus) etiology, boa vs python presentations, blood-smear and RT-PCR diagnosis, differentials, and quarantine, biosecurity, and euthanasia decision-making.
Read →Metabolic Bone Disease in Bearded Dragons & Reptiles: A DVM Guide
Managing nutritional secondary hyperparathyroidism (MBD) in bearded dragons and reptiles: diagnosis with ionized calcium and radiographs, emergency hypocalcemia treatment, calcium and vitamin D3 dosing, cautious calcitonin use, and the husbandry corrections that are the definitive fix.
Read →Reptile Anesthesia and Analgesia: DVM Protocols
Evidence-based reptile anesthesia and analgesia for DVMs: ectothermy and cardiac-shunt physiology, alfaxalone/propofol induction, IPPV, mu-opioid analgesia (butorphanol fails), Doppler/capnography monitoring, and recovery, with a cited agent/dose table.
Read →Rabbit Pasteurellosis (Snuffles): Antibiotic Selection & Treatment
DVM reference for Pasteurella multocida in rabbits: which antibiotics are rabbit-safe (enrofloxacin, TMS, chloramphenicol, azithromycin, parenteral penicillin G) versus the oral penicillins, clindamycin, and lincomycin that cause fatal enterotoxemia. Culture, clinical spectrum, and prognosis.
Read →Rabbit GI Stasis (RGIS): Emergency Workup and Treatment
A DVM's emergency guide to rabbit gastrointestinal stasis: separating functional ileus from true obstruction with imaging and blood glucose, then fluid resuscitation, analgesia, assist feeding, and evidence-based prokinetic use.
Read →Encephalitozoon cuniculi in rabbits: diagnosis & treatment
DVM guide to E. cuniculi in rabbits: IgG/IgM and CRP serology, the neurologic, renal, and phacoclastic-uveitis syndromes, the fenbendazole 20 mg/kg PO q24h x 28-day protocol, why corticosteroids are contraindicated, supportive care, prognosis, and zoonotic risk.
Read →Rabbit Analgesia and Pain Management: Evidence-Based Dosing
Evidence-based rabbit analgesia for DVMs: why meloxicam is dosed at 1 mg/kg, buprenorphine route matters (IV/IM over SC), opioid GI-motility ranking, local blocks and CRIs, multimodal protocols, and objective pain scoring with the Rabbit Grimace Scale and RPBS.
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