VETERINARIAN SPECIALTY CASE STUDY Diagnostic and Therapeutic Dilemmas in a Dog with a Heart-Base Tumor. By Rodney Ayl, BSc, BVSc, MRCVS DACVIM (Oncology), DACVR (Radiation Oncology) 1. Referral Rafa, a 10-year-old male/neutered pitbull mix presented to Animal Specialty Group’s Oncology Department for a consultation for a heart-base mass, with associated pericardial effusion and cardiac tamponade; recently […]

VETERINARIAN SPECIALTY CASE STUDY Sleep Supplement Ingestion leads to Serotonin Syndrome and seizure activity. By Caitlin Parsley, DVM Emergency + Critical Care 1. Referral Roy is a 5 y/o MN Labradoodle who presented to the ASG emergency service for odd behavior noted at home. The owners noted that Roy was normal during the day but when […]

VETERINARIAN SPECIALTY CASE STUDY Ingestion of methamphetamine in a dog results in hyperthermia and resultant DIC and MODS, which required intensive and aggressive in-hospital therapy and management. By Megan van Eeden, DVM and Rhonda Schulman, DVM, Diplomate American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine 1. Referral Giorgio, an approximately 6-year old male intact Maltese mix, was […]

An emergency evaluation of left thoracic limb lameness and left elbow swelling leads to the discovery of a tubular structure in the caudal abdomen suggestive of uterine enlargement and suspected pyometra. By John Michael Supance, DVM Mishka Gonsalves, DVM and Michael Huber, DVM, MS Diplomate American College of Veterinary Surgeons 1. Referral Tulee, a 5 […]

VETERINARIAN SPECIALTY CASE STUDY A serious blood condition involving the abnormal increase of red blood cells in the circulatory system leads to a therapeutic phlebotomy in a recently adopted cat. By Matthew Lechner, DVM Emilie Chaplow, VMD Diplomate ACVIM 1. Referral Paddington, an approximately 2-year-old castrated male Domestic Short Hair was referred to Animal Specialty […]