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Polyphagia – When Your Pet is Eating You Out of House & Home

2018-04-16 by CriticalCareDVM

We all have heard stories about cats stealing lunch meat from their owner’s sandwich or dogs “counter surfing” to find that delicious and warm fresh loaf of bread. Sometimes the pets are simply food motivated and naughty. But – more often than naught – there is a medical reason for their increased hunger. Increased hunger … [Read more…]

Posted in: General Information Tagged: brainstem, central nervous system, CNS, food, gastrointestinal, hypothalamus, polyphagia

Fever in Dogs & Cats – Figuring Out Why Your Pet is Burning Up!

2018-04-09 by CriticalCareDVM

Just like you and me, animals develop fevers, and they do so for a wide variety of reasons. A prevailing belief among pet parents is dogs and cats with fevers need antibiotics. Yet, this is not true. So, this week I wanted to get back to some basics and explains what a fever is and … [Read more…]

Posted in: General Information Tagged: armpit, auricular, axillary, bacterial, blood, cytokine, digital, drug, ear, feces, fever, fungal, hyperthermia, hypothalamus, immune-mediated, infection, KY jelly, lethargy, lubricant, mercury, parasitic, pyrexia, radiograph, shivering, tympanic, urine, Vaseline, viral, x-ray

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