Internal Medicine

Autoimmune Hemolytic & Anemia in dogs: The destruction of red blood cells.

Cancer in pets

Canine Cardiomyopathy: Canine cardiomyopathy is a disease of the heart muscle which causes the heart to enlarge and not function properly.

Cushings Disease: Cushings disease causes the production of too much adrenal hormone.

Diabetes Mellitus: Diabetes mellitus, or sugar diabetes, is a hormonal disorder which causes a persistent elevation of blood and urine sugar called glucose.

Feline Cardiomyopathy: Feline cardiomyopathy is a disease of the heart muscle which causes the heart to enlarge and not function properly.

Feline Thromboembolic Disease: A disease that causes cats to be presented with an acute onset of rear limb dysfunction. The foot pads and nail beds are blue. There is no palpable femoral pulse. While recognition of this condition is straightforward, management can be difficult.

Gastric Dilatation and Volvulus (GDV): Bloat, twisted stomach, gastric torsion.

Hemorrhagic gastroenteritis, or HGE: Refers to a specific syndrome usually seen in young adult dogs of the toy and miniature breeds that causes bloody diarrhea and vomiting.

Kidney Disease

Liver Disease

Pancreatitis: Inflammation of the panceas.

Pyometra: Pyometra is an infection of the uterus.

Surgery

Cruciate Ligament Rupture: Rupture to the cruciate ligament.The anterior cruciate ligament is a very important structure in the knee (stifle) joint of the dog. This ligament helps strengthen and stabilize the knee, enabling the joint to function through its normal range of motion.

Hip Dysplasia: Canine hip dysplasia is a developmental disorder of the hip that begins with joint laxity and progresses to arthritis over a period of several months to years.

Osteochondrosis: A disease that affects cartilage formation; the cartilage, due to an abnormal thickening, is unable to receive a normal supply of nutrients from the joint fluid, causing it to become weaker and more susceptible to damage.

Canine Panosteitis, eosinophilic panosteitis: Pain that arises from the long bones in the limbs.

Intervertebral disk disease, Intervertebral disk herniation: Slipped disk, disk disease, herniated disk

Patellar Luxation: Luxation of the Patellar (knee cap).

Pelvic Fractures

Laryngeal Paralysis: Paralysis of the muscles that open up the upper airway.

Ophthalmology

What is involved in an ophthalmic examination?

Cataract: Any opacity (or cloudy change) of the lens that causes light to scatter.

Eye Certification Examination(CERF): An eye certification examination that is done by a veterinarian specialized in ophthalmology.

Cherry Eye: A prolapsed gland of the third eyelid.

Collie eye diseases: Collies like other breeds of dogs have a number of inherited eye defects. Some of these are quite severe while others are relatively minor.

Corneal Sequestrum: Corneal sequestrum is a condition peculiar to the cat in which the corneal stroma dies and then degenerates. This condition is called necrosis.

Corneal Ulcers: A break in the outer layer of the cornea.

Corticosteroid Eye Medication: Cortisone-type of medication used to treat numerous types of inflammation.

Cyclosporine: An effective treatment for dry eye.

Dealing with blind Pets: Various tips for owners of blind pets.

Eosinophilic keratitis: Causes a white plaque to develop on the cornea.

Eyelid abnormalities: Discusses various abnormalities of the upper and lower eyelid.

Glaucoma: Glaucoma is the elevation of pressure inside the eye (intraocular pressure) beyond a specific point at which vision is no longer possible.

Feline Herpesvirus Infection: A common respiratory pathogen (infectious agent) that causes an upper respiratory disease in cats.

Horners: Disorder of the nervous system. Horner's syndrome is associated with damage to the sympathetic innervation to the eye.

Iris Melanoma: A localized area of increased pigmentation on the iris.

Keratoconjunctivitis Sicca or Dry Eye: The changes in the eye which result from lack of tear production.

Lacrimal Gland Stimulation Protocol: Discusses the use of Pilocarpine Ophthalmic Solution.

Lens Luxation: The loosening of the lens of the eye.

Non-Ulcerative Corneal Disease: Discusses Corneal dystrophy,Corneal degeneration and endotheliopathy.

Pannus (Chronic Superficial Keratitis): Slow progressive degenerative disease of the dog's cornea.

Persistent Pupillary Membranes: During development, the iris (colored portion inside the eye) first forms as a solid sheet of tissue. Late in gestation a breaking down of tissue takes place to form the pupil. If some of these fine strands of tissue remain they are described as persistent pupillary membranes (PPM).

Progressive retinal degeneration: Refers to several different retinal diseases that cause blindness.

Red Eye: In the dog, causes of a red eye include keratoconjunctivitis sicca, glaucoma, uveitis, episcleritis, foreign bodies, eyelash disease and allergy. In the cat, causes of a red eye include keratoconjunctivitis sicca, uveitis, herpesvirus infection , eosinophilic conjunctivitis, chlamydia infection, mycoplasma infection, foreign bodies and allergy.

Retinal dysplasia and retinal folds: Retinal dysplasia is a type of retinal malformation.

Sytemic Hypertension: High blood pressure.

Sudden Acquired Retinal Degeneration(SARDS): A condition of rapid onset of blindness in animals.

Toxoplasmosis: Toxoplasmosis is caused by a common parasite or one-celled organism (protozoa) called Toxoplasma gondii.

Uveitis: Inflammation of the middle layer of the eye (uvea or uveal tract).

Vitreous degeneration: Vitreous degeneration may be one of several conditions: It may refer to liquification of the vitreous which occurs following some types of inflammation. This occurs commonly in horses, dogs and cats following episodes of uveitis. Alternativly, it can occur in certain breeds of dogs as a primary condition. These breeds include the Shih Tzu, Brussels Griffon, Chihuahua, Havanese, Italian greyhound, Lowchen, Papillon, Whippet and is seen occasionally in the Labrador retriever.