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Bunsen’s Story: Gastric Dilatation and Volvulous & Diaphragmatic Hernia

Bunsen, a 3-year-old Bernese Mountain Dog, presented to CASE ER for a distended abdomen and appearing extremely uncomfortable. His heart rate was elevated and his abdomen was extremely firm on palpation. Radiographs of Bunsen’s chest and abdomen showed two ...

Olive’s Story: Percutaneous Transvenous Coil Embolization (PTCE)

Olive is an 8-month-old Golden Retriever who started showing vague signs of low appetite and lethargy at 4 months. Her clinical signs progressed, and she became disoriented and ataxic. She was rushed to the ER ...

Sully’s Story: Puppy battles leptospirosis

Meet Sully, a two-and-a-half-month-old Golden Retriever puppy that joined his family with the assistance of the Foothills Kiwanis of Boulder Valley through their Alert Service Dogs for Kids program. Unfortunately, after only a few weeks ...

A Life Saved Thanks to Two CASE Canine Blood Donors

Mack, a 6 year old Labradoodle, was recently rushed to CASE’s emergency department as he was experiencing symptoms associated with internal bleeding including weakness, pale gums, and having trouble breathing. In Mack’s case it would ...

Wall-E’s Story: Minimally Invasive Surgery to Treat Chylothorax

Wall-E is a 4-year-old Shiba Inu who had a 4-month history of lymph fluid accumulation in his chest (“chylothorax”), resulting in several visits to the ER for trouble breathing. After an extensive workup, no specific ...

Patient Success Story: Cooper

“Cooper is our 10 year old spirited shepherd mix who still thinks he’s a puppy. We knew something was wrong when he dramatically slowed down over a few days and there was blood in his ...

Patient Success Story: Aspen

We’d like to introduce you to Aspen, one of our Pet Cancer Center at CASE’s Chemotherapy Graduates! The entire Oncology team was honored to be a part of Aspen’s care. Here’s what Aspen’s parents had ...

Cocoa’s Story: Hemodialysis Treatment for Acute Kidney Injury

Wasabi’s Story: Taking on Myasthenia Gravis with the CASE Team

Meet Wasabi, a 7-year-old mixed breed dog who is battling progressive generalized myasthenia gravis (MG), an immune mediated disease where the body attacks itself, disrupting communication between the nerve and muscle! For Wasabi, this meant ...

What’s New in the Treatment of Mast Cell Tumors

Annie Galloway, DVM, MS, DACVIM (Oncology) STELFONTA® (tigilanol tiglate injection) by Virbac This is an FDA-approved intratumoral injection for the local treatment of non-metastatic mast cell tumors in dogs. The goal of the treatment is to ...

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