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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 ...

Expanded Fracture Fixation Options

Do you have a miniature breed dog or cat patient with a fracture? Our surgical team has expanded our fracture fixation options to include those that fit small and miniature breeds. Our 1.5 and 2.0 ...

Cutting-Edge Procedure at CASE

CORA Based Leveling Osteotomy CORA Based Leveling Osteotomy (CBLO) is a tibial plateau leveling procedure—developed by Don Hulse, DVM, DACVS, DECVS—that combines the advantages of Tibial Plateau Leveling Osteotomy (TPLO) and Tibial Tuberosity Advancement (TTA) ...

Approach to Hemangiosarcoma

Hemangiosarcoma is a tumor that arises from the vascular endothelium. It occurs in dogs more frequently than any other species, and unlike most neoplasia it is one tumor that has shown true genetic predilection for ...

Tularemia and Plague in Cats and Dogs: Causes, Symptoms, Diagnostics and Treatment

Wendy Fleischman, DVM, DACVIM (SAIM) Tularemia and plague are most commonly transmitted to domestic pets and people from May through October.  According to the CO Department of Public Health and Environment, there has been only ...

Arthrocentesis

Trent Stephens, PharmD, DVM, MS, DACVSSurgery Specialist Arthrocentesis is the aspiration of synovial fluid from a joint space for diagnostic evaluation. The technique is simple to perform for most peripheral appendicular joints in small animals ...

Paraneoplastic Syndromes in Feline and Canine Patients

Brooke Fowler, DVM, MS, DACVIMOncology Specialist Paraneoplastic syndromes are often the first manifestations of cancer. They can show up in the most unusual places and in the most unusual ways. Often, these syndromes are generalized ...

Veterinary Voice, August 2016 – GI Ulceration

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