One of the most challenging pet emergencies you can deal with is poison ingestion. The confusion comes in because chemicals can often have a different effect in animals than in humans. This also means that the known first aid measures which deal with chemical poisoning in humans might not work as well in pets. It is important to educate yourself about the common poisoning hazards which exist for every pet and to ensure that you are always ready to offer emergency care and first aid, should your pet ingest something harmful.…
A person who eats a large amount of chocolate on a regular basis might well have to deal with the consequences. In extreme cases, these consequences could include obesity and diabetes, but the chocolate is unlikely to be the sole cause, and it’s not as though a one-off chocolate binge will have dire consequences – for a human, anyway. It’s different with dogs, whose bodies process theobromine at a much slower rate than humans.…
If you are thinking about starting a small private animal veterinary dentistry practice, you have to act now. Australians are increasingly getting pets even though there were an estimated 24 million pets in 2018 in the country. Australians consider pets to be part of their families and will do everything to ensure that the animals are comfortable, including taking then to dental veterinarians. Therefore, this is an opportunity you should take advantage of if you want to grow your private practice and offer unrivalled dentistry services.…
