VPN Plus+ ExclusiveYou've Gotta Be Kitten Me, Cats Get Orthopedic Disease Too?December 31, 2024In this session: Nina Kieves, DVM, DACVS, DACVSMR, MBA, discusses the pertinent anatomy of the feline as it pertains to orthopedic disease. Common causes of thoracic and pelvic limb lameness in cats will be presented, along with associated treatment methods. Particular attention will be paid to discussing feline osteoarthritis treatment.
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Challenges in feline blood collectionAugust 9, 2021The cat has small veins, often smaller than the corresponding veins of dogs because the cat’s body size is so small.
Kittens yearn for mother's touch in first weeksOctober 13, 2020Understanding the intrinsic bond between a kitten and its mother might be the key to improving the care of young cats in shelters and foster homes.
FIP treatment in the worksDecember 2, 2019A vaccine that could save the lives of countless domestic cats is being developed at Colorado State University (CSU).
Kittens aren't little catsNovember 1, 2019The loss of a kitten or multiple kittens within a litter is distressing, yet there isn't a great deal of information documenting the causes of kitten mortality.
USDA no longer experimenting on cats and kittensApril 3, 2019The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA's) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) says it will no longer carry out parasite experiments on cats and kittens, a practice that ultimately resulted in their being euthanized. The announcement comes weeks after U.S. congressmen Brian Mast and Jimmy Panetta introduced the Kittens in Traumatic Testing Ends Now Act of 2019. At the time, Mast said the USDA was breeding kittens for the sole purpose of feeding them raw meat …
U.S. congressmen introduce bill to end deadly experiments on kittensMarch 11, 2019A new bill has been introduced to get the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to stop performing harmful experiments on felines. U.S. congressmen Brian Mast and Jimmy Panetta have introduced the Kittens in Traumatic Testing Ends Now Act of 2019. "The fact we need a piece of legislation to tell the federal government to stop killing kittens is ridiculous on its face, but what's even worse is when you hear the government is actually …
