Canobolas Family Pet Hospital / September 2010

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Canobolas Pet Hospital

September 2010

Well we made it through another winter! Is September out of winter when you live in Orange? This month we are going to cover some of the important things you need to know for spring.

The response to our first newletter was extremely positive. The most popular links were teaching your dog to sit, best ever cat video and the results of our client questionnaire.

Horseland in Peisley St. are having an evening devoted to equine health on the 2nd of September starting at 6.00pm. Our equine vet, Sara Biasutti, will be giving a talk on the deadly Hendra virus and other springtime diseases and there will be talks on other subjects such as worms given by industry representatives. Refreshments are availible.

We are very proud to have Nicole Perizzolo to our staff. Nicole is very experienced in both Veterinary clinics and boarding kennels.

When I think springtime I think pus
abscess

Its pus being drained out of a subcutaneous abscess after this cat has been in a fight. Its called a cat bite abscess. When cats bite each other their teeth take in bacteria and that is why you get infection and pus developing.

Cat bites contain some really nasty bugs that not only cause abscesses to develop but also can spread throughout the body causing infections, renal failure and death. Bites are also the most common way Feline AIDS (FIV) is spread and it affects about 14% of all cats.

Cat bites are most common in spring because it is cat breeding season. Even if your cat is desexed it is a time where their territory will be under threat. Keeping your cat inside at night is one of the best ways to reduce the chances of fighting or look at getting a cat enclosure.

Video Vault

Vets across Australia do a lot of wildlife work mostly for nothing or next to nothing. As with guide dogs, we consider looking after our native wildlife important and part of the job. Here is a video of a baby wombat at the clinic with Jane Passer of WIRES and Yvette, Geoff's partner.

Fleas

Fleas hatch and develop in warmer, humid weather. Which is why spring sees an increase in flea related problems. They can cause skin irritations and allergies, anemia and are a host for dog tapeworm. We recommend frontline spot on because it generally works and is easy to apply. Read more on fleas.......

Got a funny photo?

send it to geoff-fr@hotmail.com and we will put it in the next newsletter

Equine founder

Founder in horses is also known as laminitis because it is an 'itis', meaning inflammation of, the laminae. After colic, it is the second biggest killer of horses. The laminae are the little folds that hold the hard part of the hoof on.

In spring horses eat too much and this causes inflammation and destruction of these laminae and you guessed it - the hard hoof starts to come away from the soft tissue under it. In a 500kg horse this is a disaster. Prevention is best but in this series of articles treatments, shoeing and prognosis are all discussed.

In This Issue

Teach to sit - the next bit

Homemade dog food

Quick Links

Australian reptile park

Dog star dog training

Anatomy of the dog and cat

The Australian cat federation

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Orange, NSW 2800
Ph (02) 63626991
Fax (02) 63620489
Email geoff-fr@hotmail.com

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Can a dog die from reverse sneezing?

Not infrequently we have someone drive at 100 miles an hour through Orange, burst in the door of the clinic, dog under their arm screaming that their dog is dying - choking before their eyes. Find out why we send them straight home with their dog with no treatment.

Then have a look at a video of a reverse sneeze.

Teaching to sit - the next step

In our last newsletter the video we posted on teaching your dog to sit was very popular so here is the next step in the process. These videos are made by Dr Ian Dunbar a British veterinarian working for the dogstar daily web site

Geoff's dog food recipe

Answers to our recent client questionnaire strongly indicated more information on nutrition would be appreciated. However, in our last newsletter an eagle eyed Gai Lewis from Cowra pointed out when she was at the clinic last week that the link to Geoff's homemade dog food recipe didn't work. So here it is ............ again

Parvo virus

Parvo virus is a deadly disease of dogs that is at its most prevalent in spring. Vaccination is the best preventative as the virus is almost impossible to kill and can live for years in organic matter like soil. Find out more.......

Case study

This is Chocco, he is a 14 year old labrador. One day his owner contacted me because Chocco had been becoming slower and slower, he had lost much of his hair and what was left had changed colour to a light brown. His nipples were enormous as were his testicles and he couldn't pee normally. Chocco's owner was very sad but thought that it might be time to look at putting him to sleep as he was obviously not enjoying life. He was obviously suffering from - old age. Read more...............

In an information rich age, where google gives you more information in 0.01 seconds than you can read, veterinarians are no longer necessarily the only source of knowledge about health care for animals. However, the internet is more like graffiti than a library so we see our job with our newsletters and web site as one of presenting what we think is good information, interpreting it for you, putting it into a context or showing you how we can help.