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Posts by category

• Category: Cardiology
  • Our Cardiology service will be closed as of April 13, 2017
  • Dharma and her new lease on life: pacemaker placement in a dog
  • Breeding Healthier Dogs: King Charles Cavalier Spaniels Heart-Check Clinic
  • Minimally Invasive Cardiology for Dogs
  • Veterinary cardiology
• Category: Case reports
  • Feline UFOs and FUOs: What’s the difference?
  • Toxic Tartar? New Findings about Grape and Raisin Toxicity in Dogs
  • Coyote Attack on Luna The Cat
  • New minimally invasive procedure saves Sophie’s life
  • Case Report: Injection Site Sarcoma – “Stella Beans”
  • Kidney Cat – the story of Ruckus
  • Molly And The Bear Attack
  • Case Report: Raisins, Grapes, Kidneys and Crisco. Hardy Has A Tale To Tell.
  • Case Report:  Naughty Bruce Wayne & The Naproxen Caper
  • Parvovirus in Dogs
  • (Un)healthy appetite
  • Caring For An Aging Pet
  • “Severe Tummy Troubles” – Understanding Acute Hemorrhagic Diarrhea Syndrome (AHDS) in Dogs
  • Our First Dialysis Patient: Bluebell
  • BBQ Hazards
  • Cassidy the Kitten – The Blade Runner Cat
  • Neurology Case Profile: Mija The Terrier Puppy Suffers A Brain Injury After Bites To The Head From Larger Dog
  • When The Vet’s Dog Has Cancer – Part 2
  • When The Vet’s Dog Has Cancer – Part 1
  • Success Story Inspires
  • Teaching an Old Dog’s Knees a New Trick
  • Pyothorax in a dog
  • Rogaine, laced antifreeze and other toxicities in pets
  • Lithotripsy
  • Mushroom poisonings in dogs
  • Luna survives being hit by a train
• Category: COVID-19
  • COVID-19 Update – April 2022
  • COVID 19 – Canada West Hospital Procedures Update
  • COVID-19 and Pets: Information Current to March 24, 2020
• Category: Dermatology
  • Advances in Veterinary Dermatology
• Category: ER + Critical Care
  • Baby It’s Cold Outside! (Antifreeze And Your Pet)
  • Oh Barf: Vomit versus Regurgitation: What’s the difference and what’s the big deal?
  • Lily Toxicity in Cats
  • Xylitol toxicity in dogs
  • Canada’s Marijuana Laws Have Changed. What Does It Mean For Pets?
  • 3 Top Holiday Hazards For Your Pets
  • Blood transfusions in cats and dogs
  • Dead Heat
  • Sago Palm Toxicity
• Category: Guest Posts
  • Observations of a dog trainer
• Category: In the Media
  • Breakfast Television Visits Canada West
  • Update on Palm
  • Guide dog dragged by skytrain sustains severe injuries
  • Breakfast TV
• Category: Internal Medicine
• Category: Neurology
• Category: Oncology
• Category: Pet Care
  • RVT Month – October 2019
  • Pets And Travel During Holidays
  • Mobility in Older Dogs
• Category: Recalls
  • Alert: Hills Pet Nutrition – Voluntary Dog Food Recall Extended to Canada Feb 1, 2019
• Category: Rehabilitation Therapy
• Category: Surgery
  • An unusual Saturday night at our hospital
• Category: Uncategorised
  • The Fungus Among Us: Cryptococcus
  • Palm’s recovery
  • Update on Palm the seeing-eye dog

Library

• Taylor's Story: Canada West Performs B.C.'s First Successful Canine Open-Heart Surgery
• Pacemaker placement for treatment of advanced second degree heart block in a 13 yr old Lhasa Apso
• Wobbler Syndrome
• Vestibular Disease
• Tetanus
• Syringohydromyelia
• Strokes / Brain Infarcts
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• Meningitis, Encephalitis and Myelitis
• Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
• Lumbosacral Disease
• Hepatic Encephalopathy
• Head & Spinal Trauma
• Fibrocartilaginous Embolism (FCE)
• Discospondylitis
• Disc Disease
• Degenerative Myelopathy (DM)
• Brachial Plexus Injury
• Behavioral Conditions
• Atlantoaxial instability
• Pimobendan study in dogs
• Balloon Valvuloplasty in a 7m old FI boxer
• Decreased Thoracic Excursions (ventilatory failure)
• Central cyanosis due to respiratory disorders
• The Cyanotic Dog
• Rounds
• What’s new in cancer therapy?
• Rehabilitation Therapy Service Update
• Are You “Hip” to Joint Replacement?