Shortly after adopting a 6-week-old cat, a veterinarian was bitten on the left index finger. Within 3 weeks, he developed headache, fever, and left axillary lymphadenopathy. Initial blood cultures from the cat and veterinarian were sterile. Repeat cultures from the cat grew Bartonella-like organisms with lophotrichous flagella. Sera from the veterinarian were not reactive against Bartonella hen...

A young filly in a stall at a high-class boarding stable lay down in her stall, got up, and lay down again, with dull, glassy eyes. She tried to roll before the caretaker caught her and haltered her, walking her slowly until the veterinarian could come to see her. When the veterinarian arrived, she listened to the filly’s gut sounds with the stethoscope to see if they were abnormal, and diagnos...

What do you do to start reading a day in the life of a veterinarian? Searching the book that you love to read first or find an interesting book that will make you want to read? Everybody has difference with their reason of reading a book. Actuary, reading habit must be from earlier. Many people may be love to read, but not a book. It's not fault. Someone will be bored to open the thick book wit...

Examination Facility Evaluation Facilities vary widely on farms, and difficulties with patient restraint, lack of water or electricity, and occasionally access to the patient are some of the many challenges an ambulatory veterinarian is presented with when asked to examine a horse with colic. Upon arrival at a farm, the veterinarian should begin to look critically at the facilities and determin...

Animal No1: A crossbred Jersey heifer, aged 4 years, weighing approx. 200 kg was presented with the history of anestrum. The heifer was treated with vitamin cum mineral supplement for last one year by a veterinarian and finally with hormone GnRH by another local veterinarian with no success and referred to the referral clinic. The animal looked like steer with long leg, narrow pelvis and underd...

Providing quality health care for your cat is very important which means yearly veterinary visits for you and your cat. It is difficult sometimes to identify when your cat's not feeling well because cats are very good at hiding their illnesses. Unfortunately many cats do not enjoy going to the veterinarian. It can be a stressful event on both you and your cat. The following tips will hopefully ...