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Send us Fan Mail Septic arthritis in a neonatal foal is one of those diagnoses that can change everything fast: the foal’s comfort today, survival to discharge, and even long-term athletic soundness once cartilage gets damaged early. We sit down with Dr. David Wallace to unpack why these cases are so high-stakes, how septic joints in neonates often tie back to systemic infection, and why “treat the joint” is never the whole story when you’re managing sepsis, failure of passive transfer, and f...
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Send us Fan Mail One strange beat on a resting horse ECG can spark a surprisingly high-stakes question: are we seeing a normal sinus arrhythmia, or an atrial premature complex that changes how we think about risk and follow-up? We sit down with Drs. Kath Mitchell and Beth Williams to make that decision point less subjective, less stressful, and more repeatable for anyone interpreting equine ECGs. We dig into why the classic RR interval approach sometimes falls short, especially when subtle c...
Send us Fan Mail A “normal temperature” can be the most dangerous kind of comforting. We sit down with Drs. Kimberly Woodruff and Sahar Rostami to unpack what happens when ocular thermometry and rectal thermometry show similar diagnostic performance for detecting abnormal body temperature in dogs, and why that still doesn’t mean you should relax after a normal reading. We translate sensitivity and specificity into day-to-day clinical decisions. High specificity means these methods are fairly...
Send us Fan Mail You can do everything right clinically and still lose a client in one conversation. We sit down with Dr. Erik Hofmeister to unpack what pet owners actually expect when a veterinary medical error happens, and the answers are more demanding than most of us assume. Many respondents say they want to be told about every error, even minor mistakes that never reach the patient, and they want that disclosure immediately. That level of transparency sounds simple until you picture a re...
Send us Fan Mail A gel injection that looks “inert” on paper may be doing something surprisingly active inside an arthritic horse joint. We sit down with repeat guest Dr. Lynn Pezzanite to unpack new evidence on how intraarticular 2.5% polyacrylamide hydrogel (2.5% iPAAG) alters synovial immune pathways in equine osteoarthritis, and why that matters for the cases you see in the field. If you have been hearing about longer-lasting clinical effects with polyacrylamide hydrogel, this conversatio...
Send us Fan Mail A dog that suddenly cannot walk puts everyone in crisis mode, and thoracolumbar IVDD is one of those diagnoses that can turn a normal day into a life-or-death decision. We sit down with manuscript authors Drs. William Tammaro, Nick Jeffery, and Paul Freeman to unpack a less invasive option that could change those conversations: chondroitinase ABC intradiscal injections, often described as a form of chemical fenestration designed to reduce future disc extrusion. We get ...