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Appropriate nutrition in veterinary patients is a cornerstone of preventative medicine. This is especially true in companion birds, yet diet-related disease remains one of the most common problems encountered by avian veterinarians. Many pet birds…
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Do Commonly Used Hemostatic Agents Truly Improve Coagulation in Horses?

February 27, 2026 / Practitioner Updates

Equine practitioners routinely manage horses with acute or ongoing hemorrhage—whether from trauma, guttural pouch mycosis, periparturient complications, or perioperative bleeding. In these situations, adjunctive hemostatic therapies such as formalin, aminocaproic acid (ACA), and Yunnan Baiyao…
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Cardiac Trauma

December 01, 2025 / Practitioner Updates

Several mechanisms and types of cardiac injury exist. Because the term cardiac or myocardial contusion is considered non-specific and lacks a clear definition, some authors replace it with blunt cardiac injury (BCI) as a catch-all…
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