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Retained Spectacles in Reptiles

The spectacle, or eyecap, is the scale that covers the eyes in snakes and in some lizard species. The spectacle is formed from fused eyelids that have become cl ...

Ocular Disease in Horses

Horses may have the most sensitive eyes of all domestic animals. Many animals may have a slight discharge from the eye or may squint, and although the eye shoul ...

IMHA: Four Letters You Never Want to Meet

Most of the diseases that we see and treat in the ER can be pretty easily comprehended by non-medical folks: trauma, infection, cancer – all of these seem to ma ...

Puppy Buying

Editor's note: The following was written for people looking for Labrador retriever puppies, so the medical issues raised are specifically for Labs. Learn about ...

Flabbalanche! Obesity Impacts Pets, Too

Remember those old ‘disease of the week’ movies from the 70s and 80s, each week highlighting some obscure condition that has only happened five times since the ...

Dog is Having Accidents in the House, But Why?

Revised 8/1/2020 by Ashley L Elzerman, DVM, DACVB from previous versions of Veterinary Partner articles by Meredith Stepita, DVM, DACVB and Laurie Bergman, DVM ...