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My guest is Lance Hemsarth, an entomologist, and Sr. Director of Research and Development for Hartz Mountain Corporation. We are going to chat about two serious parasites that being causing disease and mayhem for people and animals for the past 35 to 55 million years... fleas and ticks.
For full transparency, I am a paid spokesperson for Hartz. I have full confidence in their products as being safe and effective when used as directed.
Questions or comments? Email Dr. Cruz at: thepetdoctor@petliferadio.com.
More details on this episode MP3 Podcast - What is Bugging Your Veterinarian on Pet Life Radio.
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The 2015 National convention of the American Veterinary Medical Association was the host to innovators of products and services that will allow veterinarians and pet owners to provide the best possible care for body and mind. Over the next several weeks, Dr. Cruz will interview representatives for these cutting edge advances.
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More details on this episode MP3 Podcast - Innovations and Inventions of Care on Pet Life Radio.
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It can wake you up from a deep sleep. That sound that fills your soul with terror... ummmfph...ummmfph...gblahhh! Your cat's about to hurl. Where's it going to land? On the easy-to-clean floor? Or on your freshly-cleaned carpet? If you're really lucky it's on your bed or pillow. Cats... and vomit... seem to go paw in paw. Must be those pesky hairballs for which they're notorious. My guest today is Dr. Jane Brunt, CATalyst executive director. We'll be chatting about the facts and fictions of hairballs in cats.
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It is estimated that Americans bite dogs at the rate of over 7 billion times between Memorial day and Labor Day with the highest concentration being in the month of July. Those statistics may seem alarming and have been compiled by a very reputable organization, the National Hot Dog and Sausage Council. Every year, Americans eat an average of 60 hot dogs each and not all of those are eaten at your local Costco.
Though dogs have been deemed to be one of our dearest companions, it has been estimated that dogs will bite man, and woman and too often children 4.5 million times a year. Are they all bad dogs? Were they are mistreated as pup? What do we do to aggravate the situation? My guest is Dr. Jose Arce. He is a delegate to the American Veterinary Medical Association’s House of Delegates representing Puerto Rico where he co-owns Miramar Animal Hospital.
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More details on this episode MP3 Podcast - Man Bites Dog and the Country Celebrates on Pet Life Radio.
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It sometimes seems as though that old dog of yours is just being cantankerous. It starts to have accidents in the house, must be because it is too lazy to go outside. And then there is that thing it is doing at night. For years it has slept at the foot of your bed and now it is roaming around the house at all hours and you’re not getting any sleep. And last week, it got stuck in a corner, started barking and wouldn’t backup. He reminds you of your old Aunt Millie who has Alzheimer’s. Do dogs get dementia?
Today’s guest is Dr. Elizabeth Head, she is an associate professor at the University of Kentucky. She has been studying the aging canine brain in hopes of finding answers to what is also happening to dogs and to dog’s best friend, man.
Questions or comments? Email Dr. Cruz at: thepetdoctor@petliferadio.com.
More details on this episode MP3 Podcast - Aging and the Canine Brain - Helping Them to Help Us on Pet Life Radio.
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I’m not much for scary movies so when I went to see the 2011 film Contagion starring Gwyneth Paltrow, I didn’t expect to be as terrified as I was. A simple dinner in a far away land lead to a worldwide disease outbreak that makes the 2014 Ebola outbreak look like a mild flu season. It would be comforting to think that it was just a movie, it could never happen in the real life. Sadly, viral diseases that affect our pets, canine influenza, our dinner, Avian Influenza, and our lives, SARS and MERS are too commonly featured on the nightly news.
How can you stop something that is smaller than a bacteria and antibiotics are helpless against? My guest, Dr. Jonna Mazet, Director of the One Health Institute at the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine will tell us how veterinarians have partnered with doctors, health workers and hunters to protect the health of all of us.
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More details on this episode MP3 Podcast - Predicting Contagions: Science Fiction or Science Fact on Pet Life Radio.
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The current buzz word in human and veterinary medicine is ‘wellness’. But for my guest, Dr. Jean Dodds, it has been her passion since she graduated from the Ontario Veterinary College in Toronto, Canada. For Dr. Dodds, it has been a matter of blood-human and animal, a lot of sweat in the hours spent in research and ground breaking work in a common canine condition, under active thyroid disease.
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More details on this episode MP3 Podcast - Saving Pets with Blood, Sweat and Thyroids on Pet Life Radio.
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They may not be the most popular pet in the United States, numbering 4,856,000 in 2014. They may not fit in our lap but they have a special place in the American heart. Horses have a mystique not matched by any other animal. Man started harnessing the power and grace of horses around 4000 B.C. They have been used for their speed, strength, have been beasts of burden and are hands down fabulous athletes. Caring for them requires a knowledgeable owner teaming with a dedicated veterinarian like my guest Dr. Claudia Sonder, Director of the Center for Equine Health at UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine.
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More details on this episode MP3 Podcast - Did You Know... Horses 101 on Pet Life Radio.
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We treat them like our kids... day care, psychics, designer clothing, all sorts of gizmos, gadgets and toys to keep them happy but are keeping them safe? What are they doing when we aren’t with them? Are they getting into trouble in the house or just miss us? And can we keep them safe from predators even when we are by their sides?
My two guests have developed two amazing products that will help us communicate with our pets and keep them out of the jaws of danger.
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You recently went to your neighborhood big box store and they were touting the fact that you could purchase your pet’s medications at drastically discounted prices. So why is your veterinarian charging so much for the same item? Are they really concerned about keeping your pet healthy or are they just in it for the money? And why are they always recommending that once or twice a year you bring your pet in for a wellness examination? It looks just fine. And teeth cleaning... give me a break! You have owned pets for years and never had a prophy- animals in the wild... they never get their teeth cleaned!
My guest is Dr. Ted Cohn. He is the current president of the American Veterinary Medical Association. In the next 30 minutes we are going to discuss the cost of caring. We will also investigate how veterinarians attend to the health of animals, people and the environment along with the specialization that has occurred in veterinary medicine over the past several decades.
Questions or comments? Email Dr. Cruz at: thepetdoctor@petliferadio.com.
More details on this episode MP3 Podcast - Do Veterinarians Have You and Animal Health at Heart on Pet Life Radio.
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