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Getting your requests to your veterinarian can be quite a process, especially when you are uncertain about the necessary information we need to fulfill the request.

In honour of RVT week, we will discuss how to become a veterinary technician. Their duties include a diverse range of tasks, making them an essential member of the team.

As the weather gets warmer, especially with our alternating rain and sun, we begin to see the warnings that we receive annually. It has returned and it is present.

Everyone loves to watch the big pyrotechnics in the sky. But the noise from them can be unfun for many such as people with PTSD and animals (not just your cats and dogs either). 

Today’s medical historian of colour is Dr. Alfreda Johnson Webb. Dr. Webb graduated with her DVM with our previous blog star Dr. Hinton.

Today we will talk about Dr. Jane Hinton. Not only did she pave the way for women in veterinary medicine she also paved the way for women in other sciences such as microbiology.

Dental food is larger to make our furry friends chew their food and is made a bit more durable so that they have to chew it a number of times in order to eat it.

Dr. Lushington was the first man of African descent to earn a DVM in the US! He began his veterinary adventure treating cows, horses and other live stock. 

Dr. Patterson got his DVM in 1923 and began teaching at Tuskegee University in 1928. This amazing man will live on for years to come thanks to his hard work and dedication. 

Did you know that veterinary medicine has a rich black history? No, me neither, until I started looking. Thus, I feel obligated to share with those who also do not know!

Why is it that now it seems the veterinarians always want to bring up doing a dental? The simple answer to this is simply that medicine is always changing and improving. 

Diabetes mellitus occurs in our pets when their body does not use glucose normally. Glucose is regulated by the pancreas sending out a hormone called insulin.