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Updated on May 28, 2014

It’s foxtail season, again!

The emergency room docs I work with are busy pulling foxtails out of eyes, ears, noses, and throats as well as from in between toes. Such activity reminds me that it is once again time to blog about… Read More

Category: Canine Symptoms, Speaking for Spot, Veterinary Care, Veterinary Diagnostic Procedures Tags: foxtails, foxtail, abdominal ultrasound, sneezing, bloody nose, nasal discharge, foxtail abscess, veterinary emergency, OutFox Field Guard, Diane Kostelec

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Posted on November 22, 2010

Avoiding Pancreatitis During the Holidays

I wrote the following for one of my favorite magazines, BARK (the inventors of “Dog is my co-pilot”). With the holidays once again upon us, I thought I’d toss this information out into cyberspace as a timely reminder… Read More

Category: Canine Diseases, Canine family members, Canine Symptoms, Speaking for Spot, Veterinary Care, Holidays, Veterinary Specialists Tags: Dr. Nancy Kay, Nancy Kay DVM, Speaking for Spot, Holidays, abdominal ultrasound, BARK Magazine, canine pancreas-specific lipase, canine pancreatitis, diabetes mellitus, elevated pancreas-specific lipase, exocrine pancreatic insufficiency, fatty foods, pancreas, pancreatic enzymes, pancreatitis, rich foods, Spec cPL, The Bark Magazine, vomiting, elevated canine pancreas-specific lipase

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Posted on May 18, 2010

Those Frustrating Foxtails

My littlest dog Nellie came in the house tonight sneezing. Any other time of year and I would be unconcerned, but in late spring and early summer an abrupt onset of sneezing after being outdoors is a “foxtail… Read More

Category: Canine Symptoms, Speaking for Spot, Veterinary Care, Veterinary Diagnostic Procedures Tags: foxtails, foxtail, abdominal ultrasound, sneezing, bloody nose, nasal discharge, foxtail abscess

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Updated on November 30, 2009

Avoiding Pancreatitis During the Holidays

I wrote the following last year for one of my favorite magazines, BARK (the inventors of “Dog is my co-pilot”). With the holidays once again upon us, I thought I’d toss this information out into cyberspace as a… Read More

Category: Canine Diseases, Canine family members, Canine Symptoms, Speaking for Spot, Veterinary Care, Veterinary Medicine, Holidays Tags: Dr. Nancy Kay, Nancy Kay DVM, Speaking for Spot, Holidays, abdominal ultrasound, BARK Magazine, canine pancreas-specific lipase, canine pancreatitis, diabetes mellitus, elevated pancreas-specific lipase, exocrine pancreatic insufficiency, fatty foods, pancreas, pancreatic enzymes, pancreatitis, rich foods, Spec cPL, The Bark Magazine, vomiting, elevated canine pancreas-specific lipase

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It’s foxtail season, again!

Avoiding Pancreatitis During the Holidays

Those Frustrating Foxtails

Avoiding Pancreatitis During the Holidays

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