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Mar 30, 2021

Join Yvonne Brandenburg, RVT, VTS SAIM and Jordan Porter RVT, LVT, VTS SAIM as we talk about:

  • Mental Health: Kicking Stigma Out of Veterinary Medicine; We get personal this week, get ready to hear us very raw. 
  • First: We are not mental health professionals. We recommend you seek the advice of your mental health...


Mar 23, 2021

Join Yvonne Brandenburg, RVT, VTS SAIM and Jordan Porter RVT, LVT, VTS SAIM as we talk about:

  • Deglutition is the action of swallowing. This means when food travels down the esophagus from the mouth down into the stomach. Well, with megaesophagus, there is a lack of movement from the esophagus and it becomes very...


Mar 16, 2021

Join Yvonne Brandenburg, RVT, VTS SAIM and Jordan Porter RVT, LVT, VTS SAIM as we talk about:

  • Esophageal, small bowel, and large bowel stricturing. I know we are thinking of the typical stricturing, but this can mean anything that compresses the GI tract in a specific area. We talk about everything that...


Mar 9, 2021

Join Yvonne Brandenburg, RVT, VTS SAIM and Jordan Porter RVT, LVT, VTS SAIM as we talk about:

  • Bleeding bowels??? Yet, only the large intestines this week are affected. We discuss possible causes, as well as how these patients may present. 

 

Question of the Week

  • Have you seen any HGE or AHDS cases that...


Mar 2, 2021

Join Yvonne Brandenburg, RVT, VTS SAIM and Jordan Porter RVT, LVT, VTS SAIM as we talk about:

  • There can be several causes for constipation. Yet, is it constipation, obstipation, or tenesmus. This week we learn the difference, and we get our wheels spinning to determine possible causes that would stop up our...