Veterinary Medicine

The dog is taken to the vet to have the leg put into a guaze wrap or cast, and is brought back often to be checked on.

Potentional signs of a broken leg would be:

Limping around

A dangling leg

Whimpering

Not able to get up

Having only one of these signs may not mean your dog has a broken leg, but has another problem, possibly hunger, thirst, or weakness.

No. Lobsters are arthropods, mussels are molluscs. They're not even in the same phylum, let alone the same family.

Iguanas are exothermic, meaning they do not generate their own body heat. Like all reptiles and amphibians, the body temperature of an iguana depends entirely on the temperature of its surroundings. Pet iguanas must be provided with a "sunning spot" and a "cooling spot" so that they are able to adjust their body temperature on their own.

about 75-100 thousand a year

I work at Levan Road Veterinary Hospital in Livonia, MI and I am a Veterinary Assistant. In our practice there are 5 main doctors and 3 Vet Technicians. On our Vet Assistant Staff there are 14 of us. I do not believe that the number of Vet Assistants relates to the Techs. At one time, there are about 5 to 7 Assistants on duty. Their duties include working the front desk, assisting doctors etc. There is one, however, that works in the back, assisting the Technicians. They wrap packs, help in blood draws, clean up, and sometimes do nail trims. So the answer to your question, to the best of my knowledge, would be that no. There is no certain number of Vet assistants for each technician, but rather per doctor and per buisness.

Ideally you wouldn't remove the staples yourself - the veterinarian or vet tech would do this. The visit is pretty cheap, but this way the vet gets to take a look at the surgical site and make sure everything healed up like it was supposed to.

None - dogs are very sensitive to the side effects of human pain relievers (aspirin, Tylenol, Advil, Aleve, Motrin, ibuprofen, acetominophen, etc.) and you can cause fatal stomach ulcers with them.

If you feel your dog would benefit from pain medication, you need to talk to your veterinarian. There are safe medications for dogs for this, but you need a veterinary prescription to get them.

Veterinarians primarily use the same tools and instruments used by human physicians - stethoscopes, scalpels, needles and syringes, retraction hooks, forceps, etc. However, there are some specialized tools that are typically not required in human medicine, including teeth files (for rasping down points and hooks on equine molars), castration knives, dehorning shears, speculums (a hollow tube for dosing cattle orally), and other such tools.

Speaking as someone with a neutered male dog who has recently decided that he and my spayed female dog should be...er...more than friends...boys will be boys.

If there are male dogs around with easy access (kept in the same fenced in yard or house), they're going to know she's a female and get a hankering to "show their affection" once in a while. If she's not in heat, though, which she won't be if she's spayed, she won't be attracting random strays from the neighborhood.

Research has been done to determine the amount of feed, on a dry matter basis, that an animal should consume per pound of body weight. Veterinarians simply measure the weight of the animal, apply factors to account for unusual metabolic processes (athlete, pregnant, lactating, growing) and then use simple algebra to solve the equation.

Due to the high incidence of parasitism in puppies and the risks posed to humans by hookworms and roundworms, the Center for Disease Control recommends that puppies be started on a preventative deworming schedule at 2 weeks of age and continued every 2 weeks until they are at least 8 weeks of age. Some veterinarians recommend continuing this deworming program until a pup is 12 weeks of age or is started on a monthly heartworm preventative that also treats hookworms and roundworms. For puppies who have not been dewormed regularly starting from 2 weeks of age, fecal examination to determine their infection status and then appropriate deworming treatments should be performed. Your veterinarian is he best source of information on deworming your puppies and should always be involved in setting up a deworming program.

Dogs are muzzled to prevent them from biting someone or something - it is a protection for the living beings around the muzzled dog.

Every horse owner/caregiver needs to know the vital signs of horses. The adult horse at rest should have a heart rate at about 30-40 beats a minute.

Horse respiration should be 8-15 breaths per minute. Respiration should NEVER exceed heart rate.

A healthy horse should have a body temperature between 99-101. The best way to tell the temp. is rectally.

The horse's capillary refill should be about 1-2 seconds.

Reference:Equasite.com

A swollen neck with tonic-clonic rigid paralysis of the legs is probably a medical emergency - this could be slipped vertebral disc in the neck or cancer around the spinal cord or brachial plexi.

Im not sure what the MOST common cause of laminitis is but i know some of the things that could cause laminitis.

If your horse is overweight, resistant to insulin, has a high porportion of grain in his diet, has had laminitis before, comes from a bloodline prone to laminitis, has access to lush or improved pastures (grazing rich pastures can lead to laminitis), has cushings syndrome, or excessive fat on his crest area.

If your horse has any of the things above he could be at risk for laminitis

In general the veterinarian will choose the closest qualified person to do the task, unless the task has already been specifically delegated to a particular person. For instance, one veterinary technician may be assigned the responsibility of maintaining the exam room supplies.

You take care of them like taking care of your pregnant wife exept more often. (but take care of it like an animal, not a woman) Leave it alone, but put it in a barn an let it rest an once its gonna give birth help it!!!

Umm, does your dog have rabies?

Maybe you should take it to the Vet...... O.o

That's just not normal, dude. And I study to be a vet, and:

1) I have NEVER in my life heard of foamy yellow vomit from a dog, and

2) Know that's not natural and not good at all.

If your dog has foamy yellow vomit, you need to probably take it to the Vet immediately. That would scare me half to death, i don't know about you.

Yes technically you can have your dog spayed while she is in heat, however it is better to wait until you dog is out of heat because there is an increased risk of complication. If you do spay your dog while she is in heat you need to make sure to keep her away from intact male dogs for 5 to 8 days after the surgery because while it is impossible for a dog to become pregnant after being spayed she will still be producing reproductive hormones and if a male dog attempts to mate her you risk the stitches being pulled. Your best be would be to discuss this with your vet and see what they recommend.

It means your budgie is ill and you need to take your bird to an avian veterinarian.

It could have Parvo or be stressing really bad. Take him to the vet and find out before its too late.

You need to find a compounding pharmacy who will make it for you.

The work setting of a clinic veterinarian is mainly an exam room. They also would visit waiting rooms on occasion.

Depending upon the clinic, the answer may be "rarely if ever". Most veterinarians will try to eat a meal around the noon hour (approximately), but more often working veterinarians simply grab a bite to eat when they have the chance and feel hungry, as the appointment schedule couple with the surgery schedule plus an emergency have resulted in no down time to eat.

There are a variety of programs nationwide that offer no- or low-cost spay and neuter services. To find a location near you, check out this link with information I put together on locating a no- or low-cost spay and neuter facility: http://www.ehow.com/how_5433473_cat-spayed-neutered-lowcost.html