Scientific Articles

Understanding what causes an animal to itch is the first step in successful treatment of the pruritic dog, as this article describes.

What is sebaceous adenitis? Many clinicians are unaware of this condition in dogs, but this article details all you need to know.

Are clinicians good at identifying osteoarthritis in dogs? Do we have preconceived ideas about it? This article challenges our understanding of the disease.

Anesthetizing the older patient is a daily occurrence in veterinary practice; here the authors review current knowledge and advise on the safest approach to such animals.

This paper looks at differential diagnoses and therapeutic management options when a dog is found to have elevated calcium levels.

As dogs age, their skin also ages; this paper offers an overview of what these changes are and the most common dermatologic conditions seen in older dogs.

The old dog that presents with a chronic cough can offer a number of diagnostic possibilities, as Lynelle Johnson describes here

Muscle loss, or sarcopenia, in old dogs is a real and frequent problem; this article discusses how best to recognize and treat it

OA in cats remains underdiagnosed and undertreated, despite its widespread prevalence; this paper looks at how we can surmount the challenge of early diagnosis, leading to better treatment interventions.