Difficult decisions in veterinary medicine
Very often, animals are victims of accidents like falls, unintentional injuries, or malevolent attacks by humans with no regard for others. As a veterinarian, ... Read More...
Emmanuel Macapagal
Head tilt in Cats
In the past, I oversaw students doing their internship rounds in Companion Animal Medicine, which we used to call Companion Animal Clinics. At one point, I was... Read More...
Hairball 101: What to do and how to prevent it
There were many instances when a Cat came into the clinic with the following symptoms: vomiting, coughing, and retching. As to not aggravate the illness, I usu... Read More...
What to do when a Puppy has Rickets
I had a patient, a Puppy no less than five months old. He had what seemed like an angular deformity in his limbs.
According to the radiography, the damage i... Read More...
What you should know about hypovolemic shock in Dogs
All forms of shock share a common concern: inadequate perfusion.”
– Garret E. Pachtinger, VMD, DACVECC... Read More...
WHEN A CAT WOBBLES
Cervical spondylomyelopathy, commonly referred to as wobbler syndrome or wobbly cat syndrome, is a disease of the spine within the neck, resulting in poor transmission of nerve signals between the brain and the body.
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WHEN A CAT SWALLOWS A NEEDLE
Sometime in October 2010, I was preparing myself mentally for my night shifts at the veterinary hospital I worked for in Makati. I was riding the MRT when my b... Read More...
CANINE DISTEMPER AS SEEN FROM A VET’S EYES
Distemperen means “to disturb, upset the proper balance of.” It is taken from the Old French destemprer and directly from medieval Latin distemperare, which means “to vex, make ill.” ... Read More...
MILK FEVER
As a generalist – that is, a veterinar-ian who is not invested in any par-ticular specialization – I am familiar with the specialist-versus-generalist debate. Rather than settling it by saying it depends, the better answer is, since we need both types, ... Read More...
Ehrlichiosis in dogs
Ticks have been shown to be present in the Philippines, according to research done by a scientist from the University of the Philippines Los Banos (UPLB) Colle... Read More...
Emmanuel Macapagal
Emmanuel D. Macapagal, D.V. M. is also known as DocMac. He is passionate about Animal Welfare and is an outspoken critic of indiscriminate Post Exposure immuno-prophylaxis. He loves his adopted street cat and care about his patients.