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Nasty Nashers: Check those Chompers

Thu, 08/03/2017 - 10:24 By Matt Young

Periodontal disease is the most common dental disease in pets and is largely preventable.

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The Importance of Puppy Socialisation

Wed, 07/26/2017 - 10:09 By Matt Young

Hi, I'm Matt from Companion Animal Vets.

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What is in a Dog's Vaccination?

Thu, 07/20/2017 - 10:06 By Matt Young

Vaccination is at the heart of disease prevention in dogs.

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Ringworm - not a worm, not often a ring- Just a bad name really!

Thu, 07/13/2017 - 09:52 By Matt Young

Diseases have been around for a long time, longer even than microscopes and genetic testing.

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The Vet Told Me My Pet Is Overweight….AHHHHH!

Tue, 06/27/2017 - 07:16 By Matt Young

A common question that I get, often after advising a patient to lose weight, is 'How much should I feed?'  This is usually followed quickly by

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Grain-Free Diets: A Hill of Beans?

Thu, 05/25/2017 - 06:53 By Matt Young

 

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Trends in tucker

Thu, 05/18/2017 - 06:40 By Matt Young

Food is something we think about a lot.

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The New CPV-2C Canine Parvovirus Strain and Vaccination- the facts

Thu, 05/11/2017 - 06:35 By Matt Young
  1. There are different variants of the virus in Australia including the 2C strain which was recently confirmed in dogs in South Australia and V
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Pancreatitis - gurgling guts

Fri, 05/05/2017 - 05:58 By Matt Young

What's the pancreas?

The pancreas is an internal organ that lies near the stomach and has a number of functions to do with food digestion

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Rat Lungworm (or should we call it brainworm)?

Mon, 04/17/2017 - 05:54 By Matt Young

<p>This isn&#39;t an article on rats, at least not directly, we will have to cover those little critters in another post.

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