We perform a lot of oral surgery, and most of these are surgical extractions. Many clients ask if they should have their dog or cat on antibiotics after the extraction to prevent secondary infection. This is a valid request and it comes with a different...
Antibiotics – they are, at times, essential for life. There was a time in our not-so-distant past, where medical professionals, both veterinary and human, reached for oral antibiotics for almost any disease. Unfortunately, this led to significant antibiotic resistance that we are all now all...
The world is experiencing a crisis with regard to the overuse of antibiotics, and veterinarians are among those using them unwisely. We tend to use them without judicious consideration of the consequences. We are now 'paying the piper' with regard to antibiotic resistance in humans,...