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Dr. Jay Gladden is a Board-Certified Specialist in Veterinary Emergency & Critical Care at MedVet Columbus. In addition to providing exceptional care for pets and their loving families, he serves as our Critical Care Specialty Leader, fostering connectivity, communication, and collaboration among our entire team of critical care specialists in MedVet hospitals across the U.S.   Why did you choose to become a veterinarian? I have always had a fascination for biology and unraveling…

  Canine parvovirus is a highly contagious, hard to destroy, and dangerous virus affecting the gastrointestinal system. With no specific drug to kill the virus, infected dogs become very sick and often die from the virus. Parvovirus can affect any dog, but unvaccinated dogs and puppies younger than four months old are most at risk.     How Parvovirus Spreads One of the things that makes parvovirus so dangerous is…

Learn about the possible causes of hypothemia in dogs and cats, the impact on body organs, and life-saving treatment recommendations.   Hypothermia is defined by a core body temperature lower than 35 degree C (95-degree F)[1]. Below this temperature, the body loses more heat than it generates. Hypothermia can be caused by metabolic dysfunction in association with decreased heat production (hypothyroidism, hypoglycemia, hypoperfusion, or hypoaldosteronism) or disturbed thermoregulation (intracranial disease, diffuse neurological disease or…