Practitioner of the Year

The 2008-2009 winner of the Lafeber Avian Practitioner of the Year Award, Dr. Robert Dahlhausen, is owner of the Avian and Exotic Animal Medical Center in Cincinnati, Ohio. Dr. Dahlhausen has practiced 100% avian and exotic animal medicine for the past 25 years, and he has also lectured on both a local and national level. He is also the founder of
Veterinary Molecular Diagnostics. Infectious avian disease is a field of special interest for Dr. Dahlhausen and he has studied proventricular dilatation disease (PDD) in his practice and laboratory. It was his research that led to the use of COX-2 inhibitors in the management of affected birds.

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"I keep an open package of both versions of the prescription Nutri-An cakes in the exam room for birds to sample in the room. We stock the packages for sale and I advise clients we need to monitor weights closely. That seems to improve compliance because it gives them something simple and tangible to work on." -----Laura Wade, DVM, Dipl. ABVP-Avian

Emergency Medicine

Did you know cat bite wounds can rapidly lead to sepsis and death? If the patient is not stable enough for detailed wound care, flush the wound with copious amounts of warm saline or dilute antiseptic solution, provide analgesia, and begin systemic antibiotics. See Trauma for more information.

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Having difficulty getting a detailed behavioral history from the owner of a feather picker? Behaviorist, Pamela Clark, suggests "[i]f it is too much trouble for a client to complete this form in detail, they are unlikely to be motivated enough to implement the many changes I am going to recommend. It is best to address that in the beginning and query the client as to what their goals really are...” See additional advice on using questionnaires from Pamela at LafeberVet.com Forms & Questionnaires.