SMALL ANIMAL VETERINARY CARE
Internal Medicine
Our veterinary internists work to identify the underlying causes of disease
Internal Medicine
Our internal medicine veterinarians specialize in
- Endocrine disease, including diabetes mellitus, hyperthyroidism, and Cushing’s disease
- Gastrointestinal disease, including chronic vomiting or diarrhea, inflammatory bowel disease, and megaesophagus
- Blood disorders including anemia and platelet disorders
- Respiratory disease including pneumonia and chronic bronchitis
- Liver and biliary tract disease, such as hepatitis and gall bladder disorders
- Renal disease including chronic kidney disease
- Urinary disease including urinary incontinence and urinary tract infection
- Infectious disease, such as tick-borne and systemic fungal
Health care and diagnostic services we offer
- Radioactive iodine treatment (I-131) of hyperthyroid cats
- Individualized imaging including a videofluoroscopic feeding evaluation for dogs with megaesophagus
Hospital Stories
WSU recruiting dogs to participate in drug metabolism study
WSU researchers are recruiting for a study they hope will lead to the development of a test to determine if a dog is at risk of significant adverse reactions to commonly used veterinary drugs. The Drugs Optimized by Genomics (D.O.G.) study is focused on a group of liver enzymes, the cytochrome P450, responsible for metabolizing drugs, chemicals and even contaminants from the environment.
Meet the Veterinary Teaching Hospital team: Dr. Sarah Guess
Dr. Sarah Guess got her start at the WSU Veterinary Teaching Hospital as an undergraduate student assisting in the large and small animal hospital.
Meet the Veterinary Teaching Hospital Team: Shelley Ensign
Shelley Ensign has been providing the highest levels of care to clients and their pets at the Veterinary Teaching Hospital for nearly two decades.
Health Topics
- Drugs optimized by genetics (D.O.G.) Development of a Cytochrome P450 Phenotyping Test to Quantify Breed and Genetic Differences in Drug Sensitivities in Dogs
- Diabetes Mellitus Diabetes mellitus occurs due to an animal’s inability to produce enough insulin and/or use it properly. Insulin is a hormone that efficiently breaks down sugars, fats, and proteins, including the sugar glucose. Without insulin managing glucose levels, sugar accumulates in the blood and spills into the urine and can result in serious health conditions. Pets […]
- Viagra promising as treatment for dogs with often fatal eating disorder Sildenafil, the generic version of the drug known as Viagra, could be the long-awaited remedy for a group of dogs with a rare disorder called megaesophagus.
- Hyperthyroidism in cats What is hyperthyroidism? Hyperthyroidism is the overproduction of thyroid hormone by the thyroid glands. Cats have two thyroid glands located in their neck. One or, more commonly, both glands can enlarge and overproduce thyroid hormone. The average age of cats with hyperthyroidism is 13; only about 5% of hyperthyroid cats are younger than 10. What […]
- Understanding your pet’s lab tests Blood and urine tests can help your veterinarian get crucial information about the health of your pet. Blood tests are often performed as a biochemistry profile, or chemistry panel, which is a collection of blood tests to screen several organs at one time. Some blood tests are very specific for a single organ, whereas other […]
Clinical Studies
Any current clinical studies for this service will be listed below.
- Assessment of the intestinal epithelial barrier of dogs with inflammatory bowel disease using an organoid model Progress toward more effective treatments for IBD
- WSU recruiting dogs to participate in drug metabolism study WSU researchers are recruiting for a study they hope will lead to the development of a test to determine if a dog is at risk of significant adverse reactions to commonly used veterinary drugs. The Drugs Optimized by Genomics (D.O.G.) study is focused on a group of liver enzymes, the cytochrome P450, responsible for metabolizing drugs, chemicals and even contaminants from the environment.
- Drugs optimized by genetics (D.O.G.) Development of a Cytochrome P450 Phenotyping Test to Quantify Breed and Genetic Differences in Drug Sensitivities in Dogs
- Insulin-dependent diabetic cat study Determining the Prevalence of Hypersomatotropism in a North American Cohort of Diabetic Cats
- Canine intestinal modeling project Intestinal biopsies from dogs for organoid development
Grateful Client Giving
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“This is a place of miracles.”
-Anne Hensley, veterinary hospital client