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Thank you for continuing to protect yourself, your patients, and your community ❣️

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On March 15, we invite you to join us for International Long Covid Awareness Day in Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto & Montreal.

Hear from experts and people with Long Covid, and see our public awareness project featuring personal stories.

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Letter of the day: Let's clear the air on respiratory infections "Handwashing helps prevent gastrointestinal infections but will not protect your child and you from leaving the emergency department with influenza or COVID."

A great opinion letter by Dr. Lyne Filiatrault! 👏🏻

montrealgazette.com/opinion/lett...

Dr. Em has a DSH cat laying across their shoulders. They are wearing black scrubs, stethoscope, and an Aura respirator.

When the clinic cat sees you are having an absolutely brutally horrible day, so he hops onto your shoulders, starts purring and head butts your face.

YouTube video by Vet Med Corner Tail Suddenly Limp? Vet Covers Limber Tail

Today's video covers the topic of swimmer's tail aka limber tail! Are you familiar with the risk factors and what symptoms to watch out for? Join Dr. Em to learn what you need to know about the topic!
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I hear my friends
expressing outrage
that a billionaire was asked:
“how do we get rid
of poor people
as a whole,”
and at the same time
I hear my friends
calmly explain
that it’s too much bother
to wear a mask anymore,
and so I fear my friends
are doing their part
of that “how.”

Avian flu behind mass skua die-off in Antarctica, scientists say While H5N1 has been circulating in Antarctica since 2023, this is the first confirmation showing that it killed birds on that continent.

Avian flu behind mass skua die-off in Antarctica, scientists say www.cidrap.umn.edu/avian-influe...

YouTube video by Vet Med Corner This Aggressive Cancer Has Few Warning Signs | Vet Covers Hemangiosarcoma

This week's video covers one of the cancers that tend to have very few symptoms until the patient presents in an emergency - hemangiosarcoma.
Learn what you need to know about it with Dr. Em
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Take care 🐾

An airborne virus is a virus that can infect other people through unseen particles in the air, sometimes for hours after the sick person has left the area! Masks and clean, ventilated air can reduce the risk of getting sick from airborne viruses or infecting others.

Thank you for your continued work on this, I am frequently very grateful to have the current information.

This image shows gauges with the Jan 31 - Feb 13, 2026 COVID Forecast scores for Canada, the provinces, and territories. From left to right: Canada: VERY HIGH - 13.1 Alberta: SEVERE - 18.6 British Columbia: HIGH - 6.3 Manitoba: SEVERE - 18.4 New Brunswick: SEVERE - 19.2 Newfoundland & Labrador: HIGH - 7.7 North: VERY HIGH - 13.9 Nova Scotia: VERY HIGH - 10.4 Ontario: VERY HIGH - 14.5 Prince Edward Island: SEVERE - 18.9 Quebec: VERY HIGH - 10.0 Saskatchewan: SEVERE - 18.7 A text box reads: 'The COVID Forecast is calculated from 3 equally weighted categories: 1) Current infections and spread; 2) Healthcare system impact; 3) Mortality. Within each category there is one sub-category for trends over the most recent week (Trends) and one sub-category for current parameter values relative to a specified baseline (Current values). Trends and current values are weighted equally when determining the final score for a category. All Forecast input data and sources are available here (https://datastudio.google.com/embed/u/0/reporting/42b886cf-d661-488e-b7d8-5c5836b55ab6/page/p_2yqs028mwc). Past Forecast scores are available in the table below. Forecast scores are grouped into 4 ranges: MODERATE (1 to <5, white), HIGH (6 to <10, yellow), VERY HIGH (10 to <15, orange), SEVERE (>15 red).'

Canadian COVID Forecast: Jan 31 - Feb 13, 2026

SEVERE: AB, MB, NB, PEI, SK
VERY HIGH: CAN, North, NS, ON, QC
HIGH: BC, NL
MODERATE: none

About 1 in 122 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.

YouTube video by Vet Med Corner Why Is My Puppy Limping? Panosteitis 101

Today's video is on panosteitis!
Learn about the common symptoms, and what you can do to reduce the risks for your dogs:
youtu.be/j8bo5fJD43M
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This image shows gauges with the Jan 17 - Jan 30, 2026 COVID Forecast scores for Canada, the provinces, and territories. From left to right: Canada: VERY HIGH - 12.1 Alberta: VERY HIGH - 12.3 British Columbia: HIGH - 8.1 Manitoba: SEVERE - 19.2 New Brunswick: VERY HIGH - 11.2 Newfoundland & Labrador: VERY HIGH - 11.3 North: VERY HIGH - 12.9 Nova Scotia: SEVERE - 17.6 Ontario: VERY HIGH - 10.9 Prince Edward Island: HIGH - 9.8 Quebec: VERY HIGH - 12.3 Saskatchewan: SEVERE - 17.9 A text box reads: 'The COVID Forecast is calculated from 3 equally weighted categories: 1) Current infections and spread; 2) Healthcare system impact; 3) Mortality. Within each category there is one sub-category for trends over the most recent week (Trends) and one sub-category for current parameter values relative to a specified baseline (Current values). Trends and current values are weighted equally when determining the final score for a category. All Forecast input data and sources are available here (https://datastudio.google.com/embed/u/0/reporting/42b886cf-d661-488e-b7d8-5c5836b55ab6/page/p_2yqs028mwc). Past Forecast scores are available in the table below. Forecast scores are grouped into 4 ranges: MODERATE (1 to <5, white), HIGH (6 to <10, yellow), VERY HIGH (10 to <15, orange), SEVERE (>15 red).'

Canadian COVID Forecast: Jan 17 - Jan 30, 2026

SEVERE: MB, NS, SK
VERY HIGH: CAN, AB, NB, NL, North, ON, QC
HIGH: BC, PEI
MODERATE: none

About 1 in 95 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.

Thank you for watching and sharing, it means a lot 🥰
I'm sorry your cat is dealing with it, but glad you know so it can be managed as well as possible.
While I do dx CKD more frequently in older pets, I absolutely see it in young/middle aged ones as well so everyone should know what to look out for

YouTube video by Vet Med Corner Is Your Pet at Risk for Chronic Kidney Disease? Vet Explains

Today's video is all about chronic kidney disease - learn about the risk factors, how we stage it, treatments, and more in today's video!
youtu.be/hhf47-pK0E4
Take care 🐾

“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” —George Orwell (1984)

Oh. I'm 100% more likely to remember the name of the animal over the client. It's not even a close call in my brain

Oh yay! That makes me so happy! I hope the check-up brings all good news.

(Will I remember the name of any person I met today? No, absolutely not. Will I remember you have a cat that had I-131 for hyperT4 to my dying day? Yes. Yes, I will. 😆)

I've been an avid listener, and fan, from the first episode! I can't wait for whatever comes out next. 🙌

Has your cat's meow returned? I hope that she's back to herself 💕🐾

Listening to it now, and am *so* incredibly grateful for this podcast. Thank you for all the work you do to get accurate, research based information out to people.

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If you go into hospital, you shouldn’t have to worry about getting more sick. Unwrap a new special episode: “Beyond Baggy Blues—How to Stop COVID in Hospitals” with Dr Dick Zoutman @dickzoutman.bsky.social, Board Chair of the Canadian COVID Society @cancovsoc.bsky.social. Prevention is possible!

I didn't know you had a podcast!!! I'm so excited to start listening to episodes 🙌

YouTube video by Vet Med Corner Potbelly, Hair Loss, Excessive Drinking? Vet Covers Cushing’s!

As the majority voted to have the video published today, here it is! I hope that y'all enjoy learning about Cushing's
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Happy holidays, thank you for being a part of VMC in 2025 🐾💕 it means the world to me to be building a community of people who invested in their critters!

I hope she continues to bounce back and is soon feeling back to normal!

YouTube video by Vet Med Corner Vet Covers What You Didn't Know About the Ostrich Farm

Today's video covers the H5N1 outbreak that impacted a flock of ostriches - and the way it should have been handled
youtu.be/2uWG3IQ_4ZQ
This story unfolded over nearly a year!

Did Melina have I-131 therapy? How are they doing now?
Thank you for sharing the video, it means a lot! 🫶

A Call for the Universal Use of Respirators in Healthcare - Add Your Name In an effort to advance global public health through turbulent times, a group of experts from around the globe in medicine, public health, law, industrial hygiene, and other disciplines, met at the Un...

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How to Choose a Dog Trainer How to choose the best dog trainer for you and your dog, including the methods and qualifications to look for.

Dr. Todd has a great blog that helps with finding an appropriate behavior expert, let me grab it for you,
www.companionanimalpsychology.com/2016/12/how-...
I hope that some/all of this info helps to reduce future flight stressors!
Thank you for the years of Ear Biscuits - I'm a long time listener!!

Your job is to figure out why Barbara is so upset and address it!
Working with a skilled strictly positive reinforcement trainer can help with desensitization and counter conditioning re: spending time in the kennel (which will help to reduce the baseline stresses for the dogs).