[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Spay or Neuter Pets: Preventing unwanted litters of puppies or kittens is not the only reason it’s advisable to spay or neuter pets. Improved awareness of the health benefits makes it a relatively undisputed decision among...
Protect your hearing: Is your TV constantly blasting? Is your average day filled with sounds of jackhammers, lawn mowers, lumbering trucks, rock music blaring through stereo headphones or other intrusive environmental noises? If so, your hearing is at risk and you...
Caring for sick or injured wildlife is nothing out of the ordinary at our veterinary practice, where rescued animals are brought to us in many common circumstances. Particularly during Costa Rica’s dry season, wild creatures are at higher risk from exposure to...
Many visitors to Costa Rica wonder if they should bring a lot of cash when they come, where and how to change foreign currencies, and whether or not it’s best to use a credit card. Here’s some advice: • Dollars are widely accepted here, so if you’re from the U.S., by...
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There are many situations in veterinary medicine when a blood transfusion might be helpful in patients with severe anemia, low platelets (very common in tick fever), acute bleeding (related to trauma, surgery or coagulopathy), intoxication or congenital blood disease....
[vc_row full_width="full_width"][vc_column][vc_column_text]The National Theater of Costa Rica is the country’s principal theater, located in downtown San José next to Juan Mora Fernández Park. Its construction was authorized on May 28, 1890, when San José had just...
[vc_row full_width="full_width"][vc_column][vc_column_text]Most ankle sprains occur when the foot and ankle suddenly turn inward. This often happens when running or pivoting. With these inversion injuries, the patient may feel a sharp pain at the front and/or side of...
[vc_row full_width="full_width"][vc_column][vc_column_text]The rotonda, or roundabout, is a traffic control device invented by Satan to terrify foreigners. Many extranjeros may have never experienced the heart-pounding confusion associated with being forced to...
[vc_row full_width="full_width"][vc_column][vc_column_text]If you look up a map of Tapantí/Macizo de la Muerte National Park, and look to the southeast, you will see that there are no roads and no towns all the way to the Panama border and beyond. This huge swath of...
Transmissible venereal tumors (TVTs) are a very common problem affecting stray dogs worldwide. Venereal tumors are specific to canines, typically located in their genitalia and transmitted during coitus. However, because growth occurs in the dog’s mucous membranes,...
Vitamins are organic compounds occurring naturally in foods or as additives. They are necessary in small amounts for the energy required for growth and development. To what extent do people need vitamins? Should we take “extra” vitamins in the form of pills? Do...