Vet Topics (Summer 2025) now online

 Click here to view the Summer 2025 issue of Vet Topics. This issue includes the following stories: 

A special ‘KONG-tribution’. For pet owners facing the difficulty of a cancer diagnosis in their beloved animals, even the small comforts of a chew toy can make a world of difference.

‘Everyone needs a Chonk’: how one cat changed a girl’s life. Passing time in a pet store in a city that’s 250 kilometres from home isn’t where you might expect to meet the pet that will change your life — but that was the case for the Helgason family of Kindersley, Sask.

Delivering through the nose. Veterinary researchers at the University of Saskatchewan (USask) are working on a safer and easier option for administering a drug that reverses the effects of xylazine in police dogs and other canine working animals that accidentally ingest or inhale this potent sedative.

Canine mammary cancer study explores new techniques for early detection. A Western College of Veterinary Medicine (WCVM) veterinary pathologist is leading new research that strives to improve methods for the early detection of canine mammary cancer — a common diagnosis of tumours in female dogs.

Griffyn the warrior: surviving parvovirus. When Christie Tetreault brought home her high-energy, determined puppy named Griffyn, she never imagined that she would soon be fighting for the young dog’s life.