Similar technology has been
used in human medicine for about 15 years, but in veterinary medicine it's just getting its start.
Just
as in human medicine, veterinary medical specialists are a valuable resource in treating your pet.
Advances in veterinary medicine over the past decade give pet owners access to cutting - edge therapies and treatments
available in human medicine.
X-ray technology has been around for many
years in the human medicine world and has made a very successful crossover to the veterinary medicine field.
In fact, this is more often true than it is
in human medicine since our patients don't voluntarily hold still for any length of time.
Being the standard of
care in human medicine, each animal should benefit from less operative pain and faster healing as well.
Advances in human medicine seem to occur on a daily basis as research and new technology bring new possibilities and hope of healing.
Like their nurse
counterparts in human medicine, they do the majority of the actual patient care and they provide a good deal of education in the process.
It is now frequently
prescribed in human medicine to relieve pain and anxiety, and its use in veterinary medicine for those same indications has been growing in recent years.
Common sense should tell you this when you have a flea - ridden dog at your ankles, but I am not a human doctor, and am not
trained in human medicine.
Discussion of the application of these
tools in human medicine and agriculture are much more advanced and should help inform the development of conservation guidelines.
But beyond faster and cheaper, these advances have also stimulated the development of innovative new experimental approaches, and are opening new
doors in human medicine and health.
While focusing on getting a nursing
degree in human medicine, she worked at a local animal hospital where she fell in love with veterinary medicine and decided to stay in the field.
There has been much publicity about the use of mature stem cells for research and possible treatment for many
diseases in human medicine.
In the human medicine world, it is pretty well known that hip dysplasia develops around the time of birth, shortly after birth, or even during childhood.
Laser therapy is an incredible technology that
originated in human medicine and has only been introduced in veterinary medicine relatively recently.
Residents are experienced veterinarians who are taking two to four years of additional training in a specialty of veterinary care, much like
residents in human medicine.
Their expectations for veterinary care are becoming similar to the care ideally
provided in human medicine, particularly as high - tech medicine expands within veterinary specialties.
They assume their cats will benefit from similar technological advances
made in human medicine — and with increasing frequency, they do.
These highly selective programs are similar to residency training
programs in human medicine, and typically run three to four years beyond the veterinary degree.