Pandemics: Beyond “women and children first” October 22, 2020 Jenifer Chatfield, DVM, DACZM, DACVPM A One Health expert outlines the many factors involved in determining who will receive a vaccine and urges us—for the time being—to keep calm and mask on. Feydzhet Shabanov/ stock.adobe.com I am originally from the South (OK, Texas, but still…), and I grew up knowing that people with...

Vaccination, variolation or immunization are much older practices than one might think. Records indicate that crude efforts towards protection through exposure were used as early as 1000 A.D. in Asia. However, most experts seem to agree that by the mid-1500’s, efforts to inoculate against smallpox infection were wide-spread in China and India. In the late 1600’s, insufflation was the common...

Did you get a new pup during the COVID-19 pandemic quarantine? Are you wondering what you need to do? What vaccines should your puppy have? When should you start heartworm prevention? How much should you feed your new puppy? Dr. Jen tells you all you need to know for your new pup!