Chronic Kidney Disease
It didn’t seem significant at the time. You thought it was kinda cute. Your cats would perch on the toilet to get a drink of water. You thought your dog was just being a pain and playing you for a chump by getting you up in the middle of the night to be let out…really, you just wanted to prowl the yard to torment the cat next door? But then your pet just wasn’t looking good. It started to lose weight and condition…maybe some vomiting or diarrhea. But the diagnosis came back kidney failure…what caused it? Was it the food? Can you cure it? How can you prevent it in your other pet?
Dr. Brian McLaughlin is a Senior Technical Services Veterinarian for Vetoquinol USA. We are going to discuss the insidious disease of kidney disease and how it can affect your dog or cat.
BIO:
Dr. Brian McLaughlin was born and raised in Abilene, KS, and attended Kansas State University for both his undergraduate degree and his doctorate in veterinary medicine. He joined Vetoquinol as a Technical Services Veterinarian in April 2012 after practicing in small animal hospitals for almost 10 years; first in Las Vegas and then in Reno, NV where he and his family currently reside. He is currently the Senior Technical Services Veterinarian for Vetoquinol USA and manages the veterinary technical services team for the small animal business. In his current role, he provides support for marketing, key accounts and provides disease/product training for Vetoquinol sales representatives, He also speaks about Vetoquinol products and diseases they support to veterinary hospitals and veterinarians. With this role, Brian also attends multiple veterinary conferences throughout the year and networks with key opinion leaders in the veterinary industry. Brian has been active with the Wild West Veterinary Conference, since 2014, serving as the Scientific Program Planning Committee Chairperson from 2015-2017 and Small Animal Program Chair in 2018. He is a Fear Free Certified Professional, a member of the American Veterinary Medical Association, Nevada Veterinary Medical Association, Kansas Veterinary Medical Association and the American Association of Veterinary Parasitologists.