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River Ridge Veterinary Hospital

6790 River Center Drive
Clemmons, NC 27012

(336)712-3413

www.riverridgevet.com

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Dilated Cardiomyopathy in Dogs and Cats

Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) is one of the more common acquired heart diseases in dogs. DCM is a primary disease of the heart muscle (cardio = heart; myo = musc ...

Zika Virus and Animals

I've been getting a lot of questions about Zika virus and animals. It’s great to see that people are thinking more broadly about infectious diseases (but it isn ...

Natural Pet Food from Mother Nature

I'm fed up with "natural" equating "so much healthier to eat than processed crap." We see the claim "natural!!!" in so many manufactured food products, pet and ...

Diagnostic Crotch Sniffing?

Five dogs (Labs and Golden retrievers) were trained to detect contaminated urine in scent detection boxes. When they came across a contaminated urine sample, t ...

Ear Abscesses in Turtles and Tortoises

Ear abscesses, also known as aural abscesses, are common in turtles and tortoises and are usually caused by bacterial infections. The infection begins in the mo ...