Fluid Therapy: A Vital Treatment in Dogs and Cats
As a pet caretaker, you have likely experienced having a pet that needed fluid therapy. It is a common method of treatment in veterinary and human medicine, and can be a life-saving protocol, but few lay people know what it is all about. Fluid therapy is the method used to give a type of solution into the pet for various reasons. The fluid can be given intravenous, subcutaneous and intra-abdominal. The method given is often determined by how quickly the fluids are needed by the patient. The most common reason for giving fluid therapy is to normalize blood flow throughout