NIVES Facts
This is the number of hours per day NIVES is open.
What is 24?
This clinical sign is most likely to be present in a cat with heart disease.
What is anorexia?
Who is Julia Roberts?
This cleaning agent is contraindicated in a patient with otitis externa and a ruptured tympanic membrane.
What is dioctyl sodium sulfoscuccinate (DSS)?
This memorable speech was given by Abraham Lincoln in 1863 during the dedication of the Soldier's National Cemetery.
What is the Gettysburg Address?
Our two Internal Medicine DVMs are named this.
This is the most common cardiac disease of dogs.
What is myxomatous degeneration of the mitral valve?
Actor Jim Carrey first made a name for himself on this Keenen Ivory Wayans sketch comedy show.
What is "In Living Color"?
In dogs, the presence of this symptom is most suggestive of concurrent otitis media in a patient with otitis externa?
What is ptosis (drooping eyelid)?
On July 20, 1969 Neil Armstrong became the first person in history to do this.
What is walk on the moon?
NIVES has been providing high quality speciality and emergency small animal emergency care to our community since this year.
What is 2004?
Systolic blood pressures greater than 180 mmHg in calm cats or great than 200 mmHg in any cat is consistent with systemic hypertension, and futher testing is warranted. Once diagnosed, systemic hypertension in cats is mostly likely to be controlled with this drug.
What is amlodipine?
Actor-comedian Robin Williams found fame on this TV show.
What is "Mork and Mindy"?
This test is best used to determine unilateral deafness in pets.
What is brain stem auditory evoked response (BAER) testing?
The US purchased the Louisiana Territory from this country.
What is France?
Doctors Coolman and Parker provide this specialty service to NIVES.
What is surgery?
There are four heart sounds that can potentially be asculted, but they are not normally heard in all species. All four heart sounds are most likely to be heard in healthy animals of this species.
What are horses?
Whitney Houston hit the top of the music charts in 1992 with this Dolly Parton song.
What is "I Will Always Love You"?
This combination of hair coat and eye pigmentation is associated with deafness in cats.
What is white hair coat and blue eyes?
World War I began this year.
What is 1914?
This is the year that the clinic was established at our location.
What is 1967?
Positive inotropes increase the strength of myocardial contractions. They act by increasing intracellular calcium concentrations and/or increasing myocardial protein sensitivity to calcium. For patients with cardiovascular disease, this positive inotrope drugs should be prescribed.
What is pimobendan?
This was the very first video ever played on MTV.
What is "Video Killed the Radio Star" by The Buggles?
This dog breed has a higher incidence of ear canal tumors than other breeds.
What is the American Cocker Spaniel?