Top 10 Medical Conditions

Top 10 Pet Medical Conditions of 2010 

Nation’s Largest Pet Insurer Reveals Most Common Causes of Veterinary Visits.

VPI, the nation’s oldest and largest provider of pet health insurance, recently sorted its database of more than 485,000 insured pets to determine the top 10 pet medical conditions from the previous year.

Dogs
1. Ear Infection  (61,555 canine claims for ear infections)
2. Skin Allergy
3. Skin Infection/Hot Spots
4. Gastritis/Vomiting
5. Enteritis/Diarrhea
6. Arthritis
7. Bladder Infection
8. Soft Tissue Trauma
9. Non-cancerous Tumor
10. Hypothyroidism

Pet Pharm

Pets on Prozac – the height of compassion, or an overly indulgent society chasing its tail?

Pet Pharm, a new film by Patrick Reed and White Pine, investigates the newest trend which is the most controversial and revealing: psychoactive drugs for pets. Identifying a multi-billion dollar untapped market, Big Pharma has just developed and released a handful of designer drugs for pets, treating aggression, separation anxiety, obesity and diminished mental capacity related to aging, with many more medications to follow.

In Pet Pharm, Reed looks at this unfolding phenomenon from a number of perspectives including those of experts in the field like Dr. Nicholas Dodman and Dr. Ian Dunbar, who represent the polar opposite positions on psychoactive drugs for pets. Cinema Eye.

Interview with the Director Patrick Reed

Nicholas Dodman's blog