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NCVMB declares failure to diagnose is acceptable practice

Regarding a febrile dog with excessive bruising and swelling, significantly elevated vital signs and a seven-pound weight gain in just 40 hours following amputation of a limb, the North Carolina Veterinary Medical Board has recently decided that regardless of failing to perform any diagnostic testing to rule out infection, informing the client that everything is normal, [...]

2024-03-29T03:18:25+00:00

Dr. Bergman’s justification for the failure of CVS to do anything to diagnose infection

A few weeks after Champ came home, I received a random customer satisfaction call from my credit card company. After expressing my dissatisfaction and the reasons for such, the representative urged me to dispute the charges which were processed by Carolina Pet Service, the owner of CVS according to Dr. Bergman. Although the credit card company [...]

History of resistance to Amoxicillan and Clavamox; multiple specialists decided drugs appropriate regardless

Verbatim statements made by Dr. Bass regarding the decision to use certain antibiotics regardless of Champ’s history of resistance to the chosen drugs. "That was a decision that was carefully considered by Dr. Nanfelt. It's in her records that she consulted with other veterinarians, and so it wasn’t that they didn’t think about it. They did [...]

Temperature 103.6, heart rate 180, blood pressure 152; doctor reports everything normal, Champ sent home

Verbatim statements made by Dr. Shannon Bass regarding Dr. Jennifer Merlo’s evaluation of Champ. "Obviously, that’s fact. They did not do anything to check. Her opinion based on her physical exam was that there wasn’t an infection. That’s a fact. You know and there’s nothing to disagree with about that. I agree, and so I [...]