Explosion de Garrapatas
El calentamiento global y la tendencia a viajar con nuestros perritos a diferentes destinos geográficos, ha facilitado que las enfermedades transmitidas por las garrapatas estén llegando a niveles epidémicos. Dr. Marta Sanchez-Emden DVM CVA CCRP y su experto invitado, el especialista en medicina interna veterinaria Dr. Pedro Amstrong, discuten esta alarmante situacion . Descubriras como reconocer sintomas de enfermedades transmitidas por las garrapatas. Además, aprenderas como combatir las garrapatas efectivamente, separando mitos urbanos de realidades. Complementa este interesante show con imagenes relacionadas, súbidas a Instagram.com/@drmartavet. El video de la entrevista lo encuentras en YouTube.com/drmartavet
BIO:
Dr. Pedro F. Armstrong was born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico. He attended Iowa State University for pre-veterinary studies. In 1996, he was admitted to Tuskegee University School of Veterinary Medicine, and graduated in 2000. Following veterinary school, Dr. Armstrong did a one year rotating veterinary internship in VCA West Los Angeles Animal Hospital. In 2001, under the mentorship of Mark E. Hitt, DACVIM, he completed a three-year internal medicine residency at the AVIM in Annapolis, Maryland. In 2008, he co-founded The Southeast Veterinary Referral Center and The Pet Emergency Room in Miami, which he sold in 2016. In 2014, he partnered with Dr. Meaux to form Mobile Pet Imaging.
Dr. Armstrong is interested in endoscopic procedures (gastrointestinal and respiratory), imaging techniques (abdominal ultrasound, CT scanning) and non-invasive procedures such as ultrasound guided biopsies. He has a special interest in conditions affecting the gastrointestinal tract (stomach, intestines, liver, pancreas), urinary system and endocrine system (diabetes, Addison's disease, Cushing’s disease, etc).
Dr Armstrong has lectured on topics of veterinary internal medicine locally and nationally. He is the proud father of three, and enjoys boating, fishing, biking and triathlons.
In addition to attending yearly meetings for specialists, Dr. Armstrong has attended advanced courses designed for internal medicine specialists in the areas of respiratory and digestive diseases to learn about new procedures, advanced techniques and new therapies. He is also a member of The Comparative Gastrointestinal Society.