Dr. Cairns discussed the nationwide veterinarian shortage on NBC Nightly News.

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New noninvasive diagnostic test for IBD

Chronic vomiting and diarrhea are common clinical signs of canine inflammatory bowel disease. They’re also associated with a wide range of gastrointestinal disorders such as chronic enteropathy or food sensitivity.

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In this episode, host Dr. Mondrian Contreras joins his colleagues, Dr. Elaine McCarthy, Dr. Kyle Marano, and Vet Tech Tim Hayes, to break down the top animal-related news. Dr. Contreras also interviews Dr. Kelly Cairns, the National Director of Internal Medicine, Chair of the Pathway Specialty Director Board and Director …

Dr. Cairns was interviewed by Fox News Chicago to discuss an important infection for dogs and cats.

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Q fever is a zoonotic disease caused by the bacterium Coxiella burnetii. It is usually linked to livestock, but people have also been infected through contact with cats giving birth. In this study, Dr. Kelly Cairns and colleagues at Colorado State University tested vaginal and uterine samples from healthy client-owned …

Interleukin-1 (IL-1) is a key driver of inflammation, and the body makes its own blocker for it: the IL-1 receptor antagonist (IL-1Ra). Most IL-1Ra works outside cells, but three of its four forms stay inside them, and what those inner forms do was unknown.

This study from the University of …