Fear Free Pets
Fear Free Pets
Fear Free Pets
Feeding vs. Fasting: Research Suggests Small Treats Prior to Anesthesia Can Outweigh the Risks
21 minutes Posted Sep 23, 2019 at 10:24 pm.
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Two renowned veterinary anesthesiologists—Tamara Grubb DVM, PhD, Diplomate ACVAA and Ralph C. Harvey DVM, MS, DACVAA—chat about how pre-anesthesia practices and procedures play a role in creating Fear Free veterinary visits and how new research suggests that in many cases, we should be taking a different approach than what was once the norm. It’s been a long-held practice that when it comes to feeding vs. fasting before going under, fasting was the hands down way to go. But that’s changing.