Dr Abbas Rabiu Ishaq

02/02/2025

25/09/2024

Below is a budgie with inability to stand on the perch. Claws tend to be coiled and flaccid. Diet strictly seeds with no vitamins supplement and bird is 3 years old. I tentatively diagnosed CURLY TOE PARALYSIS. Bird 🐦 is on vitamin supplementation and daily claw massage

25/09/2024

It has been a while! The picture below features a cat named Lari that came with 'cat acne'. This is a skin condition developed due to certain allergies that arise from environment, food or other factors. Treatment is aimed at cleaning the wound to get rid of secondary bacteria, diet modifications and antihistamines. What other skin conditions can you recall of non-infectious origin?

05/07/2024

Spasmodic urinary bladder is seen on Tom cats more commonly compared to dogs. The patient in the video had a massively extended bladder (From Radiograph), CBC and chemistry normal. Catheterization, antispasmodic drugs and idiopathic cystitis medications offered

05/07/2024

A confirmed FIV patient with the expected ON-AND-OFF flu symptoms.

05/07/2024

Broken claw in a cat. Haemostasis, analgesic and antibiotics offered

05/07/2024

Snap tests are one of the easiest (Sometimes cheapest) means of obtaining confirmatory diagnosis. The ones in the picture use ELISA technique to capture Canine Parvovirus Antigens in faecal swabs. Several snap kits are available for antigen or antibody detection from samples such as faeces, ,whole blood, serum, tear secretions, urine, milk, etc

05/07/2024

'Pawing' is a cat way of showing comfort at a particular place in time. What other cat habits do you know?

07/10/2023

يا غلامُ ! إني أُعَلِّمُكَ كلماتٍ ، احفظِ اللهَ يَحْفَظْكَ ، احفظِ اللهَ تَجِدْهُ تُجَاهَكَ ، إذا سألتَ فاسألِ اللهَ ، وإذا استَعَنْتَ فاستَعِنْ باللهِ ، واعلم أنَّ الأُمَّةَ لو اجتمعت على أن ينفعوكَ بشيءٍ ، لم ينفعوك إلا بشيءٍ قد كتبه اللهُ لك ، ولو اجتمعوا على أن يضروكَ بشيءٍ ، لم يضروكَ بشيءٍ إلا قد كتبه اللهُ عليكَ ، جَفَّتِ الأقلامُ ورُفِعَتِ الصُّحُفُ. With this am forgiving anyone that might have offended me. I believe am not a perfect being too