By Bonnie Markoff, DVM, ABVP My travels to Zambia this year involved renewing friendships, helping with teaching elementary students, assisting in a small animal practice, and enjoying a wonderful safari in the South Luangwa Valley. My friend Barbara had been asked to return to Lusaka to continue training the teachers at the American International School. [...]
Did you know that interacting with a well-behaved pet changes your chemical physiology and lowers your blood pressure, decreases stress, and leads to an increased sense of energy and elation. It's true! People who own pets makes fewer visits to the doctor. Dogs and cats are good for us and we are good for them.
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Written by Bonnie Markoff, DVM, ABVP The video of Max was taken several years ago, and due to our own technological advances we only recently have shared the video of Max and his 17-pound tumor. Here's what happened... Max recovered beautifully. The mass was a benign hematoma. Over the next few days he gained energy [...]
By Bonnie Markoff, DVM, ABVP I am off to Africa this week. After a short time at home following my Mongolian Gobi desert trip, I am heading to Zambia. Last year `I accompanied my dear friend as she travelled to Zambia to teach at the International School. While I was there, I met a veterinarian [...]
This video is not for the squeamish! Bonnie Markoff, DVM, performed a life-saving surgery on a German Shepherd dog by removing an 18-pound tumor! The tumor was attached to the spleen and was amazingly benign!
Dr. Bonnie Markoff makes her trips from Animal Care Clinic in San Luis Obispo to Mongolia 1-2 times yearly. She works with VET Net, a Mongolian non-profit group (NGO) through Christian Veterinary Missions. Dr. Markoff's focus is on mentoring the small animal veterinarians and teaching leadership, teamwork and practice management. She also loves learning about [...]
Dr. Bonnie Markoff makes her trips from Animal Care Clinic in San Luis Obispo to Mongolia 1-2 times yearly. She works with VET Net, a Mongolian non-profit group (NGO) through Christian Veterinary Missions. Dr. Markoff's focus is on mentoring the small animal veterinarians and teaching leadership, teamwork and practice management. She also loves learning about [...]
By Bonnie Markoff, DVM I am home and recovered from my trip to Mongolia. 2010 brought unique opportunities and challenges as I left the capitol city of Ulanbataar and headed into the Gobi desert. This trip did not bring the usual interesting and often frustrating medical cases, as I was not focused on veterinary medicine. [...]
It is time for another œBonnie Markoff Mongolia Trip! I will be heading to the hinterlands (what my father always called Mongolia). This will be my sixth journey and I am sure it will be full of new adventures and challenges. My first trip to Mongolia was in 2006. I arrived just before Christmas [...]