Your dog has had an ear infection for two months and it is not
getting better. A bladder infection never seems to completely
clear up and your cat has been on four different antibiotics.
The veterinarian told you that the chronic drainage from your
poodle’s eyes is caused by a bacterial infection, but it does
not clear up with any of the ointments you have used. Infections
in places such as these are common conditions that veterinarians
see in their clinic every day. And in most instances, they
should not have developed into a chronic, long-term problem.
Whether you are talking about oral or injectable antibiotics,
antibacterial ear or eye preparations, or the various salves and
ointments, veterinarians of today have a wide range of products
from which to choose. On the shelf in our clinic, we routinely
have at least 9 different oral or injectable antibacterial
preparations and we can prescribe many more through a pharmacy.
With this vast array, you could assume that we would have
eliminated every bacterial s