Over the last 10 years, the University of Texas has been using CT technology to study living specimens and fossils as old as 190 million years, belonging to some of the oldest known mammals. According to their website, “The 3-D scans revealed that even these tiny, 190-million-year-old animals had developed brains larger than expected for […]

Many thanks to everyone who took the time to fill out our Client Feedback Survey! We were thrilled to receive so many responses, and your input is invaluable to the growth and future of our company. We are constantly striving to provide the highest quality service and customer care to our clients and patients, but […]

Special thanks to Dr. Kazutaka Yamada for visiting our hospital from Japan last week! You will be missed by all!

How VICSD’s 4/7 mCi Dosing Protocol Was Born Dr. Seth Wallack recently presented VICSD’s original research on the thyroid to background ratio and how using this ratio to guide I-131 treatment has resulted in a 98% first-time success rate (one of the highest in the country) during the ACVR 2010 Annual Scientific Meeting in August. […]

Veterinarians – Do you dream of getting home earlier but are trapped at work due to typing reports and managing records? Into the evening, do you often find yourself saying, “I wish I could take care of this at home”? After running around for 10 hours, the last thing you want to do is spend […]

      The following was taken from a City-Data.com blog thread. The blog post was started by a cat owner trying to do research on Radioiodine Therapy. One blogger responded with these kind words about VICSD: “Since our cat had an extreme reaction to the thyroid medication, radioactive iodine or surgery were his only […]

Here yea, Here yea. We are pleased to announce that we will soon have a third in-house radiologist! Dr. Jonathan Hayles will be joining our practice on Monday, October 1, 2010. A San Diego native, Dr. Hayles obtained his undergraduate degree at the University of California, San Diego and his DVM from the University of […]

We will be at the Dog Days of Summer festival on Saturday, August 14 from 10am-3pm in Cardiff by the Sea. Be sure to stop by our booth and meet our staff and their pets! Location: 124 Aberdeen Dr., Cardiff by the Sea, 92007 Click on the image below for details or visit the event […]

They always say the cat chooses you, you don’t choose the cat. And this couldn’t be more accurate. Meet Becky (a.k.a. Sunshine, Sunny D, Sunny Girl, Kitty Cat). Previously homeless, Becky was taken in by one of our referring clinics out in the desert a week or two prior to coming to our facility to […]

We recently conducted a second canine prostate study using targeted ultrasound contrast on a poodle, yielding similar results to the previous study of the German Shepherd. Pre-contrast, the liver and gallbladder appeared normal. The spleen contained a 3.0 cm x 1.9 cm hypoechoic nodule dorsally. Both kidneys had a thickened and hyperechoic cortex with decreased […]