Dr. Michael Richards

Michael Richards, D.V.M. co-owns a small animal general veterinary practice in rural tidewater Virginia. Dr. Richards graduated from Iowa State University's College of Veterinary Medicine in 1979, and has been in private practice ever since.

Dr. Richards has been the director of the PetCare Forum (tm) on America Online (tm) and co-founded TierCom, Inc., the company that produces the VetInfo Digest and created VetInfo.com in 1996. Dr. Richards is married to and practices with Maureen Richards, D.V.M., a graduate of the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine. 



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  • Foot Problems - Interdigital Cysts and Growths and Pyoderma

    Interdigital pyoderma and pododermatitis Question: Dear Dr. Richards: I have an 11-year-old shelty named Ben, whom the family love very much. He has a lesion on his right forepaw that seems to fit the description of "interdigital pyoderma" that you mentioned in a web-posted article involving a dog...

  • Foreign body obstruction

    Toxic reaction to foreign body obstruction Q: Dear Dr. Mike, First, I want to thank you for putting together such a great website; while my dog was sick this past summer, I consulted it a lot, and found the information really clear and helpful. Unfortunately, my dog (a 2 ½ year old female...

  • Fungal and Parasitic Infections in Cats

    Cryptococcosis Question: Dear Dr. Richards: I'm back to you with our old problem, our Siamese cat Mikko's cough. As I previously wrote to you, Prednisone relieved his coughing for a period of time, and we were even able to stop giving him pills for a few weeks. In your reply, you indicated that...

  • Fungal Infection in Dogs

    Histoplasmosis Causes and Symptoms Question: My five year old schnauzer was diagnosed in September with histoplasmosis. I was told if he could make it two weeks with taking itracanozol he might have a chance. It is now December and we are well on our way. His blood count has gone from 19 to 36, a...

  • FYI - For Your Information

    Writing about practicing veterinary medicine and practicing veterinary medicine Question: Hi Dr. Mike: I just wanted to write to say "thank you" for answering all the questions that I have sent you on my cats. Your advice has been extremely helpful. What I would like to know is -- where is your...

  • Gall Bladder problems in dogs

    Gallbladder, liver and Chronic lung problems Question: Hi, Dr. Richards, Our issue has to do with our 6yr old unneutered male standard dachshund, Bart. We decided it was time to neuter him (March 1999) and since he was older our doctor wanted to do a full workup prior to any surgery. He noticed a...

  • Gastric, Liver and Prostactic carcinomas, adenomas and Adenocarcinoma in dogs

    Perianal Adenoma and Perianal Adenocarcinoma Hepatomas, hepatic adenomas and hepatocellular carcinomas Question: Dear Dr. Mike: Just got back from seeing the oncologist as recommended by my vet. He also thinks I should have the liver biopsy but gave me his opinion about what he thought 99s liver...

  • Granulometous Meningioencephalomyelitis (GME)

    Granulometous meningioencephalomyelitis (GME) Neurological Problems Granulometous meningioencephalomyelitis Comments: I am looking for information on Granulomatous meningo encephalitis. Our shitz tsu Ollie is suffering from the above. He has had it now for almost a week, it came on very suddenly...

  • Grief in Dogs

    Grieving dog Question: How do I deal with the loss of a dog? I purchased a full brother and sister Weimaraner dogs 12 years ago. The two dogs have been kennel mates all that time and never have been seperated. They were not house dogs and kept in an outside kennel I constructed next to the house...

  • Haircoat Problems in Cats

    Haircoat Problems in Cats vetinfo.com Vitiligo or possibly periocular leukotrichia Question: Dr Richards Our siamese cat Jamie, 5 years old, chocolate point, recently started to become less "chocolate" around the nose, and paws. There are many white hairs growing, between the dark ones of the snout...

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