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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  • Immune Disorders of Dogs

    Symmetrical Lupoid Onchodystrophy in Rottweilers and Greyhounds Q: Dear Dr. Mike, I have enjoyed being able to use the free portion of your website for quite some time now and am very glad you are doing it. I have found it to be an excellent place to go for more information when something is going...

  • Immune Mediated Hemolytic Anemia

    Immune Mediated Hemolytic Anemia (IMHA) or Autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA) In hemolytic anemia, a loss of red blood cells (rbcs) occurs due to destruction of the rbcs. The destruction occurs due to antibodies which stick to the the rbc and cause the body to react, leading to destruction of the...

  • Immunoregulin and Your Dog

    Immunoregulin (Propionibacterium acnes injection) - reactions Q: Dr.Mike: my 14 month old German Shepherd had a case of fused lobe pneumonia for 2 months. After trying several different antibiotics it seemed to be under control with just a residual mucous discharge from his nostril. After some...

  • Infectious Disease - Brucellosis

    Brucellosis in Chow, On-line PDR Question: Dr. Richards, Thank you for this service, the web site and this service are an invaluable resource. I have several questions. 1: Chow 12yrs. of age. Male not neutered. normal wgt. 65-70lbs. (a): Has had a chronic thermal cycle problem (2-3yrs. extant)...

  • Infectious Disease - Feline Leukemia

    Infectious Disease - Feline Leukemia Question: Two years ago I found a young female cat on the farm where I was living. It took 3 months of daily feeding her before she would let me close enough to pat her. By that time, of course, she was pregnant. I brought her into my house where, six weeks...

  • Infectious Disease - Feline Leukemia 2

    Feline Leukemia and Bladder Infections Q: My cat Raul tested positive about 1 month ago. He has a pale mouth and nose, has lost weight,and has cut down on eating. I noticed a odor coming from our basement that smelt like cat urine. Yesterday I actually saw him going bathroom right in front of me in...

  • Infectious Disease - Herpes Virus

    Herpes virus in dogs Question: Hi Dr. Mike, I would like to know about herpes virus in dogs, Is it true that the bitch has to be exposed to the virus for the first time in the last three weeks of gestation or first three weeks after whelping for the puppies to succumb to the disease? also should...

  • Infectious Disease - Herpes Virus or Rhinotracheitis

    Infectious Disease - Herpes Virus or Rhinotracheitis Persistent Rhinotracheitis (feline herpes virus 1) in older cat - continued Question: Dr Richards--second reply to same e mail--is this rhinotracheitis in any way contagious to my other cats?? I have a household of 11 cats, all but one 14 yr or...

  • Infectious Disease - Herpes Virus or Rhinotracheitis 2

    Herpes treatment Question: Hi Dr. Richards, I have just subscribed to your service it is great to be able to get straight answers. First of all the back ground on Tali, she is (amongst many we have) a two year old neutered female cat, who, literally stumbled into us when she was a very small...

  • Infectious Disease - Rabies

    Infectious Disease - Rabies Rabies transmission Question: Been meaning to ask this question: I did read your paper on Rabies & remember the time frame for the bite transference, but is it possible to transfer the virus via salvia without a bite? I.E. two animals hissing at each other? and left...

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