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Originally Posted by Bonnevie
as in all cases, what one has experienced colors one's views. I have had bad experiences with U of F vet. hospital. My neighbor took her dog there and because there were two dogs with the same name, her smaller dog was given the chemo dose of the much larger dog and almost died. remember, it's a teaching hospital so the vets treating you are in a residency often just out of vet school. there are oncologists at Blue Pear in Tampa which is very easy to get to since it's to the north end of Tampa so just off the highway. I'm sure there are oncologists in Orlando as well. I took my dog to neurologist there but I found the one in Tampa was easier to find and I didn't have to drive thru the city.
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I believe it's called Blue Pearl.
Not to slam U of F, but we have had our dog there for a muscle wasting condition. They wanted to run every test under the sun, and admitted they were stabbing around in the dark. The worst was a muscle biopsy they wanted to do, which would only provide a diagnosis if they hit the correct part of the correct muscle (they admitted this). Also, we never saw the same vet twice. We stopped short of the biopsy and went back to Dr. Manganaro, who spent much time researching muscle wasting problems and came up with three possible solutions, one of which worked. That was several years ago, and the condition has not returned.
Dr. M. also works with AVS (Affiliated Veterinary Services) in Maitland, who has oncology department. They are about an hour from TV. (We use their dermatology department for our guy.)