Dr. Debra A. Primovic is a graduate of the Ohio State University School of Nursing and the OSU College of Veterinary Medicine. Following her veterinary medical training, Dr. Primovic practiced in a general small animal practice. For the past eight years, she has been staff veterinarian at the Animal Emergency Clinic of St. Louis, Missouri, one of the busiest emergency/critical care practices in the United States. Dr. Primovic divides her time among veterinary emergency practice, editing, writing, and updating articles for PetPlace.com, and editing and indexing for veterinary publications. She has three cats, Sammy, Pepper and Beanie.