Advancements & research
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June 9, 2022
Time’s almost up to save on Connexity® 2022 registration
It's all about time. Time to book your space at Connexity. Time to get your travel plans in order. Time to save on registration fees. And time to start dreaming about the good times you’ll have in Nashville. -
June 9, 2022
Grit + Love: A veterinary wellness journey during lockdown
“It looked like the sky was falling,” says Charles Hurty, DVM. He was talking about the skies over Newport, Oregon in September 2020, when out-of-control wildfires ravished the surrounding old growth forests and rained ash and grit over much of the Pacific Northwest. But he could have been talking about COVID-19. -
June 2, 2022
Understanding Drug Expiration Dates: Why They Benefit Veterinary Medicine
In veterinary medicine, dates matter—specifically drug expiration dates. -
May 20, 2022
Shining a Spotlight on Ideas that Work: Veterinary Visionaries and Beyond
David Ballard, PsyD, MBA, our guest on this week’s episode of Central Line: The AAHA Podcast , is not just a visionary – he's an expert in what makes organizations psychologically healthy, and he’s helped groups all over the human healthcare ecosystem get there. Thanks to connections that led him to Veterinary Visionaries, he’s turning that expert eye toward veterinary medicine. Check out this excerpt from our conversation. -
May 17, 2022
Who do you feel more empathy for, animals or humans? A new study says it all depends
Are people more likely to feel empathy for animals, or for humans? The answer is complicated, but it boils down to a question of context. -
May 10, 2022
A protein shift in a canine coronavirus could explain how other coronaviruses (including SARS-CoV-2) jump to humans
Researchers at the Cornell College of Veterinary Medicine used state-of-the-art molecular evolution tools to assess how pressures from natural selection may have influenced the canine coronavirus’ evolution. -
April 21, 2022
Study: Cases of cannabis toxicity in pets have increased significantly post-legalization
Veterinarians are seeing a rise in cases of cannabis poisoning in pets as the legalized use of marijuana for recreational purposes continues to spread. -
April 9, 2022
State of the pet industry: Looking good
The US pet industry continued its strong recovery from the pandemic, surging 14% overall to $123 billion in 2021. -
April 5, 2022
Study: a breakthrough in the treatment of night blindness in dogs
Researchers have successfully restored dim-light vision to dogs with an inherited disorder that causes night blindness. -
March 31, 2022
Recessive gene linked to breed-specific hearing loss
Progressive hearing loss early in life in both dogs and humans is known as early-onset adult deafness (EOAD) and some dog breeds—such as border collies and Rhodesian ridgebacks—are more prone to it than others.