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A new report presents a snapshot of how pet ownership has evolved in response to the pandemic. And while many of the findings are positive, some pe...

Updating patient records can be particularly challenging during a pandemic. These strategies can help you stay on track.

This week: A protein that protects against Lyme disease, a clue to the cause of canine lung disease, and the pandemic leads to pet theft in the UK.

Appointments are way up at most practices. So are no-shows. Here's how to keep them to a minimum.

In the spring, when COVID first hit, facemasks of any type were in dangerously short supply. And N95 masks were the rarest of all . . . 

Experts have been predicting a fall surge in COVID cases since last spring, and now it's here. How will that impact hospitals?  

This week: Dogs will return to the White House, minks are declared a danger in Denmark, and bug-based pet food debuts in Europe.

Veterinary teams adopted an emergency mindset when the pandemic first hit. But we’re in the “new normal” now—and teams may need to adjust clients’...

Calls to the Pet Poison Helpline continue to rise as the pandemic goes on. And the toxins  reflect how owners' lives have changed. 

Back in March, before most practices went curbside, nobody predicted the influx of new clients. Here's how to keep them coming back.

It’s been a long, weird time for everyone, and clients’ tempers are wearing thin. Here's what to do if things get heated.

Cats can transmit SARS-CoV-2 to other cats. But they could be the future poster animals for developing a vaccine.

This week: Salmonella outbreaks reported in pet hedgehogs, a Colorado community college launches the country’s first veterinary technician...

In July, a growing number of scientists began to question the CDC's guidance that COVID-19  isn't  aerosolized. This week, the CDC came around. 

Pet tech was booming preCOVID, but the pandemic kicked it into overdrive.

This week: Social distance and service dogs, pig ears cause problems in Canada, and how 9/11 impacted the health of search-and-rescue dogs.

It turns out the relatively small number of cats and dogs who have tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 may not reflect the number of actual  pets who ha...

Back in March, the first pet was diagnosed with SARS-CoV-2 in Hong Kong. What‘s the status of SARS-CoV-2 in pets now, nearly seven months later?

This week: Researchers investigate why pets catch coronavirus, feeding cats less frequently may be better for them, and a poll on pet owners’...

How are animal rescue operations proceeding among the Oregon infernos?

It’s getting colder out, and curbside is about to get more complicated. Here's what to do.

Last week, pets held Congress hostage for three days, and all they did was be their adorable, dependable selves.

“Whole communities are no longer in existence. Whole towns are no longer standing.”  

When market research firm Packaged Facts took the unusual step of issuing a June update to their 2020–2021 US Pet Market Outlook , they wanted to...

Cats who catch COVID seem to be fighting off the virus with naturally developed antibodies. And more of them may have it than we thought. 

Cases of canine housemate aggression spiked when pet owners tried to integrate their new pandemic adoptees into a household where another dog alrea...

Between COVID-19 and the wildfires, West Coast hospitals can’t catch a break.

Practices need to be more strategic in their fee setting and fee increases. These are the factors you should consider when reviewing your prices.

This week: A spicy new way to treat canine uveitis, a cat drug could treat COVID-19 in humans, and the FDA warns against deceptively packaged hand...

Lots of hospitals are eager to open their doors and let clients come in from the curb, but  it’s also clear that nobody’s quite sure how to do it.  

Veterinary practices had to pivot fast this past spring. And the transition to curbside service taught us two important lessons. One was how to...

For animal hospitals across the country, the coronavirus crisis put an abrupt stop to “pet care as usual.” Although many veterinary care centers ar...

If you weren’t prepared for the COVID-19 pandemic, there’s no time like the present to upgrade your client service and patient care using telehealt...

Minks at fur farms in Utah have tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, marking  the first time the virus has been found in minks in the US.

How have AAHA-accredited hospitals been coping with COVID—and did their AAHA membership help them negotiate overwhelming and unpredictable change?

Fears about the possible transmission of SARS-CoV-2 from humans to pets and vice versa are obscuring the proven dangers of clear and present zoonot...

This week: The secret to harmonious pet relationships, pandas and dogs are cute (but not together), and hip surgery gives a Texas camel a new lease...

It’s been a long, tough haul for veterinary teams. How do you show your appreciation to staff for heroically rising to the occasion day after day?...

COVID-19 has infiltrated every aspect of daily life, so it’s difficult to not get caught up in the maelstrom of the pandemic’s effects. But the usu...

This week: Another dog who tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 dies, veterinary students seek diversity from within, and cat drugs show promise for...

The 2020 Atlantic hurricane season could be one for the record books, and COVID brings its own challenges to pet hurricane preparedness.

Most practices are experiencing a major uptick in business. But the boom in general practices is cascading—onto emergency practices.

This week: The FDA approves chewable tabs for canine congestive heart failure, a new veterinary school is slated to open next year, and COVID has...

A couple of Canadian researchers may have figured out why cats get COVID and dogs don’t: a mutation in the gene that provides a vector for the nove...

There have only been three dogs in the world who have officially tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 so far. The only one in the US has died.

Christen Skaer, DVM, recently asked her colleagues what their hospitals were doing about staff childcare during COVID. There weren't a lot of...

This week: A cat in the UK tests positive for COVID, a vet loses his license to practice medicine, and the pandemic inspires more people to adopt p...

If you want to help stop the spread of COVID, the kind of mask you wear is critical.  

The FDA announced a recall of a sedative commonly used in the treatment of human COVID patients—and by some veterinarians as an anxiolytic.

BluePearl, which operates 90 specialty and emergency pet hospitals in 21 states, recently announced an “alarming” 70% increase in the number of...

If you’re noticing more angry clients feeling put out by the change in your pet-care protocols, you’re not alone. Here's what to do about it.

More than half of US veterinary practices took out PPP loans to keep their doors open. Then the IRS changed the terms.  

What’s it like working a pet poison hotline during a pandemic, when people are cleaning like crazy and calls are up 100%? Even crazier than you mig...

Are you ready for another pandemic? Not later, after this one is over—right now. Because it is a possibility. And it starts with pigs.

This week: Coronavirus hampers help for feral cats in Canada, buying drugs on Facebook’s black market, and AAHA’s only accredited zoo tests a goril...

Even though Connexity’s going virtual this year, Alice Malone and her management team plan to be there together. Now they just have to decide on a...

This week: Smuckers announces cat food recall, jerky-treat still suspect, and Blue Pearl reports a pandemic-related parvovirus outbreak.

Aerosolization could explain the alarming spike in COVID cases. Is your hospital's ventilation system up to the challenge?

Because it’s possible they’re worried they’ll give it to their cat. That added stress is the last thing they need. Here's what to tell them.

Say you have to close because COVID's breached your hospital. What’s your plan?

Researchers need your help to find out how COVID-19 is impacting pet care for at-risk pet owners. And they’re willing to compensate you. To a point.

Americans aren’t limiting their Fourth of July fireworks to the holiday weekend. And that’s a real problem for pets.

Pets have been indirect victims of increased household chemical use. The Pet Poison Helpline reports a 100% increase in calls about the misuse of...

“We’re not a profession that does a good job at rapid change, but almost overnight we completely changed how we practice medicine.”

SARS-CoV-2 is transmitted person-to-person through respiratory droplets when an infected person coughs or sneezes. But what other bodily fluids mig...

One veterinarian at an AAHA-accredited hospital was recently bitten by a five-month-old Labrador. She attributes it—at least in part—to the pandemi...

This week: Big changes in veterinary school classrooms this fall, walking benefits shelter dogs and veterans alike, and juggling kids and work duri...

Need to moment to catch your breath? Your colleagues talk about what's working for them.

Cats with SARS-CoV-2 can give it to other cats. That’s according to researchers who infected cats  with SARS-CoV-2  to see what would happen when...

This week: Coronaviruses are extremely widespread in the wildlife trade, postal workers are getting along better with dogs, and a celebrity street...

As states continue to relax social distancing requirements across the country, many clients are anxious to get back in the exam room with their pet...

With a stroke of the president’s pen, the Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act brought desperately needed reform to well-meaning financial...

This week: Frank talk about racial discrimination, the USDA beefs up guidelines for dog sellers, and pet ambulance in name only. 

Kössi and Lucky knew the people had COVID-19 before the people did. More remarkably, they knew before the people even began to show symptoms.

In a profession predisposed to problems of burnout and compassion fatigue, the extra stress involved in seeing patients during a pandemic can be...

How much have CE requirements changed due to the pandemic?  

This week: A new cat virus discovered in Vancouver, snake-bit cats do better than snake-bit dogs, and scientists can now test dolphins and sea...

If that headline gives you déjà vu (“Didn’t the first dog in the US already test positive for SARS-CoV-2? Like, a month ago?”), you’re probably...

Due to the coronavirus (COVID-19), economic uncertainty and concerns about cost of care are now the focus for many of your clients. Being proactive...

Veterinary practices have been busier in the past couple of weeks than many in the profession had predicted. So NEWStat took an informal sampling o...

This week: Treating COVID-19 in people with a drug developed for cats, seizure-prone dogs may have tells, and London cat’s evening stroll ends with...

There’s no question that stay-at-home orders have impacted pets and their owners. Now, a new survey from Banfield Pet Hospital reveals how, and to...

More than one million dogs are imported into the United States each year. Most are healthy, but some are not. And the number of unhealthy ones is...

In this story, human resources consultant Jason Averbook discusses three normal personnel processes—onboarding, performance, and governance—and...

It might seem counterintuitive, but the current pandemic could be your chance to snag the perfect employee. Human resources specialist and author...

As stay-at-home orders ease and social distancing policies begin to relax, hospitals need to figure out which strategies to keep and which ones to...

This week: More dogs are being trained to sniff out COVID-19, new veterinary schools are determined to open despite the pandemic, and driving with ...

Learn how your practice can survive and thrive in these unprecedented times during a free webinar, Coming Back from COVID: How to Ensure Your...

As stay-at-home orders ease and social distancing policies begin to relax, hospitals need to figure out how to recover lost patients, finances, and...

Stay-at-home restrictions aren’t slowing down pet scammers much. In fact, they’re helping.

More than 600 veterinary school graduates from the Class of 2020 have no idea when they’ll be able to start work or start repaying their student...

Back in the early days of the pandemic, people talked about the future in terms of “when things get back to normal.” Not anymore. Now they talk in...

This week: Adolescent dogs and adolescent teens have similar problems, the fate of pets left behind when COVID-19 takes their owners, and cat video...

People are preparing to go back to work, but their new pets most likely won’t be going with them. And those who adopted a pet during lockdown could...

Pandemic-related pet adoptions are definitely up in the US . . . but maybe not as much as some news reports suggest.

Those two cats who tested positive for COVID-19 in New York State last month may have thrown a wrench in lab-test turnaround time for all the other...

Things are a long way from being anywhere near back to normal , but with many states starting to relax stay-at-home orders and allowing businesses ...

This week: The AVMA names this year’s Bustad Companion Animal Veterinarian of the Year, social distancing is good for animals in the wild, and what...

Researchers are training dogs to detect SARS-CoV-2 in humans. But the CDC says we’re supposed to practice social distancing with dogs . . . to keep...

Brian Pennie reprises the circle tool from Steven Covey’s 7 Habits of Highly Effective People for us. Here are a few of his statements from the...

The COVID-19 pandemic looks pretty grim for veterinarians here in North America. But how does it look to your colleagues around the world facing th...

As the situation with COVID-19 (coronavirus) continues to evolve, it may feel like a roller coaster as you work to add precautionary measures and...

A pet dog in North Carolina is believed to be the first dog in the US to have tested positive for the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Here's why that's not...

Although some states are preparing to relax social distancing guidelines, curbside check-ins are likely to continue for most hospitals for some tim...

The CDC and the USDA announced last week the first confirmed cases of SARS-CoV-2 infection in two pet cats in New York State. In the wake of that...

If you didn’t secure a piece of the billions of dollars in pandemic-related money slated to go to US small businesses, you’ll get another chance in...

This week: Dogs could suffer when quarantine ends, there are roadblocks in the way of finding a coronavirus vaccine, and a rare species of dog figh...

This week, the American Heartworm Society (AHS) published the results of the 2019 AHS Heartworm Incidence Survey and unveiled a new heartworm...

Yes, cats can catch it. The CDC and the USDA today announced the first confirmed cases of SARS-CoV-2 infection in two pet cats in New York state....

If you’re lucky enough to have a stash of N95 respirators, a new study from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) can help you extend their life,...

The COVID-19 situation is stressing various supply chains. Adjustments to inventory management, especially for SKUs needed for caring for animals,...

As many as half of human healthcare workers don’t remove personal protective equipment (PPE) correctly, according to a 2015 study from the Universi...

That tiger in the Bronx Zoo has a lot of pet owners worried that maybe their pets can catch COVID-19 after all. Now IDEXX Laboratories is rolling o...

This week: The lab animals most likely to lead to a coronavirus vaccine, and why you shouldn’t believe everything you hear about stray dogs and...

Millions of Americans are working from home—or aren't working—as a result of the pandemic. Here's what their employers are doing about it.

Ironically, the Paycheck Protection Program ran out of money on April 15. What’s next for veterinarians?

Most people know that the Veterinarian’s Oath focuses on caring for animals and protecting animal welfare. But there is also a very important line ...

A veterinarian writes an imaginary "memo to clients," inspired by the incredible patience, indomitable good cheer, and flat-out fortitude of her...

Canada has 200 AAHA-accredited hospitals. Canada also has Covid-19: 27,540 confirmed cases as of April 15, and just under 1,000 deaths. How are you...

There are more than 30 million small businesses in the US. As of late last week, some 70% of them tried to apply for an emergency loan through the...

What do you do when COVID-19 divides your tightly knit team? The team at AAHA-accredited North Royalton Animal Hospital is taking monstrous measure...

This week: More veterinary colleges go online, glimmers of hope on the COVID-19 vaccine front, and pet fostering gets popular as people stay home

Up until last weekend, there were only four reported cases of dogs and cats testing positive for the SARS-CoV-2 virus anywhere in the world: two do...

While telemedicine is proving a lifeline for many hospitals during the current crisis, it doesn’t allow for routine heartworm testing and the...

With social distancing and staying at home the new norm, everyone—including your clients and their pets—are experiencing head-spinning lifestyle...

The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, passed Friday, March 27, provides $349 billion for small business relief, which...

Transforming current anxieties and fear into strategic growth, progress, and achievement is the objective for this manual from Dan Sullivan. The 10...

Got spare PPE? Ready to give it away? That’s what Andrea Moore, DVM, co-owner and medical director of AAHA-accredited Pinnacle Animal Hospital in S...

The CARES Act, passed March 27, is an attempt to provide relief to not only individual Americans and large corporations, but also to small business...

Attention veterinary hospitals worried about making payroll and keeping their doors open: the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) portion of the...

On March 27, Congress passed the CARES Act, a sweeping, $2 trillion bill aimed at providing relief to millions of Americans as the US economy is...

Human healthcare providers are flocking to telemedicine to care for patients while maintaining social distancing during the COVID-19 crisis. Many...

During the COVID-19 crisis, all practices are entering an uncertain economy, either with reduced business from a client base that is sheltering at...

This week: Veterinary colleges go online and coronavirus fears could derail scientific research. And by the by, does a dog need a learner’s permit ...

You don’t need to wear a face mask if you’re not sick: the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) says so. But what if you’re sick and you don’t know it...

For J. Scott Weese, DVM, DVSc, DACVIM, social distancing equals social responsibility. Inside the hospital and out.

How does free legal aid sound? With the global pandemic still in full swing, small businesses need all the help they can get, including legal advic...

You already know that facemasks are in critically short supply. That's why a small DIY cottage industry has sprung up around making your own masks.

On Tuesday, the FDA announced that it’s temporarily easing restrictions on veterinarians’ use of telemedicine so they can more easily treat pets...

This week: Some medical students get out of school early to join the fray, human medical workers told to keep mum on COVID-19, and good news on the...

Living through a pandemic is really, really exhausting. The mental health risks are real. That means radical, relentless self-care is more importan...

Both the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health provide online resources for...

A Singapore startup is testing its antiviral drug, RetroMAD1, against the SARS-CoV-2 beta-coronavirus that causes COVID-19. A spokesperson for...

As veterinary conferences get cancelled or postponed due to coronavirus concerns, you may be wondering how you’re going to fit in your continuing...

“Ambiguity and uncertainty drive stress,” says Randy Hall, founder and CEO of Aspire and veterinary leadership guru. Few would argue that we’re...

During the COVID-19 pandemic state of emergency, veterinary practices may be forced to close for two reasons:

An easily scannable fact sheet to use in your practice.

On Wednesday, March 18, 2020, President Donald Trump signed a $100 billion relief package—the Families First Coronavirus Response Act—to address th...

The veterinary profession continues to adapt on the fly to the unprecedented challenges of the pandemic.

How badly does your hospital need surgical masks and other personal protection equipment (PPE)? Thanks to new legislation, N95 respirators are on t...