“That first year’s disheartening for many of us,” Jessica Vogelsang, DVM, told  NEWSta t about starting out in the veterinary profession. “It really is. But the worst part is, it doesn’t end there.”  

Shelters usually see a 30% increase in lost pets each year around the Fourth of July due to dogs and cats being freaked out by fireworks. The lucky ones are microchipped.

The American Association of Feline Practitioners released their updated 2021 AAFP Feline Senior Care Guidelines this week. Here’s what’s new.

Starting July 14, the CDC will  ban the importation of dogs from more than 100 countries at high risk for canine rabies. 

Within a week in March 2021, just as the pandemic was hitting the one-year mark, three veterinarians and one veterinary technician took their own lives in the US.  

Cats and their owners have identifiable relationship models—and stressful relationships can affect cats’ health, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Lincoln in the UK.

After spending so much time at home with their humans, many pups are in for a surprise when their owners go back to work. Here are some tips on separation anxiety diagnosis, client communication, treatment, management, and more from Valarie V. Tynes, DVM, DACVB, DACAW.

Scientists have long known—and the public is learning—that coronavirus outbreaks aren’t rare, and it’s likely that we can expect a new one to pop up and jump from animals to people every 10 years or so. One just did.

Pentobarbital solution—the go-to drug for companion-animal euthanasia—has been in short supply for months. But Kathleen Cooney, DVM, MS, CHPV, CCFP, says there’s no reason you would have known that “unless you do a lot of euthanasias.”

A veterinary lifer talks about AAHA, his favorite part of the job, and the most important lesson he’s learned.