This week: A new veterinary school is coming in the fall, a new Purdue scholarship promotes DE&I, and the top obesity-related pet insurance claims.

We know humans can give SARS-CoV-2 to animals. But can animals give it to humans? According to Dutch researchers, the answer is . . . yes.

Viruses mutate, and multiple variants of the virus that causes COVID are currently circulating. Should you be worried?  

It looks a little like a Yorkie, but its name sounds like “beaver.” And as a newly recognized American Kennel Club breed, the Biewer terrier is...

When people first started worrying about what species besides humans could catch COVID, ferrets weren’t top of mind for most—except for a group of...

This week: The FDA investigates reports of aflatoxin in pet food, dog racing to end in Florida, and the first year of pet ownership is the hardest.

This week: Urban environments are bad for pets’—and owners’—allergies, a wild mink in Utah with COVID bodes ill for the future, and kangaroos can...

Dogs just don’t listen. Or maybe more to the point, dogs can’t listen. Despite their excellent hearing, dogs don’t hear the subtle differences...

This week: Congress bans private ownership of big cats and Brazil taps dogs to sniff out COVID. Plus, how do robotic therapy dogs compare to the re...

As Americans await a vaccine rollout in the US, most are wondering when they’ll get their shots. Veterinary healthcare workers are no exception.

Birds are far from stupid. So their lack of a neocortex has long baffled scientists. A new study may provide clues to help explain that mystery.

Between 1979 and 2015, 398 veterinarians died by their own hands. Talking about depression can help. Or, in this case, posting about it.

This week: Escaped minks could spread coronavirus to people in Denmark, face masks pose a health risk to animals in an unusual way, and veterinary...

This week: BluePearl expands end-of-life services, climate change has Arctic animals on the move, and a spike in pandemic-related dog bites.

Penn Vet is testing a new tool that does real-time veterinary diagnostic testing at the point of care. The technology could be a gamechanger.

It’s normal to experience some dip in mood and functioning after a period of high emotion.  Kathleen Smith, PhD, offers advice to regain your focus...

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.

Researchers have identified a new species of Rickettsia bacteria—and a new vector for Rocky Mountain spotted fever in dogs.

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

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

Denver, Colorado, voted to overturn a 30-year-old pit bull ban last week. Will cities with similar bans take the hint?

Dogs like A, E, I, O, and U. They also like Y, but we don’t know for sure how often. Here’s the science behind dogs’ affinity for vowels.

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’...

This week: A dean steps down at UC Davis and a new nonprofit takes aim at lack of diversity in the profession. Plus, do UV air-disinfection units...

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

This week: Applications to veterinary school are way up, American Humane’s 2020 veterinary heroes, and where do pets go when they pass?

Despite common wisdom, a new study out of Cornell suggests that the presence of lubricin might actually be a predictor of osteoarthritis.

This week: The Tasmanian devils’ triumphant return, blinking slowly can help you communicate with cats, and dogs may like each other’s faces more...

“I had no idea what I was getting into going to a virtual conference,” said Coral Ware, CVT. Here’s how it went.

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. 

“Every veterinarian can tell you a story about how, if you stop short in your car, an unrestrained dog will go flying forward,” says Michelle Mayer...

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.

Feeding cats more often might actually make them hungrier. Here's why.

Anne Fawcett, BVSc, MVS, MANZCVS, DECAWBM, shares how brachycephalic conformation is associated with multiple health problems, some of which can be...

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’...

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

This week: An inspirational league of veterinary superheroes, a cloned horse could save a species, and the ratio of labra to doodle in labradoodles.

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

This week: FDA announces dog food recall, the secrets of FeLV revealed, and singing dogs in the wild are very much alive.

You can help your clients ensure their pets are cared for should the unthinkable happen.

Will Draper started veterinary school at historically Black Tuskegee University in 1987. It didn’t occur to him at the time that he, as a Black man...

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...

This week: Not all service dogs make the cut, active dogs are less fearful, and veterinary students in Georgia will learn to care for bees.

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.

A veterinarian who said an ex-client’s negative online reviews cost him his practice was awarded damages of nearly $30,000 after a six-year court...

According to recent research, dogs not only understand the emotional tones of what we say, but also recognize and understand more words than...

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...

Unruly behaviors cause significant distress between clients and their pets, and can significantly increase the risk of relinquishment. But common...

At least two veterinary state boards report that scammers are spoofing the license board’s phone number to try to get personal information from...

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?...

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...

Every veterinary team is currently experiencing a surge of stress and exhaustion. It’s important to ensure that managers and team members are...

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.

This week: Role models in veterinary medicine, unlocking the secrets of canine cancer, and the future of dental study in veterinary schools.

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...

Treat your staff to a private showing of The Bow Wow Film Festival, a compilation of the best dog-themed short films of the year. There's even a...

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

This week: Vaccinating wildlife may reduce threat of zoonotic disease, and the AKC recognizes a rare dog breed. Plus, why do fireworks freak out so...

Plenty of veterinarians play matchmaker by putting dogs together with good people. But for Pam Nichols, making the perfect match came about in an...

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

“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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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 ...

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

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

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...

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...

This week: A pre-existing antiviral drug may help COVID-19 patients recover faster, the pandemic could lead to a pet baby boom, and you should neve...

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

When Jennifer McKay, DVM, began working to save the small dog’s life, she had no idea she belonged to a friend of hers. A friend who had already lo...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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 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.

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...

This week: The passing of the world’s first cloned cat, face mask theft skyrockets, and where do cats go when they’re out and about?

Echinococcus multilocularis is well established in wild canids in southern Ontario, and could migrate to the US. Adult  E. multilocularis  infect...

That seems to be the general consensus when it comes to companion animals and COVID-19. Reports that a dog in Hong Kong repeatedly tested “weak...

This week: Pet insurance payouts hit new highs, heat-seeking dog noses, and UC Davis named top veterinary school (again).

This week: Denver’s mayor votes thumbs down on pit bulls, the coronavirus slows down science, and canines could hold the key to brain cancer.

Because what he costs is one thing. What he’s worth is quite another. And according to a new paper, he’s worth around $10,000.

This week: FDA approves new source for rescues, golden retrievers shut out of Westminster winner’s circle again , and Denver City Council says “yes...

This week: A frostbitten cat gets 3D-printed paws, a con man peddling canine-cancer cures gets caught, and a veterinary school that admits rejected...

When researchers at the University of Pennsylvania Matthew J. Ryan Veterinary Hospital (Penn Vet) shipped off a set of animal isolates to the US Fo...

This week: A new air travel option for pets, CBD research gets gifted at Colorado State, and travelling the world with a ferret.

A rare genetic mutation could result in some canine patients being exposed to dangerously high levels of certain anesthetic agents.

The authors of a new study say their findings further support the connection between persistent infecton and some types of cancer.  

This week: Many people with dog allergies only allergic to males, wildlife thrives in a nuclear wasteland, and checking out dog photos online could...

This week: World’s first cloned cat still going strong, beware CBD products that leave out the CBD, and a cat thief thoughtfully leaves owner a not...

As 2019 draws to a close and we look back over the year that was, NEWStat put together a list of the most popular news stories we published over th...

That’s among the finding of a new study by researchers at Emory University (EU) in Atlanta, Georgia. More accurately, the findings indicate that do...

This week: A police dog gets busted for theft, firefighters rescue a dog who literally chased a cat up a tree, and a shelter dog gets some...

This week: Military veterans with PTSD could get free service dogs, trekking to Idaho to find out if dogs can detect bird flu, and Santa’s reindeer...

A new hepatitis B–like virus called domestic cat hepadnavirus (DCH) was discovered last year by Australian researchers and is now believed to be a...

Dog owners might want to consider getting their pet one of those word of the day desk calendars (and a desk to put it on): Researchers in Great...

This week: A congressman’s pet rabbit flies at taxpayer expense, Smucker recalls some cat food, and a big, red dog gets a reboot.

Many people think cats are hard to read, but some Canadian researchers wanted to find out just how true that is. And it turns out that some people...

This week: A dog’s lick turns deadly, cruelty to animals is now a federal crime, and mixed news from the AVMA Economic Summit.

This week: One man’s clever scheme to sneak an overweight cat on a plane, freeze-dried versus stuffed, and cat food samples test positive for...

Last July, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) trail cameras caught footage of a radio-collared, female panther in the wild who...

Of all the behaviors boarding and daycare personnel experience, dogs’ aggression can be difficult and frequently dangerous. Dogs become aggressive...

This week: This year’s oddest pet insurance claim gets paranormal, animals who can navigate by the stars, and a list of all the animals who’ve ever...

It was a lightning strike heard ’round the world. And the man it struck is alive and well today (along with his three German shepherds) thanks to t...

This week: Alumni give back in the Badger State, the most popular dog names for 2020, and are you taking enough photos of your cat?

This week: Arizona greenlit for new veterinary college and testing on early detection of canine cancer. Plus, 1 woman, 1 van, and . . . 300 rats.

It’s a disease that was first diagnosed in a dog in the UK in 1983. The second case popped up in the state of Wyoming in 1991. And how it got from...

Each month in NEWStat , we highlight an article from the upcoming issue of Trends magazine.  As pet parasite problems pop up all over, experts...

“When the ambulance came, I started to freak out a little,” said Heather Loenser, DVM. Loenser, AAHA’s senior veterinary officer, was volunteering ...

This week: Owning a dog can lower your risk of death from almost anything, invasive pets are becoming a problem in some US cities, and a new study...

According to the Association for Pet Obesity Prevention, 60% of cats in the US are overweight or obese. A couple of researchers at Virginia Tech...

This week: The man who created the Labradoodle rues the day, new dog treats made from swamp rodents, and the FDA warns of raw pet food that tested...

Most cat memes are predicated on the idea that cats are aloof, impersonal, and, frequently, jerks. But new research out of Oregon State University...

This week: A new veterinary school will break ground in Texas despite controversy, a mysterious Leptospirosis outbreak in Utah, and 23 funny tweets...

Ticks can transmit a number of diseases to both pets and people through their saliva, including Lyme disease, Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, Ehrlich...

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is the number-one cause of death in cats older than five, and it’s estimated that it affects around 30% of cats over 1...

This week: Find out if you follow the most popular pet influencers, the FDA recalls more pet food products, and gender discrimination in the...

Ever wonder why some dogs have big heads and some dogs have little heads? Humans did that.

At least 2 billion people worldwide eat insects regularly as part of their diet. There’s no telling how many cats and dogs do. But one thing is...

And they’re willing to go into debt to do it. That’s according to a new survey by online financial group LendEDU that asked 1,000 US pet owners how...

Maybe a lot. A new study out of Australia found that up to 40% of dog owners report their dogs are scared while being examined by a veterinarian.

Researchers have a found a way to breed Toxoplasma gondii in mice, and that’s going to save the lives of a lot of cats.  Toxoplasma gondii (or Toxo...