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Looking for resources to help guide the fair compensation conversation in vet med? During April, we’ve highlighted fair compensation, the main attrition driver from our “Stay, Please” study.

Vet med has been mostly female since 2009 but research suggests inherent bias, unequal resources, and the “motherhood penalty” contribute to why females still trail males in income and status.

Pet Export Support aims to remove much of the headache for both the veterinary team and the pet owner with completing international health certificates.

Dealing with difficult clients is part of the veterinary world. But navigating these choppy waters can also be a chance to shine, personally and as a practice.  

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

According to figures compiled by the US Department of Labor, 12% of people who work in the veterinary services profession reported work-related injuries or illnesses in 2016.

This week: A new study seeks opioid options for postsurgical pain, Metallica may have saved a hiker’s life, and a new report aims to reduce the number of dogs shot by police.

The age at which large-breed dogs are spayed or neutered has become a hot topic with regard to obesity and nontraumatic orthopedic injuries, and a new study published July 17 in the journal PLOS ONE and based on data from the Morris Animal Foundation Golden Retriever Lifetime Study provides more information for veterinarians.

We already knew that Xylitol is poisonous to dogs; researchers figured that out back in the 1960s. But it turns out there’s way more of it out there than we realized—so many that the FDA recently issued a xylitol update.

We’ve entered the peak moving season in the US. On average, more than 40 million people move each year in the United States, with an estimated 80% of those moves occurring between April and September. And, according to an oft-quoted study on pet relinquishment at US animal shelters, the number one reason pet owners give for relinquishing pets is moving (7%). Does that mean we’ve also entered the peak season for pet relinquishment?