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What happens when you ask a dentist about booster shots for Pomeranians?Find out when the first of three Connexity events scheduled for 2021 launches on May 26 with a three-hour, three-part virtual event.

A lack of role models who looked like her proved challenging for veterinary student Yvette Huizar. She's taken steps to improve that outcome for other Latinx students.

What will professional conferences look like as we move toward a postpandemic world? “They’re going to look very different,” said Erin Parrott, CMP, VEMM, PCA.

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.”

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.  

With mask restrictions now lifted in most US states and most states scheduled to be fully open with a few restrictions by July 4, many veterinary professionals are wondering what’s on the horizon as far as safety protocols.

The warning letter is only the latest step in a story that’s been unfolding since late last year when the company issued a voluntary pet food recall due to reports of possible aflatoxin contamination.

Xylitol-related calls to pet poison hotlines have skyrocketed in recent years. The Paws Off Act of 2021, which would require food products containing xylitol to include a warning label, could help.

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

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?