Search Results for “”

BluePearl, which operates 90 specialty and emergency pet hospitals in 21 states, recently announced an “alarming” 70% increase in the number of canine parvovirus cases presenting in their emergency rooms during the pandemic compared to the same time periods in the past five years.

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

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 dogs and a cat in Hong Kong, and another cat in Belgium. Then along came a tiger  

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 San Jose, California, wanted to do.

Interested in the animal health implications of COVID-19? Two of the experts who helped put together the 2018 AAHA Infection Control, Prevention, and Biosecurity Guidelines want to fill you in during a free webinar this Thursday, March 19.

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

Despite the CDC’s recommendations, the majority of Americans plan to take at least one road trip this summer. Many clients plan to bring their pups with them—but there are risks they need to know about.

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

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, was entering a profession that was, and remains, overwhelmingly white. 

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