April 04, 2018
Weekly News Roundup 3/30–4/5
This week: The Empire State considers pot for pets, comfort dogs get their day court, and why you otter-not flush kitty litter.
April 04, 2018
This week: The Empire State considers pot for pets, comfort dogs get their day court, and why you otter-not flush kitty litter.
March 14, 2018
The opioid shortage isn’t going away any time soon. The shortage, which is severely affecting veterinarians’ ability to provide pain management for patients, is expected to last into 2019. The primary short-term cause is a production issue at a Pfizer, Inc. plant in Kansas, but residual hurricane damage in Puerto Rico, a major pharmaceutical manufacturing center, and a pre-existing Drug Enforcement Agency mandate to reduce the manufacture of opioid medication in the United States by 20% in 2018, are also having an effect.