Heather Stockdale Walden, PhD, teaches parasitology at the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine in Gainesville and is a member of the Companion Animal Parasite Council board of directors. She answered five questions for Trends on the ever-evolving world of parasitology.
From patient care to client experience to work-life balance, telehealth, also known as connected care, answers important needs in veterinary practice. Momentum has been building for decades. As technologies proliferate, services improve, and client expectations continue to rise, connected care offers something for everyone.
Jan Whitman, DVM, owner of Animal Medical Clinic in St. Paul, Minnesota, manages two unique community service programs: a pet of the month contest and online pet memorials.
Offering multiple payment options to clients can help forge stronger relationships, create a more profitable and efficient business, and ultimately let you focus on providing quality veterinary care. This article discusses the various ways clients can pay, including pet insurance, wellness plans, nonprofit programs, and payment plans.
This month in Notebook: Mice’s and bats’ brains sync up; the AVMA conducts veterinarian census; tax exemption and overtime changes in 2020; fda grain-based diet investigation update; dogs receives heart ablation; and online ad spending.
There is an often-untapped market that many veterinarians haven’t thought to focus on in their marketing plans, or may not be doing so for other reasons. That market is pet adopters, many of whom are millennials who are ready and willing to do the right thing for their animals.
Veterinary students don’t always have the opportunity for clinical practice while they’re learning it. Thanks to a unique mentorship program, that’s not the case at AAHA-accredited Iowa Veterinary Specialists (IVS), an emergency and specialty clinic owned by Iowa State University (ISU) in Des Moines, Iowa.
Margot K. Vahrenwald, DVM, CVJ, discusses the importance of dentistry, stem cells, and biosecurity, three of the key topics covered in this issue. Also in this section, a reader asks for tips on implementing client surveys; a reminder on what you can do in your AAHA member portal; how to calm client fears on dental procedures; and tips on celebrating dental health month at your practice.
In overall healthy dogs and cats, acute pain management, especially for a routine elective procedure such as an ovariohysterectomy (OHE), should closely follow the rules of the acronym MPM: (1) mechanism base (that is, pain pathways) of pain management, (2) preemptive analgesia, and (3) multimodal analgesia approach. At the onset, this case had the presentation of a routine OHE in a healthy dog, but the dog had a unique reaction that required an adjustment in pain management.
Veterinary dentist Jan Bellows, DVM, DAVDC, DABVP, investigates the case of a 14-year-old Jack Russell terrier who presented with bleeding facial lesions.
