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Veterinary practices across the country should soon receive Economic Census forms from the United States Census Bureau.

Nature’s Recipe has issued a voluntary recall of its Nature’s Recipe Oven Baked Biscuits with Real Chicken.

“Today, with everything being paperless, you could literally lose your whole business in the snap of a finger if you don’t have the right backups.” Those words weren’t spoken by someone trying to market a high-tech solution to manage veterinary practices’ digital data. They came from Mike Krajewski, practice manager at Dr. Nina’s Animal Hospital in Sarasota, Fla., who came out on the losing side of a battle with a malicious Russian hacker. Krajewski, who acknowledges that he knows “quite a bit about IT,” had a seemingly solid plan in place to secure and store the animal hospital’s data. It worked well, until the international hacker launched a sneak attack that could easily threaten any similarly vulnerable hospital. Although Krajewski basically had to start from scratch after the hack, he learned some valuable lessons that he shared to help other hospitals protect themselves.

A veterinarian in Bellefonte, Pa., is facing a $243,000 lawsuit from a woman who claims the veterinary hospital destroyed stored sperm samples from her champion stud dogs.

Beginning Nov. 1, tramadol and all products containing tramadol will be classified as a Schedule IV controlled substance in Oklahoma.

The Los Angeles City Council is considering an ordinance to prohibit the selling of commercially bred pets in retail stores for at least three years.

Veterinarians who are used to making a difference with scalpels and syringes are now wielding pens as their instruments of choice to oppose proposed pet medication rules. More than 560 individuals or organizations have submitted comments to the FTC regarding proposed H.R. 1406 - the federal mandate concerning prescription writing - and other controversial topics that were discussed during the FTC’s Oct. 2 pet medications workshop.   The majority of the comments are from individual veterinarians and practices, several national associations and organizations, and more than 20 state associations, although some were contributed by parties supporting H.R. 1406.   The FTC extended the commenting period until Nov. 1, so people still have time to gather their thoughts and submit them for consideration.

Humans can transmit the flu to their pets - that much is known. But how often does it happen, and what are the potential big-picture consequences for pets and humans? Those are the tough questions that Christiane Loehr, Dr. med. Vet., PhD, is seeking to answer.   Loehr, an assistant professor and pathologist for Oregon State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine, says “reverse zoonosis” probably happens more often than people might think.   She shared information about how veterinarians can assist researchers in learning more about reverse zoonosis, as well as tips for veterinarians to better help their clients avoid infecting pets with the flu.

Japanese researchers have found similarities to Alzheimer’s-afflicted human brains while studying the brains of deceased wildcats.

A San Antonio woman is fighting to have rope toys pulled from PetSmart stores after her dog reportedly died from ingesting part of one.