Ensuring their pet’s health and well-being is a top priority for pet owners, who increasingly consider their pets vital family members. However, veterinary care costs for a sick or injured pet can quickly add up. Cost-conscious pet owners may try to reduce costs by skipping their pet’s preventive care, especially if their pet seems healthy.
The design of your hospital can help you make the most of your veterinary business. This book is your blueprint to take your hospital to the next level.
References for the 2019 AAHA Dental Care Guidelines.
With more people seeking complementary treatment options for their pets, you may be considering integrative medicine for your practice. If so, you likely have questions. Can I incorporate integrative medicine into my practice? Will my clients approve? What type of training is involved? Do complementary treatments actually work?
Stem cell therapy is a robust option in veterinary medicine for treating painful conditions like osteoarthritis, and public interest continues to grow. But some products enter the market without scientific backing. This article examines what we know about stem cell therapy for pets and where it might be going by featuring interviews with some of the top experts in the field, including researchers at UC Davis, Cornell University, North Carolina State University, and the University of Georgia.
News briefs from across the industry this month include these headlines: study reveals how the canine gut microbiome interacts with GI diseases; strep throat? don’t blame your dog; study suggests risk factors for surgical site infections in dogs; top five business trends for 2020; a newly discovered virus linked to liver cancer in cats; technology news small businesses can use; yes! Cats do bond with people; and success story at UGA: Bacon.
Abstracts from issue 56.2 of JAAHA, Journal of the American Animal Hospital Association .
Manheim Pike Veterinary Hospital is the 2020 AAHA-Accredited Practice of the Year! The practice has been AAHA accredited for 50 years, and the owner, Jeff Steed, DVM, credits AAHA accreditation with helping his animal hospital stay on top of the latest developments, such as the best medicine, equipment, and protocols. This article profiles the practice and includes interviews with team members and a client of 33 years.
News briefs from across the industry and beyond. This month’s articles include: AVMA awards veterinarians, dogs and stress, heartworm likely above average this year, canine cancer studies receive funding, new JAVMA editor, new zoonotic threat potential tool, WSAVA Oncology group, FDA approves import of canine heart drug, COVID tax break, cats sit in squares for science.
Unlike family pets, working dogs require a different level of veterinary care with a particular urgency. If a working dog becomes injured or ill, it often cannot effectively perform its job and may have to be temporarily taken out of service or even retired. That leaves a gap in the service they provide to a community. Photobiomodulation therapy, which includes laser therapy, can help accelerate healing and reduce pain and inflammation helping to speed their return to service.
