January 12, 2022
Inflation hitting veterinary practices
The sharpest rise in the Consumer Price Index in forty years is making itself felt in the veterinary space, where inflation has led to increases in lab and vendor fees.
January 12, 2022
The sharpest rise in the Consumer Price Index in forty years is making itself felt in the veterinary space, where inflation has led to increases in lab and vendor fees.
January 14, 2022
The FDA on Thursday approved Zoetis’ Solensia for the control of pain associated with osteoarthritis in cats. This is big.
January 18, 2022
“Parasites have changed dramatically over the last decade,” said Christian Leutenegger, DVM, PhD, FVH: A new PCR diagnostic test makes them easier to find—and treat.
February 16, 2022
Human medicine has seen a troubling rise in vaccine hesitancy in recent years; the WHO named vaccine hesitancy one of the top ten global health threats in 2019. Then COVID hit, and things really ramped up.
February 22, 2022
NEWStat talked to veterinary oral surgeon Jennifer Tjepkema, DVM, DVAVDC, about how GPs can optimize their relationship with dental specialists.
March 03, 2022
The Kentucky Board of Veterinary Examiners is considering an overhaul of the Kentucky Veterinary Practice Act—the first major updating in more than three decades.
March 08, 2022
Sometimes all you need is a sympathetic ear, leant by someone who knows exactly what you’re going through.
March 11, 2022
There were 118,000 veterinary technicians in the US at the end of 2019. And if your hospital’s short-staffed, you know that’s not nearly enough. Just wait 8 years.
March 18, 2022
More than 3 million refugees have fled Ukraine since the start of war, roughly half of them to neighboring Poland, some with—and some without—their pets. Now veterinary groups around the world are mobilizing to help both pets and pet owners affected by the crisis.
March 10, 2022
The US faces a critical shortage of veterinarians in 2030. How big a shortage? About 15,000, according to a new report.