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Pet owners spend more time researching payment information than they do researching pet care provider information, according to a recent study.

Most cat memes are predicated on the idea that cats are aloof, impersonal, and–frequently–just plain jerks.

If you’re a veterinary professional, empathy for animals could be hardwired into your DNA.

The way veterinarians dress definitely affects how clients perceive them–but the jury’s out on which they find more trustworthy, scrubs or a white coat.

It’s been good year for AAHA—thanks to our member hospitals.

When reports of pets catching SARS-C0V-2 from their owners first surfaced early in the pandemic, there were widespread fears that it could lead to rampant transmission of the virus from animals back to people. Now a recent study found that humans might give viruses back to animals far more often than previously thought.

Seventy-five percent of employees have stolen from their employer at least once, according to the US Chamber of Commerce. And sadly, veterinary staff are no exception—in a 2010 AAHA survey of AAHA-accredited practices, 86% of respondents reported that employees had stolen from the business.

Anyone who has ever put a beloved pet to sleep might wonder if there’s such a thing as a “good” euthanasia. Kathleen Cooney, DVM, MS, CHPV, a leading authority on companion animal euthanasia, says yes.

The concept of antimicrobial stewardship is relatively new, but antimicrobial resistance isn’t. “It’s been around since before we had antibiotics,” said  J. Scott Weese, DVM, DVSc, DACVIM. He called antimicrobial resistance a natural phenomenon.

Before we get too far into the weeds—pun intended—let’s recap the important terminology and the endogenous system compounds from the cannabis plant. For clarity’s sake, this article will focus only on plant-derived products.