Clinical

Some festive trinkets in your household from snow globes to stockings may only see the light of day for a couple of months, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t new dangers present for our pets.

Keep the holidays magical for your clients and their pets by sharing safety tips for enjoying wintertime fun.

Did you miss our recent webinars? Here’s your chance to catch up on the latest in AAHA Learning with our webinar recap roundup.

What do you do when a service dog is crippled by fear and can’t do her job? That scenario played out in a recent case report in the Journal of the American Animal Hospital Association (JAAHA).

Immediate AAHA Past President Mark Thompson, DVM, CCRP, weighs in on the future of veterinary medicine, the theme for this issue.  The Community asks for advice on fostering open communication and collaboration. This month’s Scoop headlines include: Treating Canine Trauma Patients with Freeze-Dried Blood; New Vaccine to Protect Against Feline Leukemia Virus; Study Proves Transfer of Feline Coronavirus Between Domestic and Wild Cats; FDA Approves New Skin Treatment for Allergic Skin Conditions in Dogs; 3D-Printed Kittens Help Train Students; and more!

From considerations involving anesthesia and radiology to the prevention of injuries, Pregnancy and Postpartum Considerations for the Veterinary Team looks at nearly every conceivable hazard in the workplace for pregnant veterinary professionals.

With shortages of veterinary professionals across the country, emergency care clinics in some areas are few and far between. But the demand is there, so some practices are seeking alternatives to 24/7 emergency clinics that can still serve pet owners in dire straits without overburdening already short-staffed practices.

With only so many hours in already packed clinical days, adding telehealth, telemedicine, and/or at-home patient telemetry feels daunting. It isn’t that practitioners don’t see the value of virtual appointments or increased patient data for certain cases. It’s more about feeling sketchy about somehow restructuring practitioners’ time to include meaningful and effective virtual care to clients and their pets. So where is it all going?

Urinalysis and urine culture are so common in veterinary practices that they could be declared—dare we say—mainstream. But what is the best way to collect the urine sample?

Rachael Kreisler, VMD, MSCE, DACVPM (Epidemiology), associate professor of Shelter Medicine and Epidemiology at Midwestern University’s College of Veterinary Medicine, answers the 5 questions.