Clinical

Is a surgical laser a valuable tool or an expensive toy? Many veterinarians are wondering the same thing. On one hand, the promise of less pain and inflammation, better hemostasis and potentially faster healing is appealing. On the other, it is reasonable to be skeptical of whether clients will opt for the increased surgical costs.

Do you know your working dogs? This handy chart from the 2021 AAHA Working, Assistance, and Therapy Dog Guidelines Toolkit shows some key differences between working dog types.

While emodepside can be effective in treating multi-anthelmintic drug resistant (MADR) hookworms in dogs, there are serious safety considerations including careful patient selection after screening for heartworm and the MDR1 mutation.

Heartworm resistance isn’t as prevalent as it once was, but genetic variation and human activity may change that in the future. And with an uptick of heartworm-positive cases in unusual locations, it’s more important than ever to educate and encourage clients about year-round heartworm prevention.

With two techs, a veterinarian can see two appointments in the same amount of time it would take to see just one.

With each passing year, we are seeing changes in the parasite distribution and incidence across the United States and around the world. While some researchers have seen a decrease in the number of cases of heartworm resistance to preventives, cases of hookworm multi-anthelmintic drug resistance are more concerning.

Dermatology cases remain a critical issue for veterinary teams, even beyond their clinical challenges and patient miseries. Lengthy timelines and common frustrations also threaten client trust and retention, potentially breaking bonds with veterinarians and practices forever.

Julia Miller, DVM, DACVD, co-chair of the task force behind the 2023 AAHA Management of Allergic Diseases for Dogs and Cats Guidelines, offers some recommendations on how to make it easier to get itchy pets (and the people who live with them) the care they need.

We asked the question to the profession (via Facebook): “What language about dog and cat behavior needs to go away in veterinary medicine?” Here are some of the responses for “Behavior Language That Should Disappear.”

The Chinese philosopher Mengzi believed that people are inherently good, while his counterpart, Xunzi, said that people are born bad. They agreed that moral teachings were the key to keeping people on the good side. What do Chinese philosophy and this issue of Trends have to do with each other? Read on to find out!