The latest news and trends in veterinary medicine

From seahorses to kangaroos, Dr. Olivia Clarke has spent her career proving that birds and exotics deserve the same gold-standard care as any dog or cat, and that leaving full-time clinical work does not make you any less of a veterinarian.

When 105 birds on a small Illinois farm nearly wiped out overnight this past spring, the local veterinarian knew something was very wrong. What she could not have predicted is that the virus responsible would turn up not just in the flock, but in a 13 year old house cat and two rats living on the same property, according to a new case report published this month in Emerging Infectious Diseases.

Intubating a goat is nothing like intubating a Labrador, and it is even less like teaching a room full of students to do it at the same time. The airway is small, the window to see it is smaller, and traditionally only the student holding the laryngoscope gets a real view of what is happening. Everyone else in the room is left listening to a play by play instead of watching the procedure unfold.

Ceva Animal Health is making it official: the companion animal market is now a named strategic focus for the company, and the US is where that focus is landing first.

IDEXX Laboratories today announced the acquisition of CoVetAI Inc. (CoVet), a leading and rapidly growing provider of AI-native ambient listening and clinical workflow software for veterinary practices. Serving both multipractice corporate groups and independent veterinary practices worldwide,

I have spent most of my career in veterinary medicine without a physical exam table in the room. My first real job out of practice was on the phones at an animal poison control center, talking a panicked owner through what their dog had just eaten and whether it was a trip to the ER or a night of careful watching. I could not palpate an abdomen or listen to a heart.

Veterinary school is expensive, demanding, and often leaves students trying to balance tuition, living expenses, clinical training, and everything else that comes with earning a veterinary degree. For 40 veterinary students around the world, a new scholarship opportunity could make that road a little easier.

Dog walkers distracted by their phones, conversations or other demands can miss their pets fouling, disturbing wildlife or approaching livestock, according to new research from the University of Surrey. 

Chewy is expanding its veterinary footprint to the Pacific Northwest with the opening of Chewy Vet Care Redmond on Friday, September 18. The new practice, located at 16595 Redmond Way, Suite 155, marks Chewy Vet Care’s first location in the Seattle area and its first veterinary practice in the Western region of the United States.

Employee feedback puts VEG well above the national workplace benchmark, with 83% of team members calling it a great place to work.

Interacting with animals can make people feel calmer and less lonely and anxious. A new study from the University of California, Davis, shows that animals play an active role in shaping these interactions and their outcomes. 

Zoetis Inc., the world’s leading animal health company, today announced an expansion of its Vetscan Imagyst point-of-care analyzer, updating its AI Blood Smear capability with parasite detection, expanded cell classification, and whole slide scanning.

Arista Advanced Pet Care, a veterinarian-founded multispecialty referral and emergency hospital group, announces that Nick Berryessa, DVM, DACVIM, has joined its Atlanta hospital as a board-certified veterinary internist and owner.

On the morning of September 11, 2001, Dr. James Michael Shorter was on his way to work when he saw smoke rising over downtown Manhattan. It was just after 8:46 a.m., minutes after the first plane hit the World Trade Center, and the radio was offering little beyond fragments. By the time he and his colleague Dr. Barbara Kalvig reached their practice, the scale of what had happened was becoming clear: this was a terrorist attack, and the towers were coming down.

Dogs and cats carry antibiotic-resistant bacteria also found in people, study finds

As dogs age, many develop more than one chronic health condition. New research from the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences (VMBS) shows those conditions can dramatically shorten a dog’s lifespan, highlighting the importance of managing multiple diseases together rather than individually.

The first clues that a baby may develop eczema or food allergies could be hiding in the microscopic organisms living on their skin, according to a study led by researchers in Washington State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine.

The opportunity is not to diagnose heart disease from a phone or to replace echocardiography, ECGs, radiographs, biomarkers, specialist referrals, or clinical judgment. It is to give veterinarians another set of eyes and ears between appointments.