Veterinary Blog for Education, Careers, and Real Vet Life
Welcome to the Vet Candy Blog—your go-to destination for veterinary education, career growth, and real-life insights from the world of animal health.
From free RACE-approved CE courses and clinical updates to NAVLE prep and career advice, our content is designed for veterinarians, vet techs, and students who want to stay informed, inspired, and ahead in their careers.
Latest Veterinary News & Clinical Insights
The Dachshund Connection: How a Canine Genetic Disorder Is Changing the Future for Kids with Tay-Sachs
In this episode of Catching Up, Shannon Gregoire and Dr. Elan Armstrong cover the heartwarming stories of dogs saving human lives, then dive deep into a cutting-edge science story: a genetic disorder called neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis (NCL) that affects Dachshunds — and the gene therapy and enzyme replacement treatments that are changing the prognosis.
UC Davis Just Solved A Two-Decade Problem In Horse Genetics And A Vet School Did It
Researchers at UC Davis Veterinary Genetics Laboratory have validated a method to tell a cloned horse from the original. For the American Quarter Horse industry, this changes everything.
FMD Is Culling 25,000 Animals In Cyprus And Veterinary Teams Are Being Assaulted Trying To Stop It
The foot-and-mouth outbreak in Cyprus has crossed 15,000 culled animals. Farmers are fighting back, literally and the profession needs to understand what is at stake.
Plague is Back in New Mexico. Here is What Every Veterinarian Needs to Know Right Now.
Santa Fe County just confirmed the first animal plague case of 2026. This is not a historical footnote, it is an active zoonotic threat that moves through your patients.
A man with no biology degree used ChatGPT to help build his dog a cancer vaccine. It worked.
A man with no biology degree used ChatGPT to help build his dog a cancer vaccine. It worked. First, the headline going around the internet, “Man Cures Dog” is wrong. Nobody cured a dog. The word cure is doing a lot of heavy lifting in a story that is genuinely remarkable without it, and veterinary professionals deserve the accurate version.
From One Shot to Lifelong Vet Care: 4 Million Free Pet Vaccines and Counting
Florida couple Robin and Clint are relieved their cats are now Vaccinated and Loved. One of them was the lucky four millionth pet toreceive a free vaccine as part of theinitiative thanks to national nonprofit Petco Love.
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