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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
Emese Avdeyenkova Traded Combat Boots for a Stethoscope - and a Diaper Bag!
Rowan incoming first year vet student, Emese, grew up on a family farm, the kind of childhood where the veterinarian, the trainer, and the behaviorist were regular fixtures and animals were simply part of the family business. Later she did something almost nobody expects, she became a Field Artillery Officer in the United States Army.
Tiny Snails Once Thought Extinct Are Returning Home Thanks to Zoo Conservation Efforts
Conservationists have successfully returned hundreds of critically endangered land snails to a remote Atlantic island after an international breeding program rescued four species that were on the brink of extinction. Among them is Geomitra coronula, a species that, just a few years ago, was represented by only 21 surviving individuals found beneath a single rock.
New Study Compares How Quickly Popular Tick Preventives Kill Blacklegged Ticks
A new study published in Parasites & Vectors compared how quickly three popular monthly oral combination parasite preventives kill the blacklegged tick (Ixodes scapularis), the primary vector for Lyme disease, anaplasmosis, babesiosis, and several other pathogens affecting both dogs and people.
New Test May Help Veterinarians Identify Life-Threatening Hormone Dysfunction in Sick Foals
New research published in the Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine suggests that a simple arginine vasopressin (AVP) stimulation test could provide veterinarians with a more reliable way to identify hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis (HPAA) dysfunction in hospitalized foals—potentially allowing earlier treatment and improved survival.
A New Texas Center Will Train 300 New Grads a Year in the Skill Vet School Runs Out of Time to Teach
You graduate knowing the medicine. Whether you have held the scalpel enough times to feel steady on day one is a different question, and a shelter in Carrollton just built a whole building around it.
The ASPCA Just Named 41 Scholars and Handed Out Up to $100,000 Each. Here Is How to Be One Next Year
Forty one veterinary and veterinary technician students from 28 schools across the United States and St. Kitts make up the inaugural group. Veterinary students can receive up to $100,000 in scholarship funding and veterinary technician students up to $20,000, alongside mentorship and professional development while they finish school.
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