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Caring For and Learning From the Dogs of Chornobyl
Source: VIN News Nearly 40 years after the Chornobyl nuclear disaster, hundreds of stray dogs—descendants of pets abandoned during the 1986 evacuation—continue to live in the exclusion zone, facing malnutrition, disease, and radiation exposure. Veterinarian Dr....
Editorial: Panel’s Deliberate Pace Doesn’t Match Xylazine’s OD Threat
Source: The Sun The Massachusetts Special Commission on Xylazine has begun meetings to address the growing use of the veterinary sedative in the state’s illicit drug supply, often in combination with fentanyl. Created by a 2024 state law, the commission is co-chaired...
Silent Voices: Uncovering Women’s Absence in Veterinary Surgery Publications
Source: PLOS One A study analyzing 2,881 papers published in the journal Veterinary Surgery between 2002 and 2023 to explores gender representation among authors. Using name-based gender inference and logistic regression models, the authors examined how publication...
Emergency Approval Sought for Tick-Borne Cattle Disease Treatment
Source: R-Calf USA R-CALF USA has formally asked the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Veterinary Medicine to grant emergency approval for buparvaquone, a drug widely used in other regions of the world, to treat cattle infected with theileriosis. In a...
PRCA, WPRA Announce Postponement of 2025 National Finals Breakaway Roping
Source: The Cowboy Channel The Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA) and the Women’s Professional Rodeo Association (WPRA) have postponed three major December 2025 events—the National Finals Breakaway Roping, the PRCA Permit Challenge, and the Benny Binion...
City Council to Revisit Proposed Ban on Retail Pet Sales
Source: yahoo! news A city council in Calgary is revisiting a proposed ban on retail sales of dogs, cats, and rabbits, after the proposal was briefed to the community development committee. The ban would prohibit the sale of those pets through retail outlets, a move...
WSU Veterinarians Nurse Cannabis-Eating Ferret Back to Health, Highlight Dangers of Marijuana Poisoning
Source: KGW 8 Washington State University veterinarians are warning pet owners about rising cases of marijuana toxicity after treating a ferret named Vanilla, who nearly died from ingesting three cannabis edibles. When she arrived at the WSU Veterinary Hospital in...
Penn State Plans Large Addition to Animal Diagnostics Lab
Source: MSN Penn State plans to expand its Animal Diagnostics Laboratory with a new two-story, 43,000-square-foot addition, according to a sketch plan presented to the College Township Planning Commission. The project is part of a larger upgrade to the agricultural...
Where Could Cornell’s $30 Million Agriculture Research Investment From the Settlement Deal Go?
Source: The Cornell Daily Sun Cornell University’s $60 million settlement with the Trump administration includes a distinctive requirement: a $30 million investment in agricultural research over three years, in addition to a $30 million payment to the federal...
Injured Bald Eagle Undergoes Surgery at LSU Veterinary School of Medicine
Source: 4WWL Louisiana’s bald eagle population is thriving, but rising numbers have led to more injured birds needing treatment. The latest case involves a presumed male eagle, identified by its smaller size, now undergoing surgery at the LSU School of Veterinary...
A ‘Problem’ Leads to Potential Solutions for Injured Reptiles
Source: PHYS ORG A new study from NC State’s Turtle Rescue Team (TRT), published in the Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine, compiles 25 years of data on snake patients treated alongside the group’s better-known turtle cases. Lead author Savannah Dunn, a 2024...
The Increasing Problem of Obesity in Dogs
Source: Los Altos Town Crier Obesity affects about 60% of dogs in the U.S., creating serious health risks and reducing quality of life. Many owners struggle to recognize a healthy weight, which is defined by easily felt ribs, a visible waist from above, and an...
Pet First Aid Course Empowers Alaska’s Firefighters to Keep Animals ‘Stayin’ Alive’
Source: Raven Radio At the Alaska Fire Conference in Sitka, veterinarian Dr. Toccoa Wolf of Sitka Animal Hospital trained firefighters to perform CPR and first aid on pets using a stuffed dog for demonstration. The workshop—so popular it required a second...
Oldest-Living Dogs Reveal Potential Key to Fighting Frailty
Source: Medical Xpress A new study from the Gerald P. Murphy Cancer Foundation’s Center for Exceptional Longevity Studies reveals that retaining gonad function may protect against frailty-related mortality in later life. Published in Scientific Reports, the research...
Texas A&M Board of Regents Approves Construction of Meat Science and Technology Center
Source: Agrilife Today The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents has approved a $114.6 million Meat Science and Technology Center at Texas A&M–RELLIS, expected to break ground in early 2026. The 75,000-square-foot facility will feature advanced...
Tuskegee University Sues to stop American Veterinary Medical Association’s Attempt to Strip Their Accreditation
Source: Yellow Hammer News Tuskegee University has filed a federal lawsuit and emergency motion to halt an upcoming AVMA Council on Education appeal hearing that could determine the accreditation status of its College of Veterinary Medicine, the nation’s only...
Inflation Continues to Dampen Gains in Veterinarian Salaries, Fewer New Grads Entering Full-Time Employment
Source: AVMA Veterinarian salaries in the U.S. have risen nominally over the past five years, but when adjusted for inflation, average real income has declined to roughly 2004 levels, according to AVMA economist Dr. Chris Doherty. In 2024, veterinarians earned an...
Texas A&M Professor Offers New, Affordable Treatment for Herniated Discs in Dogs
Source: Spectrum News 1 Dr. Nick Jeffery, a neurology and neurosurgery professor at Texas A&M’s Small Animal Teaching Center, has developed a new, affordable treatment for dogs with herniated discs, which is an alternative to costly and invasive spinal surgery....
Is Your Financial Advisor Making the Cut?
There are generally three kinds of people when it comes to navigating money. First, the DIYer who is determined to figure everything out alone, often because they’ve been burned before or simply don’t know where to turn. Second, the person who works with an advisor...
Nominations Open for 2026 AVMA Excellence Awards
Source: AVMA Nominations are now open for the 2026 AVMA Excellence Awards, which honor veterinarians and nonveterinarians for significant contributions to animal health, welfare, public service, research, and the Veterinary profession. Award categories span a wide...
Two Clocks, One Practice: Matching Early Career Ambition with Owner Exit Plans
Over the past year and a half, while looking for a hospital acquisition, I cannot help but notice the number of one-doctor practices that sit on brokerage websites for far too long, unable to find a new owner to take the reins. Revenue starts to shrink, the building...
Putting the ‘Together’ in Animal Health: Highlights from Vet Together 2025 in New Orleans
New Orleans was more than just a destination in late October. For Veterinary professionals from across the U.S., the gathering in New Orleans provided a hub of inspiration, deal-flow, and community. The Vet Together event (October 27-29) provided hospital leaders,...
The Worst Decision Yet By the COE
The year 2025 will not go down as a banner year for our Veterinary college accreditor, the AVMA COE (Council on Education). Much attention has been devoted, and it won’t slow down, to accreditation decisions. What became public recently was Tuskegee’s need to go to...
‘Tis the Season to Be Overwhelmed: Navigating the Holidays as a Veterinary Technician
The holidays are often described as “the most wonderful time of the year.” For many Veterinary technicians, however, the holiday season feels less like a festive celebration and more like an overwhelming chore. Generally speaking, Veterinary professionals are already...
The 12 Tech Tasks of Christmas: A Year-End IT Checklist for Veterinary Hospitals
As the holiday season rolls in—bringing festive sweaters, full boarding schedules, and an endless supply of peppermint mochas—the Veterinary world enters its own version of the “most wonderful time of the year.” But while your team juggles last-minute appointments,...