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Gap Shrinks Between New Graduate, Overall Veterinary Salaries
Source: AVMA News Veterinary salaries have risen in nominal terms, but inflation-adjusted growth has slowed, especially from 2020-2023. New graduates have seen higher starting salaries, averaging $130,000 in 2024, with many also receiving benefits like signing bonuses...
Dog on Death Row Saved By Veterans Law Clinic
Source: Veterinary Practice News Ana Chan, a disabled Army veteran with a traumatic brain injury and partial blindness, relies on her Great Dane, Rodgers, for support in daily tasks. When neighbors accused Rodgers of biting, a judge deemed him dangerous and ordered...
More Than $1.19M in Charity Funds Support Underserved Pets
Source: Veterinary Practice News Veterinary Emergency Group (VEG) raised over $1.19 million in October to support underserved pets, including those affected by recent hurricanes in the Southeast. Through its VEG Cares Share Day, over 85 VEG locations decorated...
Cornell College of Veterinary Medicine partners with AI-powered scribe VetRec
Source: dvm 360 Cornell University’s College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM) has partnered with VetRec, an AI-powered software for generating clinical notes, to enhance efficiency in Veterinary care. Through this collaboration, Cornell CVM gains unlimited access to...
Federal Appeals Court Reverses Texas VCPR Ruling
Source: AVMA News A federal appeals court recently ruled that retired veterinarian Dr. Ronald S. Hines's clinical advice sent via email is protected speech under the First Amendment. The Texas statute generally requires an in-person Veterinary-client-patient...
Lab-Grown Meat is Coming to Pet Food
Source: VIN News Lab-grown meat, first showcased with a $300,000 burger in 2013, has progressed significantly, with a British company, Meatly, becoming the first to gain regulatory approval for lab-grown pet food. Despite high costs, Meatly aims for a 2024 launch,...
NAVC Convenes HIVE Pop-Up Event in Phoenix
NAVC convened another HIVE pop-up event in Phoenix November 11-12. This conference focused on educational issues and opportunities for both veterinarians and credentialed veterinary technicians. It was an unusual gathering of leaders across the sector…unusual in its...
A 10-Step Blueprint for Maximizing Your Career Earnings
As an Animal Health recruiter and Veterinary recruiter for 27 years, I’ve thankfully accrued a considerable amount of knowledge and expertise about how a person can succeed in their career and reach their full professional potential. Part of reaching that potential is...
My Journey in Veterinary Virtual Care and What the Future Will Bring
Telehealth for human healthcare has been around for over 40 years (even longer if one went by the first reference in 1950), but it did not gain momentum until 2012, when the telemedicine market grew by 60%. In 1993, the American Telehealth Association (ATA) was...
The Story Behind: Why We Say the Things We Say (and the Lingo Used in Practice)
Ever wonder why we say the things we do? Like why we tell people to “bite the bullet” when things get tough, or how veterinarians came up with their secret code for giving meds? Every phrase has a story, and today, we're diving into a few surprising ones—thanks to...
Stopping Cyber Snoops: Vet Clinic Tips Against ‘Man in the Middle’ Attacks
Imagine you’re working at the front desk of your Veterinary clinic, ready to check in a furry patient, when you notice that your email is acting strangely. Perhaps messages you didn’t send are sitting in your outbox, or maybe you’re locked out of your practice...
Creating a Mission, Vision, and Core Values for Your Veterinary Practice: A Guide for New (and Experienced) Practice Owners
In my previous blog post for Animal Health News and Views, I addressed the pros and cons of private practice ownership and whether it could be the right fit for readers. In speaking and working with practice owners across the United States, with a range of years of...
Preserving Purpose: The Importance of Focusing National Veterinary Technician Week on Credentialed Veterinary Technicians
On the heels of National Veterinary Technician Week, I would like to address a common concern among our profession: celebrating the entire Veterinary staff as part of National Veterinary Technician Week. National Veterinary Technician Week, which was established by...
Midlevel Practitioner Proposal Secures Enough Votes in Colorado
Source: AVMA Colorado voters recently approved Proposition 129, establishing a new midlevel Veterinary role called the veterinary professional associate (VPA), which allows individuals with a master’s degree to perform certain medical tasks under licensed...
Clinical Wildlife Practice Veterinary Specialty Proposed
Source: VIN News As human encroachment increasingly impacts wildlife, the need for specialized Veterinary care in wildlife rehabilitation is growing. Dr. Michelle Willette advocates for a new clinical wildlife practice specialty, arguing that conventional Veterinary...
2024 AAHA Community Care Guidelines for Small Animal Practice
Source: AAHA The AAHA Community Care Guidelines help Veterinary practices expand care accessibility, preventing the need to turn patients away or see clients decline care due to limitations. This model focuses on collaborative, family-centered care that utilizes...
OSU College of Vet Medicine: Understanding the 2024 Probationary Accreditation
Source: Oklahoma Farm Report The OSU College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM) has been placed on probationary accreditation by the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) due to deficiencies, particularly in clinical education, echoing a similar situation from...
Spectrum-of-Care: Busting Common Myths
Source: AAHA Veterinary professionals are increasingly recognizing the need to serve not only animals, but also their human companions, as pet ownership in the U.S. continues to grow. The 2024 AVMA Pet Ownership and Demographic survey revealed that pet ownership has...
AI Might Help Pick Up Heart Trouble in Dogs
Source: Health Day A new study reveals that artificial intelligence (AI) can detect heart murmurs in dogs with 90% accuracy, matching the diagnostic capability of expert cardiologists. Conducted by researchers from the University of Cambridge, the AI was adapted from...
When This Black Cat Crossed His Path, It Was a Lucky Day for Medicine
Source: Health Day In May 2021, a black cat named Pepper brought a dead mouse to his owner, John Lednicky, a University of Florida microbiologist, which led to the discovery of the first jeilongvirus in the U.S., recently reported in Pathogens. This virus, a...
Call for participants: Engaging your Veterinary Technicians
Source: AVMA Blog AVMA-funded research led by Cornell University is progressing into its second phase, aiming to help Veterinary practices better utilize their veterinary technicians' skills. Practices are invited to participate in this study, which seeks to identify...
PetSmart, Grubhub team up
Source: Pet Food Processing Grubhub has partnered with PetSmart to expand its marketplace into the pet products sector, marking PetSmart as its first pet retail partner. This collaboration, announced on October 30, 2024, enables customers to order from PetSmart's...
CATalyst Council Awards $20,000 Grant to Sylvester.ai to Advance Feline Chronic Pain Detection Technology
Source: CATalyst The CATalyst Council, committed to the health and welfare of companion cats, awarded a $20,000 grant to Sylvester.ai, a leader in pet wellness technology. This funding supports Sylvester.ai's development of AI technology for detecting chronic pain in...
Forget Benefits for Humans—These Are the Pet Perks that Employees are Clamoring For
Source: Microsoft News As pet ownership surged during the pandemic, employees increasingly seek pet-related benefits. Despite 23 million U.S. households adopting pets during this time, 76% of employers still don’t offer pet insurance, even though 22% of HR...
Milk Specialties Global Becomes Actus Nutrition
Source: Business Wire Milk Specialties Global, a top nutritional ingredients manufacturer, has rebranded as Actus Nutrition to better align with its expanding role in the health and nutrition sector. Actus Nutrition, a major supplier of protein ingredients, serves...