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House Bill Would Set Residency Requirement for ISU Veterinary Medicine Program
Source: Iowa Capital Dispatch An Iowa House subcommittee has advanced House File 2209, which would require 80% of students in Iowa State University’s Veterinary medicine professional program to be Iowa residents or previous in-state college attendees. Sponsored...
‘Ridiculous’ Plan Developed at Florida Zoo Saves Wild Rhino’s Eyesight in Africa
Source: AP News Animal behaviorists working with the Palm Beach Zoo & Conservation Society helped save the eyesight of an endangered white rhino in Zimbabwe using what locals initially called a “ridiculous” plan. The male rhino, named Thuza, developed a...
Woman Warns Pet Owners After Her 2 Dogs Contract Botulism From Dead Iguana
Source: WPTV A Palm Beach County woman is warning pet owners after her two dogs contracted botulism from eating a dead iguana in their yard following a Florida cold snap. Bridget Garrison said her blue-tick hounds, Tally and Karma, consumed parts of the iguana, which...
Veterinarian Hopes Rescue of 100 Cats Will ‘Help Save Other Animals’
Source: 10 WJAR Nearly 100 cats were rescued from a Woonsocket, Rhode Island apartment in one of the largest cases the Rhode Island SPCA has handled. Unlike typical hoarding situations, the owner contacted authorities for help. Dr. Dan Simpson said the cats were...
Sepsis Warning After Woman’s Quadruple Amputation
Source: BBC Manjit Sangha, 56, is raising awareness about sepsis after surviving a life-threatening battle that led to the amputation of both legs below the knee and both hands. After feeling unwell one weekend, she became unconscious within 24 hours and was rushed to...
Cat Food Sold in 10 States, Including Oregon, Recalled After Report of Pet Illness
Source: Oregon Live Go Raw, a Utah-based pet food company, has voluntarily recalled a single lot of its Quest Cat Food Chicken Recipe Freeze Dried Nuggets after at least one customer reported a related illness in their cat. According to the U.S. Food and Drug...
Nancy Benson Ward Establishes Endowed Scholarship to Honor Late Brother
Source: Science News Nancy Benson Ward has established a $100,000 endowed scholarship at Arkansas State University to honor her late brother, Dr. Bill W. Benson. The newly created Dr. Bill W. Benson Memorial Scholarship will support full-time students admitted...
Some Dog Breeds Carry a Higher Risk of Breathing Problems
Source: Science News A new study published February 18 in PLOS One finds that some flat-faced, or brachycephalic, dog breeds face significantly higher risks of breathing problems due to their shortened skull shapes. Researchers examined nearly 900 dogs across 14...
Cats and Kittens are Helping Inmates Heal Thanks to a Flagler County Rehabilitation Program
Source: News 4 Jax In Flagler County, Florida, a rehabilitation initiative called the SMART program is pairing jail inmates with cats and kittens from the local Humane Society, helping both heal and grow. Launched in July, the program allows select inmates to live...
Meet Louisville’s Lassie—the Dog Who Helped LMPD Find a Missing 3-Year-Old
Source: WLKY In January, a missing 3-year-old boy in Louisville, Kentucky, was found safely thanks in part to a neighborhood dog now dubbed “Louisville’s Lassie.” During the search in the Okolona area, Louisville Metro Police used extensive resources, including...
South African Farmers Count Mounting Losses as Foot-and-Mouth Disease Rages
Source: Reuters South African farmers are facing mounting losses as the country battles one of its worst foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) outbreaks in years. Since early 2025, infections have spread to seven of nine provinces, disrupting livestock production and trade....
Rabid Cat Euthanized in Suffolk
Source: WTKR A cat in Suffolk, Virginia, has tested positive for rabies, according to the Suffolk Health Department. The animal was found in the 100 block of Robertson Street in Whaleyville and taken to a Veterinary clinic for evaluation. Due to the severity of its...
What Women in Animal Health Negotiations Are Up Against—and Where Their Advantage Lies
Walk into a major Animal Health negotiation today, whether it’s a supply agreement, a distribution partnership, or a corporate practice contract and you’ll see something that would have been less common thirty years ago: women not just participating, but leading....
Legislation Updates Across the Animal Health and Veterinary Space
(Editor’s note: Loren Breen, Animal Policy Group's Director of Government Relations, is co-author of this article.) Every session, Animal Policy Groups sifts through 10,000+ bills to identify impactful legislation across the animal space–Veterinary, pharmacy, animal...
Perfectionism and Its Long-Term Financial Cost
Perfectionism earns admiration throughout Veterinary medicine for understandable reasons. High standards protect patients and strengthen client trust daily. Years of training reinforce discipline, control, and careful execution under pressure. Clinical environments...
A Smarter Digital Backbone for Veterinary Clinics: Why SASE Beats Legacy Firewalls
Veterinary care has gone digital. Your practice management and imaging live in the cloud, your team consults from exam rooms and home offices, doctors move between locations, and client communication happens on mobile devices. That old, hardware-centric security...
Measuring the Invisible Losses
I have been thinking a lot about the things we miss measuring in Veterinary practices. Since most of my focus is on the client experience, I was pondering how we can do a better job seeing into the client experience and then doing something about plugging the holes....
Artificial (Augmented) Intelligence (AI) in Veterinary Healthcare: A Few Lessons from Human Healthcare, Part 2
(Editor's note: This is the second part of a two-part series. Click HERE to read the first part of the series.) The work goes on. Explorations into AI are abundant to ensure evidence-based approaches and optimal results. There has been continued discussion about AI at...
A Whirwind Q1 Tour
If Q4 is the planning season in Animal Health, Q1 is the execution season. The first quarter of the year doesn’t ease in—it accelerates. National sales meetings. Major conferences. Manager summits. Investor gatherings. Founder dinners. Clinic days. Panel moderating....
The Importance of Caring in the Age of Information and Technology
We are living in what future historians will almost certainly call the Information Age. Knowledge is everywhere. Answers are instant. Expertise is searchable. With a few keystrokes, anyone can access data that once required years of study, mentorship, or experience to...
Cultural Curators: The People Who Actually Shape Organizational Culture
Each year brings a natural reset for the Veterinary profession. Now that the new fiscal year is in full swing—and with two of our largest industry gatherings, Veterinary Meeting & Expo (VMX) and Western Veterinary Conference (WVC), behind us—a consistent theme has...
Part 1: The Soul of Veterinary Medicine Lives Local
Veterinary medicine was built on a foundation of passion. The bond between a family and their pet is personal, and the best Veterinary care has always been personal too, rooted in trust, relationships, and a deep commitment to the community. As our industry evolves,...
Failing to Plan Is Planning to Fail: Exit Planning and Your Veterinary Legacy
For many Veterinary practice owners, the idea of exit planning feels distant—something to address “later,” perhaps a few years before retirement. Unfortunately, that mindset is one of the most expensive mistakes an owner can make. In reality, exit planning is not a...
Women Who Built the Path and the Future We’re Called to Build
March is Women’s History Month, and I have had the privilege of hearing and sharing some of the most extraordinary stories of women across Animal Health. According to AVMA workforce data, women make up nearly two-thirds of practicing veterinarians in the United...
UF Research Aims to Thwart Crimes Against Cats
Source: UF Health At the University of Florida, the Veterinary Forensic Sciences Laboratory is working to combat crimes against cats through its program, “A Cat Has No Name.” Led by forensic pathologist and veterinarian Adam Stern, the lab investigates deaths of...