by Editor | Mar 8, 2026 | Uncategorized
Source: Pet Business Professor The January 2026 Petflation report shows total pet prices reached a new record high, rising 0.3% from December, with year-over-year pet inflation at 3.4%—about 42% higher than the overall U.S. CPI of 2.4%. While national inflation has...
by Editor | Mar 8, 2026 | News, Veterinary Practice
Source: Today’s Veterinary Business Veterinary blood supplies in the United States are critically low and face growing threats, endangering pets that require lifesaving transfusions. Rising pet ownership has increased demand, with millions of transfusions likely...
by Editor | Mar 7, 2026 | Animal Health Industry, News, Students
Source: Stuttgart Daily Leader The Arkansas State University (ASU) System Board of Trustees received an update that A-State’s new College of Veterinary Medicine remains on track to open in fall 2026. Chancellor Todd Shields said a recent accreditation site visit by...
by Editor | Mar 7, 2026 | Animal Health Industry, News
Source: Animal Health Institute The Animal Health Institute (AHI) has praised the FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine’s (CVM) final guidance on the duration of use for medically important antimicrobials in animal feed and water. The guidance creates a framework for...
by Editor | Mar 6, 2026 | Animal Health Industry, News, Students
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...
by Editor | Mar 6, 2026 | Animal Health News
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...
by Editor | Mar 5, 2026 | Companion Animal, Livestock
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...
by Editor | Mar 5, 2026 | Companion Animal, News
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...
by Editor | Mar 4, 2026 | Companion Animal, News
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...
by Editor | Mar 4, 2026 | Companion Animal, News
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...
by Editor | Mar 3, 2026 | News, Students, Veterinary Practice
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...
by Editor | Mar 3, 2026 | Companion Animal, News
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...
by Editor | Mar 2, 2026 | Companion Animal, News
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...
by Editor | Mar 2, 2026 | Companion Animal, News
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...
by Editor | Mar 1, 2026 | Agriculture, Livestock, News
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....
by Editor | Mar 1, 2026 | Companion Animal, News
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...
by Devin Vespi | Mar 1, 2026 | Animal Health Industry - Views, Views
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....
by Mark Cushing | Mar 1, 2026 | Animal Health Industry - Views, Views
(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,...
by Tom Seeko, CExP™ | Mar 1, 2026 | Veterinary Practice - Views, Views
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...
by William (Will) Lindus | Mar 1, 2026 | Veterinary Practice - Views, Views
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...
