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Investing in Future Generations of Veterinary Professionals
Source: dvm360 Mars Veterinary Health is addressing the talent shortage in the Veterinary industry by investing in youth-centered programs, according to a company release. Mars, with a commitment to creating a better world for pets, is focused on preparing future...
Ancestry Unveils Know Your Pet DNA
Source: dvm360 Ancestry, known for its consumer DNA testing and genealogy services, has introduced "Know Your Pet DNA." This dog DNA test is designed to provide pet owners with a deeper understanding of their pets, including breed breakdowns, genetic matches with...
California Makes Major Veterinary Telemedicine Policy Shift
Source: VIN News Service California has passed a bill that could reshape the landscape of Veterinary telemedicine by allowing the establishment of a veterinarian-client-patient relationship (VCPR) through remote methods. The legislation will enable Californians to...
New BLS, APPA Numbers Underscore the Veterinarian Shortage
While there has been some debate regarding the existence of a veterinarian shortage in the job market, there is no debate about the fact that the Pet industry and the Veterinary profession is growing. This growth was reflected in the latest numbers released by the...
Survey Results Paint Compelling Picture of Veterinarian Job Market
Often, the best way to determine what is happening within a certain industry or profession is to ask those who are working within that industry or profession on a daily basis. This applies to both the Animal Health industry and the Veterinary profession, and it was...
More Thoughts Regarding the Need for More Veterinarians
My first column for this exciting new publication dove into the challenge of trying to solve the shortages of veterinarians in the United States, highlighting what we can learn from human healthcare’s 50-year battle with shortages. Unlike human medicine, we face an...
Does Your Strategic Plan Include These 2 Key Areas for Success Today and Into the Future (Part 1)?
Whether you do a formal SWOT analysis or jot down plans for the upcoming year, every business wants to map out a plan for success. For most Veterinary practices, goals such as seeing more patients, improving revenue, reducing expenses, achieving a specific EBIDTA,...
Akston Chooses Pet Health Over Human Medicine
Source: Today's Veterinary Business Akston Biosciences Corp., based in Massachusetts, has shifted its focus from human health to the development and manufacturing of protein therapeutics aimed at improving the health of companion animals. The company aims to be a...
Is Remote Work the Secret to Keeping Staff?
Source: Veterinary Practice News Remote work is becoming a dominant trend in the Veterinary field in 2023, with 13 percent of full-time employees working from home and 28 percent adopting a hybrid model of both home and office work. While veterinarians and technicians...
Thrive to Close Veterinary ER Hospital Amid Union Talks
Source: VIN News Service Thrive Pet Healthcare, the owner of over 400 Veterinary practices across the U.S., plans to close Veterinary Specialists Emergency Services in Rochester, New York, by November 27, leading to 132 staff layoffs. The news comes amid contract...
Ready or Not
Source: Today's Veterinary Business The Veterinary profession is on the cusp of significant change, and professionals can either guide it or be left behind. Legislators are responding to the growing demand for pet care by introducing measures like virtual...
U.S. Pet Spending Jumped 10.8% in 2022
Source: Today's Veterinary Business According to the American Pet Products Association (APPA), the Pet industry in the United States remains robust despite economic uncertainty. In 2022, pet spending increased by nearly 11% compared to the previous year, reaching a...
Ohio Zoo Anticipating Births of 2 Endangered Great Apes
Source: WLWT5 The Columbus Zoo is preparing for the arrival of two endangered great apes this fall, raising hope for the conservation of these rare species. The zoo is anticipating the birth of a baby Bornean orangutan, which is a significant event since it's the...
Mourning the Loss of Renowned Vet and Wildlife Conservationist, Dr. Mike Cranfield
Source: Maryland Zoo Dr. Mike Cranfield, a dedicated wildlife conservationist, recently passed away due to West Nile Virus. He began his career as the Chief Veterinarian at the Maryland Zoo in 1982, eventually becoming the Director of Animal Health, Research, and...
Important Considerations Before Building a Veterinary Hospital
Source: dvm360 During a presentation at the Fetch dvm360 Conference, Eric Doering from TerWisscha Construction and William A. Frazier from Live Oak Bank highlighted costly mistakes to avoid when planning a Veterinary hospital design project. They emphasized the...
Ontario Opens State-of-the-Art Swine Research Center
Source: Feed Strategy The newly opened Ontario Swine Research Centre in Elora, Ontario, represents a collaborative investment from the government of Ontario, the Agricultural Research Institute of Ontario (ARIO), and Ontario's pork industry. Managed by the University...
Who Will Be This Year’s Best of Show?
Source: Investors Observor The North American Veterinary Community (NAVC) has announced that the entry period for its annual VETTY Awards will open on September 1, 2023. The VETTY Awards is a program dedicated to recognizing marketing excellence in the Animal Health...
Murray State Taking Steps Toward Kentucky’s First School Of Veterinary Medicine
Source: Paulick Report The Murray State University Board of Regents has taken steps to address the statewide shortage of veterinarians in Kentucky by initiating a feasibility study for the development of a School of Veterinary Medicine at the university. Currently,...
UNL Researchers Awarded $2.48M to Improve Disease Resiliency in Swine
Source: National Hog Farmer The Department of Animal Science at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln has secured $2.48 million in research grants from the USDA's National Institute of Food and Agriculture. These grants are part of a larger $400 million Agriculture and...
Zoetis Celebrates New R&D Building in North Carolina
Source: Feedstuffs Zoetis recently inaugurated its new diagnostics and biodevices research and development building with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at its Durham, North Carolina site. The event was attended by local officials, Zoetis leadership, and company executives....
Animal Health Corridor presents 2023 Iron Paw Award
Source: dvm360 The Kansas City Animal Health Corridor awarded the 2023 Iron Paw Award to Fabian Kausche, DVM, MS, for his significant contributions to the global Animal Health industry. Kausche, with a background in research, academia, and industry leadership, has...
Is There a Veterinarian Shortage . . . or Isn’t There?
One of the most discussed and hotly debated issues in the Veterinary profession is whether or not there is a shortage of veterinarians. So, is there a shortage . . . or not? There are multiple ways in which this question can be answered and this issue can be tackled....
What’s The Buzz!
For this inaugural edition of Animal Health News and Views, we are going to take a look at the hot topics at recent national conferences, conventions and innovation summits. Over the past few months, I have attended the Animal Health, Nutrition, and Technology...
What Veterinary Medicine Should Learn From Human Medicine
Animal healthcare has a long list of learnings over the years from what works, and doesn’t work, in human healthcare. If you think about it veterinary medicine has rung up quite a debt to human medicine. And it’s pretty much been a one-way street. It’s hard to think...
Tales from the Front: The VetPartners 2023 Midyear Meeting
Dr. Karen E. Felsted, CPA, MS, DVM, CVPM, CVA For those of you not familiar with VetPartners, it’s an organization of practice management advisors and consultants who work primarily or exclusively with veterinary practices. On a combined basis, these consultants and...