Brendan Howard, Business Channel Director

The impact of a recession, if it happens, on equine veterinarians will be uneven, just as it will be in the small animal world, experts say.

NFL quarterback Michael Vick's dogfighting ring is broken up and his former pit bulls and other dogs are living better lives.

With a possible recession looming, a wave of financially struggling clients may be cresting at your door. Are you ready?

Dr. Tom Arand won a contest to head Projectile at last year's CVC Central.

A new federal law guarantees that some primates who've served as scientific guinea pigs won't go under the knife again.

Dr. David McGrath is owner of seven practices, and at one time they used four software programs between them. Now they all use the same system. This has allowed them to try new ideas to boost compliance, which so far have resulted in gross revenue increases of up to 50 percent. Take Dr. McGrath's lessons into account as you evaluate your own practice software-and what it can do for you.

If you feel cartoon daggers hitting you in the back of your head at work when you walk by your grumpiest employees, you may not be hallucinating.

In December a judge ordered the return of Armani, a capuchin monkey, to the home of Rockville, Md., resident Elyse Gazewitz. Armani had been in custody at a zoo since May, when he was seized after an animal sanctuary employee called authorities to report Gazewitz's possession of the monkey.

It starts with the head. The simulated head of a Labrador, that is.

They're the situations you dread.

Learn more about this specialty and emergency hospital group.

Learn why private investors and corporate buyers think veterinary medicine is a golden opportunity-and how you can get your share.

Danger lurks at every turn in equine practice. Here's how to stay safe.

One visionary built it, another visionary kept it.

You know those horse owners who ruin an otherwise great day? Well, shape 'em up-or ship 'em out.

When the owner was selling, these three musketeers-er, associates-knew they would buy his hospital to make sure they kept working together.

Drs. Jeffrey and Randy Schuett got rid of the large animals, but they needed a bigger facility for small ones.

The 2001 Hospital of the Year increased traffic with a larger facility, better hours, and nearby stores.

This California equine practice brightened its future by changing its fees and billing policy in the present.

The 19th annual Feline Symposium July 27 to 29 at Cornell's College of Veterinary Medicine will honor James Richards, DVM, who recently passed away.

Residential pet burial is illegal in Beaumont, Texas, so the local landfill used to be the only option for pet remains. But it wasn't an option many pet owners cherished. So Dr. Kelley Kays built a crematory into Dowlen Road Veterinary Center.

When two people are knowledgeable in the same field, misunderstandings arise if one assumes the other already knows something, according to a University of Chicago study.

The 2002 Hospital of the Year has seen doctors come and go, but the facility lives on.

Twenty-two years after we featured this practice in Veterinary Economics, the exam rooms in Golf-Mil Veterinary Hospital still feature the solidly built counters and cabinets.

Knocking down a privacy wall brought natural light into the reception area.

The old shelves and counters in the central pharmacy are still holding up in 2007.

Under new management, the hospital has gotten a progressive facelift, with a new blue color on the awning and a new sign.

2 architects' ideas + 22 veterinary hospitals = 4 fantastic exam rooms. Now you can learn from the best.

Relax and reinvigorate your reception area with feng shui

The first in a Web Exclusive series looking at past Hospital Design winners. How have the facilities held up? Who owns them now? What's in store for the future? Find out here.