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Here are some basic guidelines to make sure an associate buy-in will work at your veterinary hospital.

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New legislation could help veterinary hospitals pay for equipment and leasehold improvements before Dec. 31.

This young veterinarian got free of her six-figure debt fastand shes loving the freedom it brings.

Veterinary conference attendees dug down deep to explore skills, desires and personality to navigate the bumpy path to veterinary clinic ownership.

Forecasts predict an increase in GDP and consumers disposable income.

Check out these tips for living with veterinary student loan debt.

Our brains move fast! Slow down before you shell out.

Web-only highlights mentioned in a new article in Veterinary Economics.

New and classic articles on buying and selling veterinary practices from the pages of dvm360 magazine and Veterinary Economics.

If you're sick of paying more and getting less, its time to put your fear aside and ask for what you want.

Exclusive data from Benchmarks 2014 reveals which client-pleasing amenities practices are using to attract clients.

Caution: Price raising talk ahead

Don't sweat the long-distance relationship.

Don't wait until January to decide on the ways you want your practice to shine in 2015.

Move through the rooms of a virtual veterinary practice and follow the workup as a canine emergency case or a feline illness case unfold. Work through each interactive case study and observe how the existence or absence of a pet insurance policy could influence client decisions and alter the case outcome.

You're not the first to wonder. Get an expert's advice.

We agree that spaying and neutering pets is a good thing. Stop being so concerned about who provides the service.

One year in, an innovative program sees some success at connecting new pet adopters with local veterinarians.

Economic realities and flawed assumptions mean trouble for production-based compensation models in veterinary practice.

Are practices nationwide seeing growth, or just the same pet owner dollars moved around?

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"How much do you cost?" is a good question. "How do you make your money?" is a better one.

Isolation, noise reduction and other ways to tone it down

This practice owner puts the kibosh on freebies to his veterinary team. Is that fair?

Get over your hangups and start getting ahead of your debt with these dos and donts.

Are you stuck in a strip mall or neighborhood that's seen better days? Try these tips from veterinary architect Dan Chapel, AIA, to freshen up your practice's look.

Dont skimpyou want this asset to feel valued.