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These clients dutifully bring in their pet's stool samples to the veterinary clinic each visit-and help the packaging industry thrive.

Do you embrace changes and new services?or flee from them? Take a look at the possible changes in store for your practice.

Whether you're fueled by quiet or craziness, you can leverage your personality and skills in veterinary practice.

You have a diverse population of clients-including some with mobility, sight or hearing difficulties. Make sure you and your practice team are prepared to accommodate anyone who walks through your door.

Fox news station airs details about lawsuit, prompting state veterinary investigation.

What's in store for the future of veterinary medicine? Come with me as I look into my crystal ball-and make predictions based on what's happening in human medicine.

Take a break from work? Absolutely-for the good of you and your veterinary practice.

Follow these "next steps" to make sure your veterinary team is prepared to promote preventive pet care and stress the importance of physical exams.

New program e-mails health records to Portland-area veterinarians for post-adoption exams.

You've done hundreds of exams, but each veterinary client typically only observes one each year for their pets. Use these mini scripts that highlight four key steps during a physical exam to increase your educational power in the exam room.

Wellness plans can swell veterinary hospitals with income and help you spot problems earlier. Learn what these packages can do for your practice revenue-and how to get clients on board.

You can achieve better patient care and increased revenue by implementing wellness plans today.

'Slow kill' method no longer recommended in cases of infection.

Dr. Ward weighs in on current and future veterinary technology for monitoring pet?s health.

New suburban hospital offers 24-hour emergency care and specialty referral services.

Violent incidents can happen anywhere, but there are things a practice team can do to be less vulnerable.

Violent incidents can happen anywhere, but there are things a practice team can do to be less vulnerable.

Violent incidents can happen anywhere, but there are things a practice team can do to be less vulnerable.

Violent incidents can happen anywhere, but there are things a practice team can do to be less vulnerable.

In a state with no veterinary school, depletion of grant funds leaves nothing to offset out-of-state tuition costs.

Take a look at dvm360's articles on clinic safety including accounts from veterinary practices that experienced violent threats.

Taking cues from the Bayer Veterinary Care Usage Study, one veterinarian has built a practice that's centered on pet owner needs.

Furnishing a clinic is a great opportunity to save-or squander-loads of money.

More universities are opening ?private practices? for additional revenue and cases.

Counterbalance the competition with these tips.

Rate yourself with this quiz. Team members, guess your boss's responses, then read "Who's steering your practice?" in July 2013 Firstline for advice on how to work better with your boss.

It takes more than a passion for veterinary medicine to be a successful practice owner-you've got to be business savvy, too.

It's still a scary thought for some veterinarians, but more practitioners are seeing the benefits of this gesture.

General vs. specialty, corporate vs. private, large vs. small-these hospitals represent two very different directions you could take when building your new practice.

Use this form to learn the dos and don'ts of offering feedback to veterinary team members.