Animal Welfare

Shelter medicine instructor and veterinarian Dr. Kirk Miller provides suggestions for this delicate dilemma.

Once thought to be the eccentric hobby of the crazy cat lady, animal hoarding is beginning to get the attention it deserves. Shelter medicine instructor and veterinarian Dr. Kirk Miller provides an overview of its effects on pets, people and shelters and explains why prosecution and prevention are so problematic.

Veterinary clients hear 'frenchie,' you hear constant respiratory problems.

Catastrophic injuries peaked in late February and March 2019; veterinarians point to multiple factors, call for further investigation.

Maybe its just a feeling in your gut, but are you seeing more intestinal parasite cases in veterinary practice? Fetch dvm360 educator Dr. Richard Gerhold shares a few strange or disturbing happenings with these pet scourges.

Submit ticks you find your veterinary patients and in return, get information on tick risk in your areaall thanks to the Show Us Your Ticks project.

Use these five questions to determine whether certain oncology therapies might benefit your patients on their path toward better health.

The short answer is yes, and the long answer is sort of and it depends. But what does that mean for your veterinary practice?

Whether you perform five surgeries a day or 40, keeping up with surgical technique advancements and striving for more efficiency will benefit you and your veterinary patients.

A few of the big pet microchip companies provided us details about their current products. Curious if there's any reason to switch your choice? Check 'em out ...

Take a look at the veterinary team who saved an abused puppy and the emotional reunion when that puppy revisited the veterinary team while on the road to recovery.

When you have fractious cats running amok in your veterinary clinic, whats the best way to restrain them? We have a few ideas.

Theres a fine line to walk when talking to your veterinary clients about pain without paining the clients and, of course, yourself.

'I'm able to align my beliefs with my work by working with pets of the homeless,' Colorado doctor says.

Controversial government research has come to a grinding halt, thanks to a watchdog group.

Dr. Ilona Rodan protects the human-animal bond by having veterinary clients bring in floor plans of their homes.

As an adjunct to traditional veterinary prevention and control methods, experts believe oral vaccination of dogs may help thwart this deadly disease.

Should the unthinkable occur, the AVMA offers guidance for veterinary professionals on the best ways to cull large numbers of animals quickly, efficiently and humanely.

A veterinary medical ethical issue for the 21st century.

If this state law goes through, malpractice insurance for anyone caring for animals, including veterinary hospitals, could increase. Heres how it could happen as well as a look at a compromise that might hold off the drastic change.

Successful long-term management of Pandora syndrome involves treating the cat, the environment and, last but not least, the client.

Through donations and partnerships with organizations that help people and pets in need, the company continues to support its long-held belief that life is #betterwithpets.

What special considerations must be considered in older pets?

There are the legalities, and there are the emotions. How you can help your veterinary clients through this much-dreaded situation.

Screen sharing is proving a powerful collaborative and teaching tool.

As veterinary technology soars ahead, pet owners are left with a lot of choices about diagnostics and treatment to sort through. And what if even we as veterinarians arent quite sure what the right thing to do is? Thats where four basic principles of clinical bioethics pioneered in human medicine can come to the rescue.

Immunizing mice via vaccine-laced food may slow the spread of Lyme disease in humans and animals, experts say.

These parasites are busy, veterinarian says.

Additional lot/date codes have been added to the list of recalled canned dog foods, with many owners distraught and angry after their pets fell ill or died.

Florida lawmakers hope to close loophole making videosbut not torturea national felony.