Animal Welfare

When your client comes in with a cute new fuzzball, provide some education about the importance of play.

Easily understandable advice on choosing a veterinary behavior professional.

Heres an age-old issue worth revisiting: What does a veterinarian do when a client refuses to acknowledge that her sick old dog is suffering?

Private practitioners and their shelter contacts can use these steps to build lasting, mutually beneficial relationships to help pet adopters today become veterinary clients tomorrow.

Does Max know hes been naughty after pooping in the house? Will socialization in the dog park cure Daisys anxiety? Set the record straight with your veterinary clients by correcting some common misconceptions.

Consider recommending these winter gear items, plus a little gift for the environment.

Has the flurry of dental appointments that accompanies Pet Dental Health Month compromised the careful dental care of our patients? Lets take a look at the true meaning of Q in veterinary dentistry.

When German shepherd Haakon suffered a ruptured bladder, the UC Davis veterinary team performed a lifesaving surgery.

From "young animals don't feel pain the same as adults" to "my Lab peters out after a short walk," Dr. Robin Downing sets the record straight.

A firsthand look at the Woolsey and Hill fires in Southern California, and the veterinary heroes who helped save all creatures great and small from its damage.

Association aims to address the behavioral needs of cats and reduce stress-related eating problems in cats.

Usually found in shelter situations, dermatophytosis can be hard to diagnose before cats are released to their new homes. Is there a better way than fungal culture?

After it was destroyed by a cancerous tumor, a dachshunds skull is repaired with a custom 3-D-printed titanium plate.

Veterinary professionals who work with low-income pet owners and at-risk animals will be honored in a national TV broadcast on the Hallmark Channel on October 24.

Specialist says, "take your pick." Yeah, there are that many.

Time to switch your scrub cap out for your teaching cap. Heres an in-depth look at how to talk your veterinary clients through at-home administration of subcutaneous fluids.

Epidemiologist Dr. Missy Simpson shares the first prospective research from the Morris Animal Foundation's Golden Retriever Lifetime Study.At Fetch dvm360 conference in Kansas City, Missy Simpson, DVM, PhD, epidemiologist for the Morris Animal Foundation's Golden Retriever Lifetime Study, presented "Gold-mining clinical insights from the Golden Retriever Lifetime Study-3,000+ dogs strong and six years along."Solid Goldies

Tenets from human medicine apply in your practice.

Help clients understand why and how they should put together a "Go bag" for their pet to be ready for emergency situations, like hurricanes, wildfires or tornadoes.

In an effort to help sustain bee populations, buzz buffs could unintentionally do harm since these social insects can transmit disease with devastating results.

Pets are family, and whether youre walking a veterinary client through their first euthanasia or their fifth, these are the most important things to keep in mind.

We went behind the scenes of the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, the setting for Nat Geo WILDs new show Secrets of the Zoo, and spoke with the veterinary team behind the nations first giraffe blood bank and its main cracker-loving donor.

The my cat doesnt go outside excuse wont cut it anymore. Heres how to convert those resistant veterinary clients.

According to this reader, not only is this better for the cat, but your veterinary client retention rates become healthy and strong as well.

Money makes the world go round. Its also a large reason your veterinary clients wont give their pets the prevention they need for heartworms. Here are some tips from the experts.