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You can brush up on slang, dialect, accents and weird vocabulary to reach pet owners in the exam room. But the best way to be understood in veterinary practice is always, first, to listen.

Our study suggests that when veterinary prices rise faster than the rate of inflation, consumers opt out of seeking services.

Afraid of what pet owners and practitioners will miss without physical exams, this veterinarian warns colleagues they should be the ones shaping policy for the future of telemedicine.

This cardiologist wants to prove that the intense effects of the fight-or-flight "sympathetic storm" in pets from scary veterinary visits can wear out their hearts before their time.

More research on effectiveness is needed, but unless adverse events are reported, its a treatment worth keeping in mind for your veterinary patients.

Ambulatory practitioners have so much cool tech at their fingertips now, its a shame not to use it. Heres what we use in our practice.

A nondisparagement clause might keep that toxic team member you fired from badmouthing your veterinary practice all over social mediaif its legally enforceable.

This Leadership Challenge highlights the poignant end of a pets life.

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A veterinary team is torn between giving an irresponsible owner back his microchipped dog or letting a Good Samaritan who got him medical care take him in as her own.

Moving from a lease space on a semi-rural road to a building on one of the busiest commuter roads, find out how this hospital scored their dream location in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

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An abrasive senior technician is leaving distressed team members and neglected patients in her domineering wake. Dr. Greenskin thinks that if she owned the hospital, she wouldnt put up with such behaviorwould she?

One reader says its not his job to bail out a young veterinarian who makes poor financial decisions.

Group hopes to have registered veterinary nurse credential adopted in three states by July 2018.

Parasitologist, human allergist, entomologist shine a spotlight on this spotted tick.

Don't shrink from treating exotics. Dr. Robert Miller assures you that you got this.

Crum & Forster sells inaugural policy for rescued miniature horse Kachina.

Pet Owner Paths research pinpoints differences in how younger pet owners choose pet care.

Everyday helpful information, whether you treat or refer your canine lymphoma cases.

To answer this question, lets look at investment costs, lifetime earnings and intangible benefits.

The cat, which had history of heartworm disease, presented with rear leg lameness.

Over and over again, we veterinarians hear it from our clients: Our pets die better than we do. In many cases, theyre right.

Pet owners need hospice and euthanasia help in your patients rough moments. Brush up on your client communication and manage these exam room and home encounters right.

How much do you love your digital radiography system? Is it an obsession or just a fling? We asked survey-takers to share the opinions on what digital radiography does for their productivity in practice and what itll look like in the future.

Do you pull the strings in your life and career? Or do you think luck, fate and other people are the deciding factor in your happiness and success?

Clinicians must check a state database for pet owner drug abuse before prescribing opioids or benzodiazepinesbut the new law wont prevent them from prescribing those medications even when they suspect abuse.

Reaching out to those around us can do more than turn their frowns upside downit can help them live longer. This island-dwelling veterinarian is on board.