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The Pet Industry Joint Advisory Council has created the first set of voluntary standards for breeders and distributors of small mammals, birds, and reptiles—the PIJAC Small Animal Standards of Care.

A One Health framework between human and veterinary healthcare professionals provides a novel approach to treating and preventing obesity in pets and humans.

This year's Banfield Pet Hospital State of Pet Health Report highlighted the growing problem of pet obesity. Nestled in the numbers were a few diseases Banfield saw were the most common obesity comorbidities among canines.

Award recognizes organizations that expand access to care for people and animals in need.

Researchers considered whether adult-directed speech, infant-directed speech, or pet-directed speech (so-called happy talk) elicits greater attentiveness in dogs, providing evolutionary insight into the human-dog relationship.

The inhibitory protein known as SET plays an important role in canine mammary tumor progression.

This week in veterinary news from around the world: the contaminated egg scandal spreads deeper into Europe, tiger quadruplets make their adorable public debut, and new figures show that elephants and tigers kill 1 person per day in India.

Fibroblast growth factor 23, a protein that regulates phosphate homeostasis, increases in canine chronic kidney disease and is associated with serum phosphorus.

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The anti-vaccination movement—of which there are many proponents in human medicine—seems now to be expanding to some pet owners.

10 confirmed cases of the highly contagious H3N2 virus and four deaths were reported during the first month of operation.

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Premiums paid for pet health insurance policies rose 21% and the number of pets insured in North America grew by 11.5% last year.

How to take better dental radiographs and explain to clients the importance of the dental preventive care, diagnostics and treatments you and your fantastic veterinary team provide every day.

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Vet School Bound offers students considering vet school tools to help with the application process.

Researchers in the United Kingdom have found a decreased risk for hyperthyroidism in certain cat breeds and an increased risk in longhaired cats.

Dont lose your head giving clients what they want: predictable, monthly payments to manage their pets wellness care over the year. Here are companies that can help you give them what they want.

The authors of a new study believe vaccination is an important component in controlling leptospirosis in horses. Here’s why.

Researchers studying the incidence of opportunistic fungal infections in dogs being treated for immune-mediated disease were surprised by their findings.

Impromed, AVImark and more are now part of Henry Schein Veterinary Solutions.

Researchers have identified a genetic mutation responsible for recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa in Central Asian Shepherd dogs.

Here’s what you may have missed in veterinary news from around the world this week: the lowest rates of dog sterilization in Australia, new Chilean soccer team mascots, and a laboratory in Pakistan that is helping improve food safety and increase exports.

We're almost halfway through the alphabet. It's time for a pep talk on the absolute good of dental care in your patients.

Dr. Brock's July column stirs up fond memories for this fellow practitioner.

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.

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Genomic material found in extracellular vesicles could be important biomarkers for myxomatous mitral valve disease in dogs, opening the door for innovative treatment approaches for this disease.

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

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