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Where should shelters concentrate their efforts when it comes to keeping their populations healthy? Experts provide some time-saving tips that can be applied to both shelters and private practices.

Engaged volunteers are crucial to the overall success of animal shelters, and improvements are needed across the board. The suggestions provided here for increasing satisfaction among shelter volunteers can improve the productivity of animal shelters and veterinary practices alike.

The novel-concept veterinary school can reapply for accreditation in June.

In the case of at least two major pet health insurance carriers, the answer is yup. Here are details for your veterinary team when you pitch wellness and veterinary clients ask if theyre covered.

This first-year veterinary student refuses to lose hopebut he doesnt see the solution either.

May 13 is National Animal Disaster Preparedness Day. Veterinary teams play a key role in teaching clients how to care for their pets during emergency situations.

Since the early 1990s, the black bear population in southern New York has been growing and expanding its range across the state. Researchers are now trying to learn more about the black bear population and density in this region.

What Disney's Who Framed Roger Rabbit can teach us about the veterinary client experience.

Coral reefs are in distress all over the world, and salt water fish are wild caughtneither should be placed in a veterinary clinics waiting room.

Following an initial recall of one lot of phenobarbital tablets resulting from a label mix-up error, Truxton Inc. is expanding its voluntary recall to include more lots of phenobarbital and amitriptyline tablets.

Researchers have determined that several congeners of two persistent organic pollutants are associated with increased risk of feline hyperthyroidism.

European researchers examined the social behaviors of neutered versus intact dogs. Here’s what they found.

You don't need to FISH for a reason to promote microchips to veterinary clients. Here are some quick thoughts to score a slew of new pets protected from abandonment.

Two lots of Smallbatch Pets Chicken Blend for Dogs & Cats have been recalled due to potential contamination with Salmonella.

The United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida entered a consent decree of permanent injunction between the United States and Syfrett Feed Company Inc.

When a foals improper placement is interfering with delivery, the practitioners success hinges on accurate determination of the cause and swift, appropriate intervention.

Here's our weekly rundown of new and notable veterinary products.

A recent review article links animal abuse and human violence, emphasizing the veterinarian’s important role in preventing and reducing both.

In this week’s roundup: monkey deaths spurred by fear over yellow fever in Brazil, an ambulance service for cows in India, and the problem with exotic animal and mobile zoos in Canada.

The demographics of canine hip dysplasia and its human counterpart—developmental dysplasia of the hip—show some striking similarities.

Here's what your colleagues are doing to market to owners of senior pets, plus, some strategies for better client compliance along the way.

Former Georgia governor, UGA alumnus vows to be a good steward of U.S. land, protect interests of farmers and ranchers.

Inspired by the discovery of an antimicrobial protein in Komodo dragon plasma, researchers have synthesized a peptide called DRGN-1 that demonstrated potent antimicrobial and wound healing activity.

Veterinary dentist Dr. Jan Bellows compiled this list of food, treats and more that are proven effective in maintaining the health of pets' teeth.

A recent study found promise in a new drug that treats cachexia, a progressive wasting syndrome. The trial is currently in canine patients, with hopes to move to human patients in the future.

A new study shows that bonobos—not chimpanzees, as was once thought—may be more closely linked, anatomically speaking, to humans.

Here's our weekly rundown of new and notable veterinary products.

In light of multiple recent human cases of Asian H7N9 bird flu in China, the country is taking measures to prevent further spread of the virus.

In successive generations of homing pigeons, researchers observed that collective intelligence accumulates and leads to progressive modifications.