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When were caught between the family we love and the veterinary career we cherish, our fears and guilt can overwhelm us. Stop beating up on yourself, veterinarian moms.

When it comes to urolithiasis in cats, nutrition is part of the problem and the solution. Use this chart to find the best therapeutic diet for your stone-prone veterinary patients.

A prolapsed box turtle rectum pushed me to make the typical veterinarian choice: Get some time off or be the leader a freaked-out team member needed in the moment.

In veterinary medicine, there exists a culture of shame surrounding surgical error. Here, one DVM shares her experience with mental and emotional trauma during surgery and offers 7 steps to help veterinarians rewire their brains after a traumatic event in practice.

One veterinarians story of a dog who reached a place few of her patients are allowed to goher heartand the lessons the experience taught her.

A UK study found that in the veterinary profession, women are overlooked for promotions and often seen as incompetent by overtly sexist clients.

Veterinary associates, remember that small contractual oversights in production-based pay can add up to substantial chunks of money in your employment contracts. Heres what to watchlike a hawk.

I would have never dreamed of a daytime sleep habit, but doctors orders made me a believer.

If you made a mistake with a pet owner, work to make it right. But if an online review crops up thats really a veterinary clients willful misunderstanding or issues, you cant always control that. Move on, veterinary professionals. Move on.

77% of millennials favor veterinarians who discuss the benefits of the human-pet bond, according to speakers at last months AVMA Conference.

With opioids in short supply for use in the veterinary industry, consider some alternative analgesics to treat pain in your veterinary patients.

Street Dog Coalition board member Jon Geller, DVM, DABVP, CVJ, shares a few tips for veterinarians interested in providing care for the pets of Americas indigent population.

Not enough sleep, not enough exercise, not enough time. Is your job in veterinary practice to blameand can you fix it?

You have an open wound come into your practice. Your first temptation is to close it right up. But you might want to wait a few days first, suggests Dr. Bronwyn Fullagar.

This veterinary pain and bioethics expert has an issue with conventional terminology surrounding feline declaws.

A veterinary oncologist outlines what every veterinarian should know when counseling owners on complementary and alternative medicine treatments for their cancer patients.

Try this tip to engage veterinary clients and help them stick to their pets weight loss plan.

Addressing critical issues first, such as hemorrhage, shock and electrolyte abnormalities, can greatly improve the likelihood of survival after transfer to emergency care.

Veterinary behaviorist Wayne Hunthausen, DVM, shared tricks for setting puppies up for success with their new owners at Fetch dvm360 conference in Kansas City.

This stressful disorder in dogs is getting more attention from veterinarians these days, but its important to rule out other issues before diagnosis, says Dr. Wayne Hunthausen.

Its no secret that acral lick granulomas are irritating for veterinary clients, their pets and you. Heres everything you need to know about this dermatologic condition, from what causes it to how to diagnose it.

Theres a lot of action in veterinary exam rooms and treatment areas. Some of it is fluid. Much of it is well intimate. Case in point: I am forever blood sisters with Rebecca the beagle!

Look for the disconnect between your veterinary colleagues words and their nonverbal communication to find out when its time to ask for more information.

Are you covered by state law and your malpractice insurance when it comes to asking for or giving veterinary telemedicine advice?

19th annual veterinary nutrition event yields new insights on DCM-diet link, home-prepared pet foods and more.

Work and life inform veterinary surgeon Nick Trouts successful side gig: best-selling novelist.

Things get complicated when a pet insurance company wont cover a veterinarians asymptomatic patient eating a grain-free diet and at risk for dilated cardiomyopathy. Its a gray area and a tough line to draw, but is this where to draw it?

Selling to an associate shapes the future of the veterinary profession. In this era of corporate buyouts and growing multipractice chains, dont give up on selling to a smart millennial quite yet.