Technicians

As one of the top reasons dogs come into your veterinary clinic, you certainly get a lot of practice diagnosing otitis. But because practice doesn’t necessarily make perfect, veterinary dermatologist Dr. Ashley Bourgeois shares her solutions to some common diagnostic conundrums.

Don’t let faulty ear cleaning be the reason your veterinary patients suffer from chronic ear disease.

It remains unclear how much havoc the COVID-19 pandemic will wreak for people and businesses around the world before it ends. In the meantime, the AVMA continues to offer guidance for veterinary practices.

Otitis in puppies (especially those floppy-eared cuties) can be tricky for pet owners to catch until the infection is well on its way to causing pain and discomfort. Give clients this handout so they can recognize clinical signs of otitis as early as possible.

Researchers from Colorado State University want to stop feline enteric coronavirus before it has a chance to mutate into feline infectious peritonitis.

It’s been something of a struggle to establish pet insurance as a standard in pet care in the United States, but a new generation of pet owners may be changing that.

Millennials are one of the largest driving forces behind pet health insurance growth.

Make sure pet owners understand that ear cropping isn't a get-out-of-jail-free card when it comes to otitis externa.

Feeling confident in your history-obtaining abilities, veterinarians? If you’re not asking your veterinary clients these 11 questions the next time you’re facing an otitis case, you might want to reconsider.

Veterinary dermatologist Dr. Ashley Bourgeois shares how to bend clients’ ears while you’re examining the ones on their pets.

The document was developed to help resolve global inequities in accessing veterinary medicines.

Generational differences in thinking and communication styles are real, and catering to the styles of today’s younger pet owners will put your practice on the path to building lasting bonds.

Some veterinary professionals find online fundraising for pet care distasteful, but it does have some plusses.

Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) is the body’s breaking point when diabetes mellitus wreaks havoc. What pushes the diabetic animal over the edge is typically an underlying disease that hinders compensatory mechanisms.

Aimed at both veterinarians and physicians, this free program aims to foster the practice of One Health concepts related to the human-companion animal bond.

The voluntary recall was prompted by elevated calcium levels in several lots of chicken, turkey and rabbit feed.

Having a thorough understanding of analgesia, pain and dysphoria is necessary to provide appropriate management interventions that will help achieve a positive outcome for your veterinary patients.

The bond between humans and animals is nothing new, but how will veterinary professionals continue to maintain their crucial role in this relationship?

Staying informed and separating fact from fiction are vital as fear about the human coronavirus grows. Prevention is key to stopping virus transmission.

The Fetch series is designed to provide high-quality continuing education to veterinary professionals.

Increasing concerns among pet owners about whether pets can contract the SARS-Cov-2 virus prompted Trupanion to mine its data and share good news.

The pet dog of an infected patient tested ‘weakly positive’ for COVID-19 in Hong Kong, but WSAVA and other governmental health organizations say standard precautions are sufficient.

Five researchers will each receive $15,000 to continue their investigations on respiratory conditions in horses.

The sarolaner-moxidectin-pyrantel chewable is 100% effective both in preventing heartworm and in killing adult fleas 8 hours after treatment.

Two young doctors dove right into practice ownership and building a facility all at once and got the practice of their dreams, earning them top honors in the under-8,000-square-feet category of the dvm360 Hospital Design Competition. 

Opioids lob their powers against many of the body’s evils, from pain to coughing to diarrhea. But there’s a dark side to opioids, both for the pets prescribed them and for their human caregivers.

Talking about fleas and other parasites with your veterinary clients can be exasperating when your advice goes unheeded, but veterinarian Jessica Stroupe finds humor in her frustration about what she calls "flea denial."

Veterinary practice manager Bash Halow offers strategies on how to use telemedicine as a way to fortify the veterinarian-client-patient relationship.