Expert Interviews

Joseph Taboada, DVM, DACVIM, professor and associate dean at Louisiana State University (LSU) School of Veterinary Medicine, explains that at many veterinary colleges there is a strong focus on developing clinical skill sets.

Tenets from human medicine apply in your practice.

Although many veterinarians continue to use tramadol and gabapentin, James Gaynor, DVM, DACVA, DACVPM, pain specialist at Peak Performance Veterinary Group in Frisco, Colorado, says there is mounting data that suggests the 2 drugs do not work as intended.

Sunlight is good for the patients and the staff. But it's tricky to get it to the entire hospital. Listen to an architect's solutions.

You can have palliative care without hospice, but you cannot have hospice without palliative care.

Lisa Penny, RPh, FSVHP, director of pharmacy at the Cornell University Hospital for Animals, encourages more veterinarians to use the Health Commerce System.

Creative veterinary students go all in on a must-see Les Miserables parody.

Anne Barger, DVM, MS, DACVP, clinical professor in pathobiology at University of Illinois, explains what cytology is and when veterinarians might use it.

Although mycophenolate and azathioprine are very similar in many ways, there is more evidence that mycophenolate works well for neurological disease.

When you implement forward booking in your veterinary practice, there are small changes to your reminder system that will need to be made—but technology can help.

Andrew Linklater, DVM, DACVECC of Lakeshore Veterinary Specialists talks about how the 4 etiologies of shock are treated.

Heidi Barnes Heller, DVM, DACVIM (Neurology), clinical associate professor of neurology/neurosurgery at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Veterinary Medicine, explains how the drug works as an extended release formula.

Jeremy Gransky, DVM, veterinary officer for MVS Pet Care, explains the benefits of owning a mobile veterinary franchise with the support of a team.

Christopher Cripps, DVM, owner of Betterbee, explains how veterinarians work with beekeepers to assess and treat hives.

An original Veterinary Anesthesia Nerd says 'that's just the way we've always done it' is a bad basis for anesthetic protocols.

Work with your pet owner, but euthanasia is never wrong.

The concept of team-based health care means putting everybody at the same level.

What are some new ways to use traditional medications?

In an effort to help sustain bee populations, buzz buffs could unintentionally do harm since these social insects can transmit disease with devastating results.

Dogs that develop hip dysplasia develop it when they're juvenile; it’s a developmental condition in other words.

If you see an opportunity, take it and go out in there and do it.

Making sure that the owners have their pet’s welfare in mind when they're talking about training and behavior modification is really important.

Some examples of some disease conditions that might occur if a bird has poor nutrition are calcium related.

Whether you should hire a part-time social worker or a full-time social worker depends on your veterinary practice size.

Help your veterinary construction project stay on point and on budget with this critical assistant.

Respiratory distress in cats can be scary for both the owner and the veterinarian.

Fear and frustration play a huge role when it comes to problem behavior in pets.

What problem is AlignCare—a new program that will help low-income pet owners gain access veterinary care—hoping to solve?

The biggest way we need to work to gain these is to make it as easy as possible for our clients to leave those reviews.

There is a genetic risk factor, which by best estimates accounts for about 50% of the risk.