Expert Interviews

A new position in the veterinary practice may lie beyond your comfort zone, so get ready to stretch. But don't be afraid to ask for help.

In this video, Jennie Tait, AHT, RVT, VTS (Dermatology), from Yu of Guelph Veterinary in Ontario, Canada, discusses the top challenge for diagnosing cases with dermatological clues.

Heidi Barnes Heller, DVM, DACVIM (Neurology), clinical associate professor of neurology/neurosurgery at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Veterinary Medicine, explains how transdermal antiepileptic drugs work in cats—and why the results weren't the same in dogs.

In this video, Dr. Craig Webb offers tips on giving medication to cats, who are often noncompliant in receiving medication.

In this video, Dr. Janice Huntingford discusses the importance of pain management in geriatric cats, rather than dismissing the symptoms as signs of aging.

Jennie Tait, AHT, RVT, VTS, from Yu of Guelph Veterinary Dermatology in Ontario, Canada, discusses how a patient's health history offers clues in determining dermatology.

Danielle Provost, CVT, VTS (ECC), shares tips for talking to patients in emergency situations and helping them navigate the issue.

Focus on medical solutions, not on the naming of lung patterns, veterinary radiology expert says.

Craig Webb, DVM, a faculty member at Colorado State University Veterinary Teaching Hospital discusses the importance of going through a step by step process when diagnosing GI issues in cats.

Specialists lean on their veterinary technicians as extra sets of handsand eyes.

Veterinary behaviorist Dr. Lisa Radosta shares tips for dealing with antagonistic tabbies.

Doug Knueven, DVM, CVA, CVC, CVCH, the owner and medical director of Beaver Animal Clinic in Pennsylvania, explains that although there are differences in the lasting effects and who can perform the modalities, acupuncture and acupressure are really quite similar.

Specializing in dermatology requires detective-like work to distinguish what your patient might be suffering from.

For Lorelei D’Avolio, LVT, VTS (Exotics), CVPM, practice manager at The Center for Avian and Exotic Medicine in New York, being a veterinary technician is incredibly rewarding. Particulalry, D’Avolio loves having contact with her patients and seeing them through every step of their care.

You may be leaving clinic efficiencies on the table by under utilizing staff superstars.

Having trouble locating a small organ on your patient during an ultrasound? Mark Howes, DVM, DACVR, radiologist at the Veterinary Specialty Center in Buffalo Grove, Illinois, says it's all about remembering anatomy basics.

Foster rivalries (and, yes, camaraderie) on your crew.

As the enteric zoonoses activity lead at the CDC, Megin Nichols, DVM, MPH, DACVPM, is tasked with responding to the increase of zoonotic diseases in the United States, particularly Salmonella and E. Coli.

Techs are well suited to provide guidance to pet owners in upsetting and unfamiliar circumstances, expert says.

Although a growing number of emergency management organizations are including veterinarians, there is still a lot of work to be done.

Brenna Fitzgerald, DVM, DABVP (Avian Practice), associate veterinarian at the Medical Center for Birds in Oakley, California, discusses how diagnosing respiratory disease in chickens can be challenging, including the potential for crossover with reproductive tract disease.

A thorough patient history is vital to diagnosing a flea allergy, says Stephen D. White, DVM, DACVD, professor of medicine and epidemiology at the University of California, Davis School of Veterinary Medicine.

This veterinary surgeon has seen it all ... installed in the wrong places. Here are a few things to think about in your surgical suite when you build a new hospital or knock the walls around in your current one.

Daniel Mills, BVSc, PhD, FRCVS, DECAWBM, professor of veterinary behavioral medicine at the University of Lincoln, explains how to differentiate between fear and frustration—and instances where the 2 interact.

This DVM says "the veterinary nurse is a sister profession"and a critical part of the veterinary healthcare team.

What is Fear Free Happy Homes? Julie Reck, DVM, founder and owner of the Veterinary Medical Center of Fort Mill, South Carolina, explains.

Anne Barger, DVM, MS, DACVP, clinical professor in pathobiology at University of Illinois, discusses why cysts and lumps are the easiest—and most common—to aspirate.

This imaging specialist says techs are key to his practice productivity.