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|Articles|January 21, 2022
News wrap-up: This week's veterinary headlines, plus new PCR test for internal parasites
Author(s)dvm360 Staff
Check out this week’s highlights.
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As we enter the last full week of January, we remain committed to providing you the latest (and greatest) veterinary news and hot topics.
Here's a look at this week's highlights:
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- In an
interview with dvm360®, Chris Pachel, DVM, DACVB, CABC, urged veterinary professionals to educate clients on redirecting pet problem behaviors. - On this
episode of The Vet Blast Podcast, Kathleen Cooney, DVM, MS, CHPV, CCFP, CAETA founder and director of education, and Stephanie Messick, CAETA academy director, discuss how the right approach to euthanasia can make a big difference. - Due to the success of its inaugural scholarship, Aurora Pharmaceutical
announced the program's return for 2022 and increased the award to $75,000. - Leigh Clayton, DVM, DABVP (Avian Practice and Amphibian and Reptile Practice), eMBA, DVM, DABVP,
shared 6 elements necessary for an optimal fish quarantine to reduce the risk of transmitting pathogens. - Antech Diagnostics plans to
launch a new molecular diagnostic test that may be veterinary medicine’s most sensitive for canine and feline intestinal parasites. - In this recent
installment of Toxin Tails, a Labrador retriever was diagnosed with serotonin syndrome after ingesting up to 600 dietary sleep supplement pills.
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