Sneak peek: Echinococcus multilocularis found in Washington coyotes, and other news

Happy Monday dv360 readers! Did you know that we are quickly approaching our second Fetch conference of the year, Fetch Nashville! You can join the dvm360 team, over 40 faculty members from a multitude of specialties, including 2 keynote speakers, exhibitors, fellow attendees, and more, plus earn up to 16 continuing education credits!

It is not too late to sign up and secure your spot in the Music City with dvm360! You can check out the agenda, see who is exhibiting, and register here today!

After you register, be on the lookout for these topics the dvm360 editorial team will be covering this week:

• A recently published study led by University of Washington researchers has become the first to detect Echinococcus multilocularis(E. multilocularis) in a wild host on the west coast of the contiguous US after esearchers surveyed 100 coyotes in the Puget Sound region and found E. multilocularis in 37 of them.
• On this week episode of The Vet Blast Podcast presented by dvm360, Adam Christman, DVM, MBA, welcomes Connor Barich DVM, MPH, to the show to talk about his journey of being a veterinary professional, his soon to be open veterinary clinic, and more!
• The veterinary team at UC Davis Weill School of Veterinary Medicine treated an 8-year-old police dog who was stabbed multiple times while apprehending a suspect after a vehicular pursuit and the suspect refused to surrender.
• Veterinary students enter the field with a compassionate desire to save every animal, only to be confronted by the harsh realities of limited resources and impossible choices. While these difficult decisions are a routine feature of clinical practice, the profession often lacks a shared ethical framework to navigate them. In this article by dvm360 student ambassador Ajay Sawant, he explores how principles of effective altruism can provide the missing language needed to transform these painful dilemmas into a coherent, ethical approach to veterinary care.
• There’s also a new episode of The Resilient Vet this week! In this week's episode, hosts Aaron Shaw, OTR/L, CHT, CSCS, and Jennifer Edwards, DVM, ACC, CPC, ELI-MP, talk about what happens when the most knowledgeable or capable person in a veterinary practice becomes a bottleneck—when everyone relies on them—and the downstream effects for both the individual and the clinic.
• And more!