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News|Articles|November 24, 2025
Sneak peek: Feline patient receives Thailand’s first pacemaker, and other news
Author(s)Caitlin McCafferty, Content Producer
Here is a sneak peek at this week’s headlines.
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Happy Monday dvm360 readers, are you ready for Thanksgiving? With Thanksgiving being a time to reflect and be thankful, it can also be a dangerous time for patients. From family visiting and leaving open suitcases with medication in them on the floor to cooking ingredients harmful for pets and alcohol being left around, no one wants a trip to the emergency room this Thanksgiving. Sharing helpful tips and things to look out for on social media, educating clients coming in for visits this week, and providing any other materials can help keep clients and patients out of the ER and with their family and friends this Thursday.
Here is all the news you can catch up on this week:
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- Veterinarians from the Chulalongkorn University’s Faculty of Veterinary Sciences successfully perform the first pacemaker implantation in Thailand in Pepsi, an 8-year-old domestic shorthair cat.
- Pro Plan Veterinary recently announced that it has entered a partnership with Ease, an online home for veterinary behavior specialty care, to raise awareness of veterinary behavioral support services.
- On this week’s episode of The Vet Blast Podcast presented by dvm360, Bonnie Wright, DVM, DACVAA, joins Adam Christman, DVM, MBA, to talk more about what it is like to be an integrative pain management specialist, acupuncture, and more.
- In preparation for Thanksgiving, Thrive Pet Healthcare shared how holiday chaos can look from the eyes of emergency and urgent care veterinary professionals to help raise awareness of the holiday horrors lurking during this time of years festivities.
- Harvey S. Peeler College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM) at Clemson University in South Carolina announced that it has received a $16.5 million donation, the largest private donation the college has ever received, as it prepares to welcome its first class of students next fall.
- Zoetis and Wragler National Finals Rodeo (NFR) reignited their 4 year partnership to support proper biosecurity protocols and precautions by providing vaccines to the horses competing in the 2025 NFR.
- And more!
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