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This week on dvm360.com: A newly published paper investigated the use of AI powered screening devices, and other veterinary news

Author(s)dvm360 Staff

Here is a sneak peek of this week’s headlines.

Happy Monday dvm360 readers! Are you and your clients prepared for Halloween? If you are still prepping your team and clients for the spookiest night of the year, we have you covered. Check out this recent article on Halloween pet safety tips you can use to educate your clients.

As we prepare for All Hallows Eve, here is what you can find this week on dvm360.com:

  • The Minnesota Zoo announced that it has welcomed 2 orphaned sea otter pups that the Alaska Sealife Center found. The pups will receive around-the-clock care for the next several weeks.
  • Guinness World Records shared that Bella, a 14-year-old moggie cat from Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, UK, achieved the record of the world’s loudest purr by a domestic cat (living).
  • On this week’s episode of The Vet Blast Podcast, our host, Adam Christman, DVM, MBA, sat down with Lisa Radosta, DVM, DACVB, to discuss separation anxiety in pets.
  • The Philadelphia Zoo welcomed 2 orphaned puma cub siblings who were rescued in Kalama, Washington, in June 2023 and were cared for by the Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife experts before they were flown to Philadelphia.
  • In the latest installment of the American College of Veterinary Preventive Medicine’s ‘Pocket of Prevention,’ Colleen Shockling, DVM, MPH, DACVPM, identifies signs of mushroom toxicosis to help prevent it.
  • And more!

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