Top Vet Blast Podcast episodes of 2023: #2

dvm360 Student Ambassador Ajay Sawant discusses the connections between animals, ecosystems, and veterinary medicine.

In honor of Feline Diabetes Awareness Month, Kelly Cairns, DVM, MS, DACVIM (SAIM), explains what the new AAHA guidelines mean for diabetic cats, from spotting early clinical signs to weighing treatment options and building a long-term plan with clients.

The agency says the manufacturer, Arrow Reliance, has not adequately recalled the frozen food, which carries no expiration date and may still be in owners’ freezers.

New treatment guidelines, a genetic first in cats, and fresh options in anesthesia make up the first half of our countdown of the year’s most-read stories.

New CATalyst Council data show cat visits growing for a third straight year. The bigger question for practices may be how many new kittens are still coming in as they age.

When veterinary professionals face uncertainty, they may fill in missing information with assumptions that increase stress and affect their relationships. Cohosts Jennifer Edwards, DVM, PCC, CPC, ELI-MP, and Aaron Shaw, OTR/L, CHT, CSCS, discuss how to recognize these thought patterns and challenge the interpretations behind them.

Police say Prashant Pandya, 45, never held a Tennessee veterinary license but presented himself as a DVM at an East Nashville clinic where pet owners reported problems following procedures.

The donor-funded facility, set to open in fall 2027, is going up alongside a $50 million expansion of the veterinary college’s 1970s-era teaching hospitals.