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Weekly news wrap-up: The latest on COVID-19, plus a possible vaccine against feline enteric coronavirus
Author(s)dvm360 Staff
Want to be in the know? Check out the veterinary news highlights from this week.
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It's been a crazy week for anyone working in a veterinary practice. Odds are that your entire appointment protocols have changed in order to protect your team and your clients from COVID-19. Here's the latest on the novel coronavirus and other veterinary news.
Our latest COVID-19 coverage:
- Idexx Laboratories says it has tested thousands of dogs and cats, and they all
came up negative for the coronavirus strain that causes COVID-19 . - The American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA)
has been keeping its members up to date on its work to help keep veterinary practices open , providing tips on how to best care for patients while maintaining a low personal risk, and how to conserve personal protective equipment. - dvm360’s Chief Veterinary Officer Dr. Adam Christman
offers some tips to help your veterinary practice during the coronavirus pandemic . - Certified leadership and wellness coach Kristina Guldbrand, CVT, BS, CSP, shares three techniques you need to implement right now to help improve your wellbeing
during the COVID- 19 pandemic .
In other news:
- In hopes of thwarting feline infectious peritonitis, Colorado State University researchers are developing an
oral vaccine that targets feline enteric coronavirus . - New legislation, if passed, would allow borrowers to
pause interest accumulation and loan repayment while pursuing additional veterinary training and education. - In the latest episode of “The Dilemma Live,” Dr. Marc Rosenberg and Bash Halow, CVT, CVPM, discuss how they would address a team member who inadvertently gave a boarding dog
regular kibble instead of the kosher food provided by the owners .
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The World Health Organization recognized the country's more than 50 years without a human case of dog-mediated rabies, crediting sustained vaccination, surveillance, and cross-sector collaboration.
Christopher Lee, DVM, MPH, DACVPM, DACVM (Parasitology), discusses the clinical significance of Toxoplasma gondii, when veterinary professionals should consider testing, and how to communicate the risks of exposure to clients.
Several rabies exposure incidents have been reported across multiple states, days after the CDC issued a health advisory on rising human rabies exposures and errors in postexposure prophylaxis administration.
The CDC says multiple US jurisdictions have reported increases in human exposures to rabid or potentially rabid animals since July, along with increased use of rabies postexposure prophylaxis.
The update covers diagnosis, slowing progression, managing complications, and supporting caregivers of cats with chronic kidney disease.
Parvovirus cases fell sharply over 13 years, but mortality risk in puppies remains high, study finds
A retrospective review of nearly 79,000 dogs across more than 1000 primary care hospitals found that parvovirus diagnoses dropped by more than 85% between 2010 and 2022, but of the dogs with known outcomes, nearly 44% still died or were euthanized within 14 days of diagnosis.
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