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News|Articles|April 19, 2024
Wrap up: Animal health company responds to safety concerns over OA drug, and other veterinary news
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- After pet owners spoke out over
claims that Zoetis’ bedinvetmab injection (Librela) and frunevetmab injection (Solensia) products caused pets to be sick instead of improving, Zoetis and other veterinary professionals speak out about the drugs and what they have experienced. - On this Wednesday’s
episode of The Vet Blast Podcast, Ken Yagi, MS, RVT, VTS (ECC), (SAIM), explains to listeners why it is important to make an emergency room a low stress experience for both patient and client, and how to accomplish that. - Azalia Boyd, DVM,
shared a closer look at the work she is doing to help progress the veterinary profession through her work as the chief veterinary medical officer for Companions and Animals for Reform and Equity’s Urban Community Animal CARE Division in this Veterinary Profile from our Aprilprint publication . - During an
interview with dvm360, Deb Zoran, DVM, PhD, director of the Texas A&M Veterinary Emergency Team (VET), discussed more about what the team responded do during its deployment to the Texas panhandle, where the Smokehouse Creek wildfire burned. - Domer Technology
announced the launch of 2 new laser to its product line, Domer Laser Class 3B cold laser therapy device and high intensity call 4 laser. The products can help veterinary professionals manage pain for tendon injuries, post-surgical or trauma wounds, nerve injury, and more. - And more!
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