Wrap up: Tips for talking to clients about pet insurance, and other news

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Once you are all set and done with registering for Fetch Nashville, here is what you can catch up on from dvm360.com:

• Earlie this week, the FDA issued a warning to veterinarians and clients that multiple lots of Quest Cat Food contain extremely low or no thiamine, which is an essential nutrient for feline health, and the risks of continuing to feed the affect diets to pets.
• Researchers at the University of Wisconsin School of Veterinary Medicine are studying blacklegged ticks with hopes to improve control strategies and reduce disease transmission. The university is framing the project as an ecological study with direct relevance to both humans and animals for tick management and disease prevention.
• On this week’s episode of The Vet Blast Podcast presented by dvm360, Christopher Pachel, DVM, DACBD, CABC (IAABC) and host Adam Christman, DVM, MBA, discuss the clinical application for positive reinforcement, including rewarding pets with both food and nonfood reinforcers.
• When it comes to pet insurance, talking about it with clients is a quick way to suck the air out the room entirely. In this article by Maria Bravo, DVM, she shares a practical guide for veterinary professionals to use when talking to clients about pet insurance to make it a more productive and open conversation.
• During an interview with dvm360 following her lectures at Fetch Charlotte, Tiffany Tupler, DVM, CBCC-KA, HAB, walks listeners through the ‘4 pillars’ of feline behavioral management to effective treat these patients because the solution is rarely a single answer.
• And more!