Wrap up: UK pet food brand recalls all fresh dog meals over vision loss reports, and other news

Happy Friday, dvm360 readers! We're deep into the dog days of late August, with veterinary schools gearing up for a new academic year and clinics settling into the last stretch of summer's pace. It's been a busy week for news, too, with a fast-moving pet food recall, a new diagnostic tool hitting exam rooms, and some good reminders on protecting your own bandwidth as a practitioner. Here's what you might have missed.

Here's what came out this week on dvm360.com:

• Years, a UK-based fresh pet food subscription company, has recalled all of its fresh dog meals after reports of dogs developing sudden keratoconjunctivitis sicca that in some cases progressed to vision loss. The company suspects a recently introduced buckwheat ingredient may be to blame, with case reports climbing from 57 in mid-August to 192 by August 18.
• Sonja Zabel, DVM, DACVD, breaks down why treating feline otitis externa takes a different playbook than it does in dogs, from inflammatory polyps to the off-label hesitation that keeps clinicians from treating.
• The University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine has launched a new One Health certificate program, training graduate and professional students to collaborate across human, animal, and environmental health disciplines.
• IDEXX has introduced the Catalyst proBNP Test, the first dual-species, point-of-care test for the cardiac biomarker NT-proBNP, bringing lab-quality results into the exam room for cats and dogs.
• In this episode of The Resilient Vet: Mind and Body Strategies for Success, Jennifer Edwards, DVM, ACC, CPC, ELI-MP, and Aaron Shaw, OTR/L, CHT, CSCS, walk through 5 practical ways to say no with clarity and compassion, from offering alternatives to holding a firm boundary without guilt.
• And more!