VPN Plus+ ExclusiveReptile basics 101: Tips and veterinary insightsOctober 9, 2025Quite often, a failure in nutrition, environmental conditions, or inadequate enrichment leads to health problems that bring these animals into the clinic. Sadly, routine annual care goes by the wayside, and we often only get to help these species when it may be too late. Knowing some basics and how to educate a new reptile pet owner out of the gate may help prevent numerous health problems down the line.
Education Center - SponsoredRethinking Our Approach to Canine OA: Treating synovial inflammationby • Exubrion TherapeuticsIt’s time to reframe arthritis not just as a painful condition, but as a disease of rampant synovial inflammation. In adopting a proactive treatment strategy that is aimed at modulating the inflammatory process, veterinarians can now provide more effective, long-term care.
Working dog teams learn life-saving veterinary skills in recent training programOctober 7, 2025Portland’s DoveLewis Veterinary Hospital is taking veterinary expertise out of the clinic and into the field, training K9 handlers to provide life-saving care to working dogs in emergencies—from opioid exposure to trauma.
Tech solutions strengthen human-animal bond, study showsOctober 7, 2025The study, released by the Human Animal Bond Research Institute (HABRI), in partnership with Chewy Health, explores the challenges pet owners encounter, the potential of technology-driven innovations to address these issues, and the vital role veterinary professionals play in nurturing the human-animal bond.
Jane Goodall, ethologist and environmentalist, passes away at 91October 2, 2025A pioneering primatologist and conservationist, Goodall’s research on chimpanzees transformed animal behavior science and redefined human–animal connections, leaving a lasting global legacy.
Brain Teaser: Can you solve this puzzle?September 30, 2025Presentation: An eight-year-old male intact German Shepherd presents for hematuria.
2025 Vet Box unboxing video with NAVTA presidentSeptember 30, 2025What's in the box? Take a look inside with VPN Plus+ contributor and NAVTA president Beckie Mossor as she shares whthe contents of the 2025 Vet Box. VPN Plus+ annual subscribers received the Vet Box at the end of the summer as a value-add with the annual subscription.
Real-time, on-site testing critical in containing outbreaksSeptember 25, 2025Although currently being used to test for HPAI in commercial poultry, new diagnostic technology has potentially broader applications for veterinary practices.
VPN Plus+ ExclusiveEmpowering collaborative conversations for a better practiceSeptember 24, 2025Rather than a single “gold standard” treatment plan that’s typically more expensive, it’s helpful to offer clients a continuum of options, ranging from essential, lower-cost interventions to more advanced diagnostics and treatments. It’s not about compromising care; it’s about meeting clients where they are, engaging in transparent communication, and making informed, shared decisions.
Vet team saves dog from pentobarbital poisoningSeptember 23, 2025 A Boykin spaniel-mix from Maryland was treated with intravenous lipid emulsion therapy after ingesting charred animal protein from a burn pile and suffering from pentobarbital poisoning.
VPN Plus+ ExclusivePain Management for Chronic DiseaseSeptember 16, 2025In this session: Tamara Grubb, DVM, PhD, CVMA, CVPP, DACVAA, addresses effective treatment of chronic pain in animals often requires administering both traditional and ‘nontraditional’ analgesics, along with nonpharmacologic techniques. The importance of the patient’s team (caregiver or owner, technician, veterinarian, etc.) in identifying and managing its pain is stressed.
