Advocate for dental health all year longFebruary 9, 2023We created “Dental Month” to help compensate for our anticipated financial slump when things have been historically slower. Times have changed, and oral pet care thankfully has changed as well.
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Has the time come for dental month to die?February 7, 2023Could 2023 be the year dental discounts die? When National Pet Dental Health Month began in February two decades ago, its goal was to educate pet owners and fill seasonal downturns for practices. Deliberate discounts have mutated into marketing monsters for hospitals. Many practices have jampacked dental schedules from January to March to accommodate the demand.
Machine-learning radiography service expands into AsiaFebruary 7, 2023Texas-based biotechnology company SignalPet, which currently has a presence in North America, Europe, and Australia, is set to expand into Asia.
Heartworm survey aims to educate on deadly diseaseFebruary 3, 2023Veterinarians from across the U.S. are asked to submit data from their clinics to be included in the 2022 American Heartworm Society (AHS) Heartworm Incidence Survey.
$2.25M pledge keeps owners, pets together amidst domestic violenceFebruary 2, 2023An initiative aimed at protecting domestic abuse survivors and their pets, as well as preserving the human-animal bond, has received a significant, multi-year commitment from PetSmart Charities.
Feline facial recognition tool, dental diagnostic selected for Purina programFebruary 2, 2023From an oral swab that provides at-home age estimates for pets to an app that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to measure how a cat is feeling, the utilization of forward-thinking technology seemed to be top of mind for the startup companies selected for this year’s class of Purina’s Pet Care Innovation Prize program.
Practicing antimicrobial stewardshipFebruary 1, 2023 Antimicrobial stewardship (AMS), particularly as related to antimicrobial resistance (AMR), should be considered daily due to its global prioritization by the World Health Organization (WHO) and other human and veterinary key groups.
Brain Teaser: Can you solve this puzzle?February 1, 2023Test your veterinary knowledge with our monthly challenge.
SDMA testing key to better kidney diagnosesJanuary 31, 2023A robust kidney evaluation—from juvenile to geriatric—should include all reliable screening diagnostics. In addition to creatinine (CREA) and blood urea nitrogen (BUN), symmetric dimethylarginine (SDMA) testing now plays an increasingly important role in diagnostics.
Are modified rabies recommendations backed by the latest scientific findings?January 31, 2023Rabies pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) recommendations were recently amended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC); they replace the previous three-dose PrEP schedule with a two-dose one.
