VPN Plus+ ExclusiveFire safety isn't optional in veterinary practiceAugust 7, 2025While Pet Fire Safety Day is July 15, and National Fire Prevention Week is October 5-11, 2025, fire prevention and preparedness in the event of a fire are crucial 365 days a year. Many people may see prevention strategies and staff training as ancillary, less important than veterinary-related education, and even boring. However, waiting until an emergency strikes to realize the need for pre-planning, staff awareness, and training is too late.
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New study calls for unified approach to expanding access to vet careJuly 29, 2025A new study maps barriers to veterinary care and offers a clear framework to guide future solutions. Learn how the profession can better support underserved pets—and why your involvement matters.
VPN Plus+ ExclusiveWhat Do Cats Want? Tweaking Technique and Environment Can Make Everybody PurrJuly 28, 2025In this session: By rethinking how we interact with felines and trying to see things from their point of view, life becomes less stressful for them, for you, and for your clients. Margie Scherk, DVM, DABVP (Feline), shares information about what triggers to avoid, as well as practical applications, tips, and techniques to manage cats’ environment to support their emotional health and wellbeing.
VPN Plus+ ExclusiveTech Talk: Why 'veterinary technician' deserves protection—now more than everJuly 23, 2025By Beckie Mossor, MPA, RVTNAVTA President on why "veterinary technician" title protection is not a superficial concern: Title misuse impacts patient safety, public trust, professional retention, and ultimately, the sustainability of veterinary healthcare teams. If we, those who hold the credential do not protect, respect, and correctly use our own title within veterinary culture, how can we expect pet owners, legislators, or even our peers in human healthcare to understand its meaning and importance?
VPN Plus+ ExclusiveThe role of vets in animal-assisted interventionsJuly 16, 2025Animal-assisted interventions (AAIs) employ this HAB, incorporating animals into health interventions that blend contemporary medicine with holistic approaches to enhance outcomes and quality of life. Veterinarians serve a key role in ensuring the safety of these programs and the health and safety of the animal participants, working together with various professionals and volunteers to ensure success.
VPN Plus+ ExclusiveRegenerative Medicine for Musculoskeletal DiseaseJuly 9, 2025In this session: David Lane, DVM, ACVSMR, CVSMT, CCRT, CVA, covers using regenerative medicine to treat musculoskeletal disease, including osteoarthritis, tendon, and ligament injuries. He discusses how to combine regenerative medicine with other products for injection into arthritic joints, as well as using a multimodal approach for treating tendon or ligament injury. This information will arm practitioners with a good understanding of how to use regenerative medicine, alone or in combination with other treatments, to address musculoskeletal disease.
VPN Plus+ ExclusiveBreaking down barriers to the feline veterinary care crisisJuly 2, 2025Veterinarians have reported treatment delays or cessation among cats suffering from major health conditions, with dental issues and obesity being the most common. Additionally, more than one in three veterinarians report that mobility issues and kidney or urinary issues have gone untreated in cats.
VPN Plus+ ExclusiveCurrent Status of Stem Cell Use in CatsJune 26, 2025In this session: Tracy Webb, DVM, PhD, addresses the significant unmet medical need for cats. Regenerative therapies, including stem cells, are being evaluated as potential treatments for several feline diseases. Although there are currently no approved stem cell products for cats in the U.S., veterinary professionals can provide benefit to themselves and their patients by being aware of the regulations, unique considerations, and current evidence on the use of cell-based therapies in this species.
VPN Plus+ ExclusiveA novel treatment for canine osteoarthritisJune 26, 2025Effectively managing canine osteoarthritis must instead be approached as a lifelong commitment focused on both managing pain and decreasing inflammation. This two-pronged attack is essential. If only the pain is treated but not the underlying inflammation, the disease is allowed to progress unchecked and debilitation is likely.
VPN Plus+ ExclusiveTime to stop horsing around with equine pain managementJune 19, 2025 Many horses are described as grumpy, aggressive, unwilling, lazy, bad-tempered, or ill-mannered, but what if they are none of those things? Equine pain experts say unwanted behavior is often an attempt to communicate the animal is in pain. Failure by owners and veterinarians to recognize pain occurs for several reasons: the propensity of horses to conceal pain; a lack of training for veterinarians in evaluating poor performance or low-grade multi-limb lameness, especially in ridden horses; and denial by owners and trainers who may not want to admit that their horses are aging, injured, or unable to compete in a particular event. "I think one of the biggest challenges for us is equine medicine hasn't really come along as well as small animal medicine, dogs and cats, with regard to recognition of pain as a vital sign and something we should be treating," says Rachel Reed, DVM, DACVAA, associate professor at University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine. "For horses, we're a little bit behind on thinking about managing their pain. It's often an afterthought to whatever they are presented for." Veterinary researchers are seeking improved methods and tools for recognizing and …
