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.
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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+ 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 …
VPN Plus+ ExclusiveAddressing acute neuromuscular diseases of dogsJune 12, 2025Acute neuromuscular diseases comprise several common and other uncommon conditions that can lead to signs ranging from exercise intolerance to paralysis in dogs. Some are associated with distinct clinical signs and sensitive and specific tests, while others are diagnosed based on clinical suspicion and elimination of alternative differential diagnoses. T
VPN Plus+ ExclusiveTime to dispel the myth cats vomiting is normalJune 4, 2025One of my biggest pet peeves is when clients come to me, as an emergency clinician, with an emergency, and when asked about chronic conditions/problems, clients do not mention vomiting. When I ask about vomiting specifically, I often get “Oh, well, yeah, Fluffy vomits about every other day to weekly” or, well, “Lucky gets hairballs a few times a month.” Usually followed by, “But that is normal.” Of course, I could go on. Please, please stop telling owners it is normal for their cats to vomit.
VPN Plus+ ExclusiveFront desk fallout: why CSRs burn out fasterMay 13, 2025CSRs carry the emotional weight of client expectations and often deal with the fallout of complex or even abusive interactions. In addition to the increasing demands of digital communication—answering emails and texts, managing online reviews, and fielding social media messages—it becomes clear the role of modern the CSR is highly complex.
VPN Plus+ ExclusiveA realistic approach to managing mastitisMay 6, 2025Blanket protocols for clinical mastitis treatment are still commonplace on many U.S. dairy farms. Putting more strategic treatment protocols in place with your dairy clients can deliver successful cow outcomes, reduce the costs associated with mastitis treatment, and lower the use of antimicrobials.
VPN Plus+ ExclusiveUnderstanding the relationship between veterinarians, animal abuse, and One HealthApril 16, 2025Identifying an abused animal may help prevent the abuse or neglect of a human family member, friend, or even a stranger. This is a genuine One Health concern. Environmental factors, in addition to human and animal risk factors, play a role in the development of cruelty/neglect, and our veterinary intervention may save lives.
VPN Plus+ ExclusiveThe ULTIMATE guide to movement disorders in dogs and catsApril 11, 2025Through 4K words, four charts and six videos, Dr Susan Arnold provides an incredibly comprehensive guide on movement disorders, including their proposed etiologies, affected species and breeds, phenotypes, diagnostic workup, and treatments. It also covers the features a clinician can use to distinguish a movement disorder from seizures, the most common alternative diagnosis for movement disorders.
