VPN Plus+ ExclusiveTech Talk: 90-day playbook to change your practiceOctober 23, 2025By Beckie Mossor, MPA, RVTKeep tests “small, reversible, and observable.” As teams become more flexible with change, it may be successful to run two micro-experiments to examine potential solutions. This also helps teams become critical of assessing what works as much as what does not.
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VPN Plus+ ExclusiveNutritional Management of PancreatitisOctober 22, 2025In this session: Kara Burns, MS, Med, LVT, VTS (Nutrition), VTS Hon (Internal Medicine) (Dentistry), focuses on the healthcare team’s role in identifying and managing pancreatitis and the key nutritional factors responsible for minimizing signs and symptoms associated with pancreatitis.
Study evaluates impact of 'fresh, human-grade' food on senior dog healthOctober 21, 2025The year-long study, conducted by Cornell University and The Farmer's Dog, links fresh, minimally processed diets to improved metabolic health and healthier aging in senior dogs.
New Mexico offers livestock veterinarians loan repayment programOctober 17, 2025The loan repayment program, which is funded via Senate Bill 8, targets food-animal care shortages in underserved counties, helping veterinarians offset steep student debt.
West Virginia vet fined $956K over missing opioids, false recordsOctober 15, 2025Between 2021 and 2023, the vet reportedly ordered far more opioids than any other customer—at one point accounting for nearly three-quarters of a supplier’s oxycodone sales.
Cats get a paw up on heart diseaseOctober 14, 2025Check out some takeaways from a feline symposium, where experts delivered insights on screening, diagnostics, therapies, nutrition, and decision-making to improve feline cardiac care.
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.
Rescue animals aid in ER careOctober 9, 2025A collaborative effort uses rescued shelter animals as blood donors, providing lifesaving products while offering these animals rehabilitation, adoption, and a second chance at life.
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.
