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How FDA effort to limit veterinary compounding is unfolding published on March 12, 2024.
Monday Mar 11, 2024
Puerto Rico's debut veterinary school elicits tepid reception
Monday Mar 11, 2024
Monday Mar 11, 2024
Ana G. Méndez University's recent approval by U.S. accreditors to establish Puerto Rico's first veterinary school is drawing a mixed response within the profession. Set to open in August, the program is intended to meet the need for more veterinarians both on the island and worldwide, according to Dr. Shaiana M. Negrón Pagán, dean of the program.
Puerto Rico's debut veterinary school elicits tepid reception published on March 7, 2024.
Friday Mar 08, 2024
Visits to veterinarians decline as pet boom fades
Friday Mar 08, 2024
Friday Mar 08, 2024
Dr. Trae Cutchin has just done something he would not have anticipated doing a few years back when the so-called pandemic pet boom was stretching veterinary teams to the limit.
Thursday Mar 07, 2024
Push for midlevel role in veterinary medicine expands
Thursday Mar 07, 2024
Thursday Mar 07, 2024
Colorado and Florida have emerged as battlefronts in the drive to create a veterinary midlevel practitioner role, a position comparable to that of a nurse practitioner or physician assistant in human medicine.
Push for midlevel role in veterinary medicine expands published on Feb. 28, 2024.Monday Feb 26, 2024
Are pets ‘probiotics' for humans?
Monday Feb 26, 2024
Monday Feb 26, 2024
Most people know that pets hold a special place in many a human heart, providing a source of comfort and bolstering emotional well-being. Fewer might be aware that pets also can improve the composition of our gut flora, potentially bringing a host of unique health benefits to owners — and perhaps even to veterinary professionals.
Are pets ‘probiotics' for humans? published on Feb. 15, 2024.
Saturday Feb 24, 2024
Surge of mysterious respiratory illnesses in dogs abates
Saturday Feb 24, 2024
Saturday Feb 24, 2024
As a wave of severe respiratory infections among pet dogs in the United States captured widespread media attention in late November, many worried the worst was ahead. Traveling, boarding and congregating associated with the December holidays would, the thinking went, drive an even greater spike in cases.
Thursday Feb 15, 2024
Navigating the murky terrain of veterinary telemedicine
Thursday Feb 15, 2024
Thursday Feb 15, 2024
Navigating the murky terrain of veterinary telemedicine published on Feb. 14, 2024.
Thursday Feb 15, 2024
Calif. bill would allow veterinary technicians to neuter cats
Thursday Feb 15, 2024
Thursday Feb 15, 2024
A bill introduced into the California Legislature Wednesday would permit a registered veterinary technician to neuter a male domestic cat provided they're directly supervised by a veterinarian.
Calif. bill would allow veterinary technicians to neuter cats published on Feb. 9, 2024.
Wednesday Feb 07, 2024
Confusion swirls around first legal FIP treatment in US
Wednesday Feb 07, 2024
Wednesday Feb 07, 2024
Dr. Anna Reading is doing what few veterinarians in the United States before her have done. The small animal practitioner in southern Washington state is administering an antiviral drug to a cat with feline infectious peritonitis, a fatal disease, without breaking any laws or regulations.
Thursday Feb 01, 2024
Sex hormone drug exposures in pets draw notice in Europe
Thursday Feb 01, 2024
Thursday Feb 01, 2024
The first report to capture Dr. Ann Neubert's attention involved a breeder of French bulldogs and Chihuahuas. Over the course of three months, four puppies were born with curious features. Three females had enlarged vulvas, while one male had swollen mammary glands. The apparent cause: exposure to a medication the breeder put on her skin containing the sex hormone estrogen.
Sex hormone drug exposures in pets draw notice in Europe published on Jan. 30, 2024.
Show notes
Study: Hyperöstrogenismus und Hyperandrogenismus bei Hunden und Katzen infolge sekundärer Exposition
Drug safety bulletin: Bulletin zur Arzneimittelsicherheit - Informationen aus BfArM und PEI