Veterinary Voices

To read the North American pet insurance trade group's latest state of the industry report, one might think all is well: More dogs and cats are covered each year and sales revenue continues to trend upward.

At least three veterinarians who have followed the industry for years have a different view. 

This article was published in print on Aug. 19, 2024.

Pet medication distributor PetIQ has all but ended a brief foray into veterinary practice with the closure of 133 clinics that will see scores of veterinarians and support staff lose their jobs.

This article was published in print on Aug. 15, 2024.

Frustration is simmering among some veterinary specialists over a new organization that began in 2022 to certify veterinarians as diplomates in "exotic pet medicine," bypassing established credentialing programs.

New exotic pet medicine group rattles establishment was published Aug. 12, 2024

Mission Veterinary Partners and Southern Veterinary Partners are planning a merger that would create one of the largest owners of veterinary practices in the United States.

Veterinary chains Mission, Southern plan merger was published Aug. 7, 2024.

Two decades ago, a lawyer named Mark Cushing received a call that spurred his ascent as one of the veterinary community's most formidable — and, some would say, polarizing — political strategists.

Meet the lawyer working to reshape the veterinary landscape was published on July 30, 2024.

Amid ongoing debate over how, when and even whether dogs and cats should be desexed, sweeping new reproduction control guidelines have been released. And, not surprisingly, they're raising some hackles.

Co-creator outlines case for new WSAVA neutering guide was published on Aug. 1, 2024. 

 

United States authorities have dramatically eased proposed dog travel rules designed to prevent the spread of rabies after they were criticized by veterinarians, pet owners, local lawmakers and foreign governments.

In big turnaround, US eases dog travel rule was published on July 22, 2024.

 

Veterinarians increasingly are weighing the largely positive results they're seeing from new osteoarthritis drugs for dogs and cats with the risk of side effects like neurological disease, following submissions to regulators of thousands of adverse incident reports associated with the popular products.

Veterinarians weigh benefits, risks of new osteoarthritis drugs was published on June 13, 2024.

Canada has secured a partial relaxation from the United States of a controversial new dog-importation rule that many veterinarians fear could leave hordes of pets stranded at the border.

Canada criticizes US dog travel rule, wins some concessions was published on July 17, 2024. 

 

The retraction of a paper from a prestigious veterinary journal for the first time in its 147-year history is stoking discussion about the reliability of research conducted by large corporations — and whether some dog food contains unsafe levels of copper.

Research paper retraction stirs copper safety debate was published on July 1, 2024.