Veterinary Voices

"A true endless nightmare." "Immense and exhausting." "Like being in a war." These are among the ways Brazilian veterinarians described going through some of the worst floods in the country's history.

In wake of Brazil's floods, veterinarians put much on the line was published July 18, 2024.

Staff at a large veterinary practice in the United Kingdom have voted to walk off the job next week, in what their union says will be the first labor action of its kind for the country's veterinary profession.

Veterinarians at UK practice vote to strike over pay was published on July 9, 2024. 

 

If Utah State University's planned veterinary school were already established, aspiring students could have begun applying months ago to be considered for enrollment in fall 2025.

But USU's veterinary school is not yet in place, and while school officials hope to enroll their first class at that time, they anticipate accepting applications no earlier than spring 2025. That's nearly one year after most veterinary schools and fewer than two months before most applicants commit to a program.

Utah veterinary school plan hits a time crunch was published on July 3, 2024. 

A senior cat that had been gentle most of its life developed a curious tendency to claw at the legs of its 9-year-old human housemate whenever the child walked by. Mystified by the cat's aggressive turn, its owners consulted their regular veterinarian. The doctor, too, was perplexed.

It took a referral to a veterinary behaviorist, Dr. Christine Calder, to get to the bottom of the problem: The cat was acting strangely because it was in pain.

Researchers tap AI to read pain in animals was published on June 25, 2024. 

A strict new rabies-prevention rule affecting dogs entering the U.S. has veterinarians confused and concerned.

Bringing any dog into US gets more complex on Aug. 1 was published on June 19, 2024. 

 

Veterinarians were inadvertently included in a new state law that excuses licensees from continuing education requirements in a range of occupations.

Are Florida veterinarians really exempt from CE? published on June 4, 2024.

 

A deal under which residents of South Dakota pay discounted tuition for four years of veterinary school by beginning their studies in their home state and finishing at the University of Minnesota might be unavailable to those who enter the program in fall 2025 and beyond.

Veterinary program may get pricier for South Dakotans published on May 28, 2024. 

 

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has finalized a rule to fortify regulations against soring, a painful horse-training technique that has endured despite being prohibited for more than a half-century.

US regulators strengthen rule to stamp out horse soring published on May 24, 2024. 

 

The British corporate consolidator CVS Group has sold all of its veterinary practices in Ireland and the Netherlands for just 2 euros (US$2.17) to a veterinarian and former head of its international operations.

Veterinary consolidator sells Irish, Dutch practices for $2 published on May 21, 2024.

A foreign business that produces an effective, if unauthorized, drug for a deadly cat disease is now selling a black-market compound to treat another difficult condition in cats. This time, doctors have strong doubts about the product, not the least because its full contents are a mystery.

Unproven treatment for oral disease in cats surfaces in US published on May 16, 2024.