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Thursday May 30, 2024
US regulators strengthen rule to stamp out horse soring
Thursday May 30, 2024
Thursday May 30, 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.
Wednesday May 22, 2024
Veterinary consolidator sells Irish, Dutch practices for $2
Wednesday May 22, 2024
Wednesday May 22, 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.
Tuesday May 21, 2024
Unproven treatment for oral disease in cats surfaces in US
Tuesday May 21, 2024
Tuesday 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.
Monday May 13, 2024
Overdue good news arrives for FIP cats in the US
Monday May 13, 2024
Monday May 13, 2024
A veterinary compounding pharmacy in New Jersey has announced it will make available an oral treatment for feline infectious peritonitis starting in June. The tablets for individual patients with a prescription will be the first veterinary FIP treatment sold in the United States.
Overdue good news arrives for FIP cats in the US published on May 9, 2024.
Monday May 13, 2024
US veterinary groups clash over need for more practitioners
Monday May 13, 2024
Monday May 13, 2024
American Veterinary Medical Association leaders sharply criticized a report commissioned by a group that represents the nation's veterinary schools, maintaining that it overstated an apparent need for more practitioners.
Coming under further fire, the American Association of Veterinary Medical Colleges withdrew the report for a different reason: It acknowledged the report didn't respectfully represent the increasing role that women are playing in a profession that is predominantly female.
Wednesday May 08, 2024
Veterinarians alerted to potential Varenzin syringe problem
Wednesday May 08, 2024
Wednesday May 08, 2024
A syringe used by pet owners to administer a drug for treating anemia in cats with chronic kidney disease could become unreadable, raising a danger of misdosing, according to an alert sent to veterinarians by the pharmaceutical company Elanco Animal Health.
Veterinarians alerted to potential Varenzin syringe problem published on May 2, 2024.
Wednesday May 08, 2024
Calif. regulators oppose bill that would expand RVT duties
Wednesday May 08, 2024
Wednesday May 08, 2024
California veterinary regulators are opposing a bill that would allow registered veterinary technicians to neuter male cats, a sign of expanding resistance to the controversial proposal as it moves toward its first big test in the Legislature.
Monday May 06, 2024
What's next on the U.S. ban against noncompetes
Monday May 06, 2024
Monday May 06, 2024
Recently, the Federal Trade Commission announced a ban on noncompete clauses across the United States, a move that could significantly affect employers and workers, including those in veterinary medicine. To understand the implications, the VIN News Service talked to Dr. Lance Rosa, a contract attorney and veterinarian who has reviewed thousands of employment agreements.
The article on which this episode is based, What's next on the U.S. ban against noncompetes, published on April 25, 2024
Tuesday Apr 30, 2024
Plans for new veterinary school in Kentucky stall
Tuesday Apr 30, 2024
Tuesday Apr 30, 2024
Murray State University's ambition to open Kentucky's first veterinary school hit a roadblock last week when the General Assembly adjourned without approving a bill necessary to start a veterinary college. Nevertheless, indications are that the effort will be revived when lawmakers reconvene in January.
Wednesday Apr 24, 2024
When farmers own a veterinary practice
Wednesday Apr 24, 2024
Wednesday Apr 24, 2024
Veterinarians long have had a close-knit relationship with farmers, whether they're treating their livestock, offering advice on animal husbandry or just being a friend to talk to when times are tough. But one farming family deep in the Australian outback has taken the relationship to the next level: They bought the local veterinary practice.
When farmers own a veterinary practice published on April 19, 2024.