Veterinary Voices

Mars Inc. is laying off some veterinary specialists at its Linnaeus business in the United Kingdom, citing a mismatch between staffing levels and demand for veterinary care.

Mars' Linnaeus unit lays off veterinary specialists in UK published on April 4, 2024. 

Now in its second 100 years of operation, the iconic nonprofit emergency and specialty hospital known as Animal Medical Center of New York City renews its commitment to independent practice, postgraduate education of veterinary professionals and charitable care.

Pioneering nonprofit veterinary hospital plans its next century published on March 28, 2024.

Pet medication distributor PetIQ has closed 149 veterinary practices located inside stores of partners that include Walmart, Meijer and Tractor Supply Co., citing a tight labor market for veterinarians even as demand for pet care appears to ease from a pandemic peak. 

Layoffs at PetIQ after it closes 149 veterinary practices published on March 27, 2024. 

 

Authorities in the United Kingdom have raised the possibility of imposing a cap on veterinary prescription fees and forcing large companies to sell veterinary practices, in a sobering assessment of competition levels that sent one corporate consolidator's share price tumbling.

UK intensifies probe of veterinary competition, pricing published on March 13, 2024. 

 

Corporate consolidator CVS Group is rapidly growing its presence in Australia in a further sign that ownership concentration in that country's veterinary profession is moving toward the higher levels already seen in the United Kingdom and United States.

Veterinary consolidator CVS expands further in Australia published on March 20, 2024. 

 

A years-long controversy over Seresto flea and tick collars for pets is flaring anew, kindled by a government watchdog report that criticizes how the collars have been regulated.

Doubt cast over EPA clearance of Seresto flea collars published on March 18, 2024. 

 

So far, the agency is rejecting most requests for compounded office stock medications made from "bulk substances."  

How FDA effort to limit veterinary compounding is unfolding published on March 12, 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.

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.

Visits to veterinarians decline as pet boom fades published on March 5, 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.