Veterinary Voices

Utah veterinary school plan hits a time crunch

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. 

Researchers tap AI to read pain in animals

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. 

Bringing any dog into US gets more complex on Aug. 1

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. 

 

Are Florida veterinarians really exempt from CE?

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.

 

Veterinary program may get pricier for South Dakotans

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. 

 

US regulators strengthen rule to stamp out horse soring

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. 

 

Veterinary consolidator sells Irish, Dutch practices for $2

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.

Unproven treatment for oral disease in cats surfaces in US

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. 

Overdue good news arrives for FIP cats in the US

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. 

 

US veterinary groups clash over need for more practitioners

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.

US veterinary groups clash over need for more practitioners published on May 7, 2024.