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Burnout is a word we hear a lot, especially in the veterinary industry. But do we really know what it is, let alone how to beat it?

What is the real solution to fatigue and burnout in the veterinary industry?

Admissions for the Shreiber School of Veterinary Medicine of Rowan University will be open until December 31, 2024

First veterinary school in New Jersey now accepting applications

A case study of Olive, a 1-year-old female ferret, who was brought into the clinic presenting with GI symptoms 

Disseminated idiopathic myofasciitis in a ferret

Veterinarians in the US can now treat feline infectious peritonitis with the breakthrough antiviral GS-441524

Step up your practice: Start treating FIP today

Investigators developed an artificial intelligence algorithm that can discover and grade heart murmurs

AI is detecting heart disease in dogs with the accuracy of cardiologists

The tests show a promising milestone for researchers to an anthrax vaccine for deer to potentially stop the spread of disease

Researchers experiencing success in first oral anthrax vaccine tests in white-tailed deer

The state-of-the-art research and development center in Georgia will help improve the health and wellbeing of animals

Boehringer Ingelheim announces research and development facility expansion 

Proposals that would create a new midlevel practitioner (MLP) role raise serious concerns about the future of quality care for veterinary patients. Sometimes referred to as a veterinary professional associate (VPA), their duties would overlap those of a veterinarian and veterinary technician.

Proposed midlevel role poses unacceptable risks

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GFI #256 and compounding medication is the topic of this episode of The Vet Blast Podcast. Marcy Bliss, CEO of Wedgewood Pharmacy, joins Adam Christman, DVM, MBA, to explain the ins and outs of this new FDA guidance.

Below is a partial transcript. Listen to the full podcast for more.

: Over many years, FDA has been asserting that it should regulate compounding from bulk drug substances in animal health. So to facilitate that, they've recently released a final guidance to kind of frame up their current thinking, and this guidance is called the GFI #256....Now, this is not a law or regulation. It's not a statute, but the agency has announced its intention to enforce primarily to pharmacy enforcement...For me, I think the broad intent is to ensure that if a veterinarian can use commercial products that they do so, and that compounding is used for its intended purpose purpose, which is really to provide customized medication when the veterinarian determines that an FDA-approved product is not the best treatment for patients. So, either it's a compliance issue, like you said, or the drug isn't available in the marketplace, like potassium bromide, or the drug needs to be changed...Maybe it's available as a tablet and it needs to be an injectable or damaged drug.

So the FDA, I think, really just wants to ensure the appropriate use of compounded medication. Of course, we believe veterinarians are already using it appropriately, but the FDA wants to put this guidance in place, I think, to put some guardrails and a framework around that.

Marcy Bliss, CEO of Wedgewood Pharmacy, talks GFI #256 compliance and how drug compounding has changed over time

What you need to know about GFI #256 and the changing landscape of compounding medicine

On this episode of The Vet Blast Podcast, fourth-year veterinary student Jove Jaco from the Apollo College of Veterinary Medicine, Jaipur in India and member of the 

 Student Ambassador Program, explained how high school students in India get accepted into veterinary school. 

“As a pre-vet student, we have central examinations that are...conducted by the National Board Examinations and based upon your marks first, based upon your ranks first, and based upon the friends of your college you are…allotted a college and that’s how you get into vet school,” Jacob told Adam Christman, DVM, MBA.

“After getting into vet school, the diversities start within the name itself. It’s BVSc AH—Bachelor of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry in India and along with veterinary subjects, we also have animal husbandry subjects like livestock correction management,” he added.

Listen to the full podcast below for more insight on Jove’s passions and career goals involving equine veterinary medicine. 

In this episode of The Vet Blast Podcast, Jove Jacob shares with Dr Adam Christman about what veterinary school is like in his country, plus discusses his interests in the field and more. 

Episode 68: Studying veterinary medicine in India 

The Vetlen Pouch can be placed in infected wound sites and can continuously deliver medication for up to 30 days

New device delivers antibiotics directly to wounds in dogs and horses

Regular oral examinations for horses can reveal variable clinical signs of conditions



An overview of common equine dental diseases

The drug is one of 22 pharmaceuticals included in a potential ban to aimed at preventing drug related deaths and drug trafficking 

United Kingdom Parliament moves to ban xylazine 

New research has uncovered gene responsible for graying speeds in horses, and a predisposition to melanoma

Researchers discover "graying gene" in horses

The announcement comes after a diagnosis of New World screwworm in a horse

USDA issues new import restrictions for certain animals from Honduras

Daniel J. Burba, DVM, DACVS, explained the basics of equine skin grafting in a session during the 2024 Southwest Veterinary Symposium, and in an interview with dvm360

Equine skin grafting best practices

Daniel J. Burba, DVM, DACVS, a professor of equine surgery at Oklahoma State University's College of Veterinary Medicine delivered a presentation on equine skin grafting during the 2024 Southwest Veterinary Symposium in Fort Worth, Texas. In an interview with 

, Burba expressed the importance of skin grafting as a method for wound management. 

Equine wounds, particularly those on limbs, can take significant time to heal on their own, often several weeks to months. Skin grafts are used to accelerate and enhance the healing process. In the interview, Burba explained what might go into the decision between full and split thickness skin grafts, how to properly choose a donor site, and things to keep in mind post-operation.

 You know... really it comes down to 2 things. One is the equipment needed... for doing a split thickness graph. There is special equipment, referred to as a dermatome, that's required to be able to harvest those split thickness graphs, and then [the second factor would be the] experience and skill to do that. So, you know, if your clinic or hospital is not set up to be able to do those 2, then it's difficult to be able to do a split thickness graph, because it does require a fair bit of training, you know. [It requires] some practice, I guess [is] best way to put it, in order to do 1, and [actually] having a dermatome to be able to split the skin.

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During an interview with dvm360 at the Fetch dvm360 Conference in Kansas City, Missouri, Rachel Allbaugh, DVM, MS, DACVO, a professor of ophthalmology at Iowa State University, shared her typical procedure for diagnosing patients with squamous cell carcinoma. Allbaugh explained that, although the clincal signs are often enough to diagnose, there are cases where further tests are required. 

So, with presumed squamous cell carcinoma, many times the clinical sign of what I'm seeing is diagnostic enough, to be honest with you. But, if you're not quite sure, then I think taking a biopsy sample is very much indicated. So, you can take a little punch biopsy or a snip biopsy and submit that to the pathologist for evaluation to confirm that. 

Rachel Allbaugh, DVM, MS, DACVO, explains her squamous cell carcinoma diagnosis procedure, beyond just the clinical signs

Diagnosing squamous cell carcinoma in horses

 interview, Camilla Jamieson, MRCVS, DACVIM, clinical assistant professor at Purdue University College of Veterinary Medicine, discusses the 2 types of heatstroke in horses plus signs and symptoms to look for. 

The following is a partial transcript of the video.

There's 2 different scenarios where we see heatstroke in horses. There are horses that are in a too hot environment for whatever reason and physiologically, like the the environmental heat surpasses their ability to cool themselves. And then there's horses that pathologically cannot cool themselves, so those are our anhidrosis horses. And probably in America, that's where we see actually see the majority of true heatstroke.

Watch the full video on Medical World News™ 

Professor at Purdue University College of Veterinary Medicine shares what to know as temperatures rise to keep horses safe from heatstroke 

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 interview, San Diego Fetch faculty member Bryce Dooley, DVM, MS, DACVAA, explains the latest advancements in technology, equipment, and more to ensure horses recover successfully from anesthesia. 

A lot of what all of equine anesthesia is trying to do is how can we optimize the intraoperative management of equine anesthesia...to make sure that their recovery can be as good as possible. And so this is coming from things like, using co-infusions to reduce the inhalant requirement. But also trying to decide, okay, when when do we need to turn off these infusions?

In a dvm360® interview, San Diego Fetch faculty member, Dr Bryce Dooley, reviews the latest in this sphere of veterinary medicine  

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In a dvm360® interview, Sandy Taylor, DVM, PhD, DACVIM-LAIM, associate professor of large animal internal medicine at Purdue University College of Veterinary Medicine, explained how to diagnose a host of conditions that may cause sudden deaths in horses including toxicosis, aortic rupture, plus more. 

View the video below for the entire discussion. The following is a partial transcript.

: If we have a toxin that's suspected, if we think [the horse] got into something, then what we'll try to do is collect stomach contents by passing a stomach tube. If they've eaten something recently, then we can take that gastric content and submit it for toxin testing. If maybe we don't know when it happened, or we're thinking maybe it's too late, it's already through the stomach, then we'll take blood or urine samples and send them to a lab for the toxin testing. 

In a dvm360® interview, an associate professor of large animal internal medicine offered insight on selecting the appropriate diagnostic method for horses showing signs of serious illness.

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In a dvm360® interview, Sandy Taylor, DVM, PhD, DACVIM-LAIM, associate professor of large animal internal medicine at Purdue University College of Veterinary Medicine, detailed the characteristics of cardiac glycoside-containing plants that are toxic to horses. In addition, she described each plant's mechanism of action.

: I think the most common of these cardiac glycoside-containing plants that can poison horses is Oleander. And this is a very colorful, beautiful ornamental shrub that's really common in the Western US. In fact, it lines [Interstate] 5, so it's along the median of [Interstate] 5, which is the major north-south freeway in the west...Most people do not have those plants near their pasture, but they can certainly blow into a pasture after a windstorm and cause a problem because very little needs to be eaten for a horse to get sick.

In a dvm360® interview, an associate professor of large animal internal medicine outlined plants to bear in mind that can pose a threat to horses. 

Cardiac glycoside-containing plants poisonous to equine 

In a dvm360® interview, Sandy Taylor, DVM, PhD, DACVIM-LAIM, associate professor of large animal internal medicine at Purdue University College of Veterinary Medicine, offered tips for both veterinary professionals and equine owners to ensure a horse continues to flourish.

: I think that an important thing is for veterinarians to be performing routine examinations on horses. That sounds so obvious and silly, but there are some things that could otherwise go undetected by an owner. So, for example, if we hear a heart murmur or an irregular rhythm when we're listening to a horse's heart, then that might trigger us to do more diagnostic investigation, and maybe we would find something that is worrisome.

In a dvm360® interview, an associate professor of large animal internal medicine shared proactive approaches to prevent sudden death in horses. 

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