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A growing number of pet owners are turning to cannabis to treat their ailing animals, and more and more veterinarians are also expressing interest.

Does the corporate boogeyman have you worried that independent private practice wont be an option in the future? Our panel of experts is here to help.

In this week’s roundup: World Veterinary Day, the London Marathon, avian flu, a miracle dog, and more stories from around the world.

Dani McVety, DVM, and Mary Gardner, DVM, founded Lap of Love Veterinary Hospice—a network of veterinarians dedicated solely to end-of-life veterinary care—in 2009.

Measuring canine prostate-specific arginine esterase levels can be an alternative or complementary method to accurately diagnose benign prostatic hyperplasia in middle-aged dogs.

At WVC 2017, Thomas Klein, DVM, outlined the key steps involved in setting up an oral health care protocol in a general veterinary practice.

A popular gift during the Easter holiday is live chicks, but this tradition is harmful to both the baby animal and the new pet owner. The experts’ advice: Don’t do it.

Although we haven’t had a pandemic in quite some time, the Ebola and Zika outbreaks serve as examples of what can happen when a dangerous pathogen becomes easily transmissible.

You won't believe what this heating pad could do for veterinary oncology cases.

Proposed guidelines apply to large-scale culling of farm animals for disease control purposes.

If you’re a dog lover, chances are you think cats aren’t very fond of people and would rather be left alone. A new study begs to differ.

At the 2017 Western Veterinary Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada, Edward Breitschwerdt, DVM, DACVIM, and Christopher Woods, MD, discussed Bartonella infection from both human and animal perspectives, covering epidemiology, disease manifestations, potential risk to veterinary personnel, and the role of veterinarians in education and prevention.

A customizable letter brought an average of 128 lapsed clients per veterinary practice in six monthsand they spent around $20,000. Could the free tool work for your veterinary hospital too?

Spanish researchers have documented the first example of tigecycline-resistant bacteria adapted to living on companion animals through a study that analyzed bacteria isolated from dogs at a veterinary hospital.

In the ongoing debate about which animal was the first to inhabit Earth, the sponge and the jellyfish have been the top contenders for years. Now researchers from Vanderbilt University claim they have proof that the comb jelly evolved before the sponge.

Your chance to lay eyes on just a few of the many faces you can meet as part of this project to pictorially capture all animals in captivity.

ACVO and Stokes Pharmacy preparing for 10th annual screening to take place in May.

King of the kidney helped shaped the veterinary profession.

dvm360.com has launched a product directory that lets you see products available to help your team and your patients in any (seriously-any!) area of your practice. Check it out.

The incidence of leptospirosis is on the rise, with reports of the disease coming from several states. While leptospirosis most commonly affects dogs, humans are also at risk.

Two successful hospitals have spent years trying to find a veterinary associate. Are these isolated incidents or signs of a larger trend? While the experts deliberate, futures hang in the balance.

Polyprenyl immunostimulant may improve survival time and quality of life in cats with noneffusive feline infectious peritonitis.

This Journal Scan suggests acid suppression may assist in prevention of gastrointestinal ulcers in patients, but more study in veterinary settings is needed.

Crippling debt + more debt = less debt? We promise theres method to this math madness, but it requires veterinary graduates to pull their heads out of their debt and consider practice ownership.

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It turns out that empathy plays a big role in whether and how quickly disease is transmitted and eradicated.

Among this week’s top stories are the discovery of a young girl who apparently was being raised by monkeys in an Indian forest, a planned mass extermination of reindeer in Norway, and the now legal domestic trade of rhino horns in South Africa.

Diagnosis and treatment of Lyme disease remain equally controversial in dogs and people. Here, infectious disease specialists offer insight and perspective on this confounding disease.

What does the future hold? We asked dvm360 readers and industry experts for their thoughts.

In addition to environmental and hereditary factors, DNA replication errors can produce mutations that cause cancer.