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Ensuring that clients understand the importance of socialization—and how to do it right—is the key to raising a calm pet that is comfortable in multiple surroundings.

The generation gap in today's workforce can be both good and bad. Here we present ways to make generational differences in perspective work in your practice.

Hemp is currently a nonfood crop in the United States, but it has been said to improve the health of animals when used in animal feed.

In a lecture at the Atlantic Coast Veterinary Conference, Diane Monsein Levitan, VMD, DACVIM, discussed feline hyperthyroidism.

If sales of chicks are any indication, owning backyard poultry is a trend that’s found its following.

The One Health Initiative website has been serving as a global repository for all news and information pertaining to One Health since 2008.

Results of a new study suggest that changes to current treatment recommendations for some dogs with mitral valve disease may be in order.

Ethical quandaries in practice are best solved with a stepwise approach that considers all angles of the situation, all stakeholders, and all applicable laws.

An experimental drug is improving survival rates in a common and aggressive canine cancer, and may also have implications for cancer treatments in human patients.

Feline veterinary visits cause significant stress for cats, owners, and staff alike. A new study shows that feline facial pheromone spray may bring more cats to the clinic without all the drama.

Cutaneous and subcutaneous masses are very common in companion animal practice, and some veterinarians have become accustomed to monitoring growths that are small or slow growing and postponing surgery until the mass becomes larger.

Animals use their cognitive abilities to respond to anthropogenic noise in three different ways: avoidance, adjustment, and adaptation.

Bird flu in Europe and Asia, ancient animal burials in England, and goat plague in Mongolia top our world news this week.

Tragic events can break our collective heart, unite us, strengthen our resolve and, ultimately, drive us onward. Strength and persistence are key American attributes, but collaborative effort is critical to success.

Three products sold by PetSmart have been voluntarily recalled due to metal contamination that may cause a choking hazard in pets.

One lot of Against the Grain Pulled Beef with Gravy Dinner for Dogs is being recalled voluntarily due to potential contamination with the barbiturate pentobarbital.

Driving while distracted is clearly a serious hazard. Lawmakers in North Carolina want to remove one more potential distracted driving danger: pets.

Sublingual immunotherapy with peanut extract was safe and well tolerated in healthy dogs.

A Dutch zoo is exploring the merits of Tinder-like software in boosting their orangutans’ sex lives, and a new survey reveals the 9 countries that pay veterinarians the highest salary. This week’s roundup brings you these and more veterinary news from around the word.

Organic livestock and poultry producers must now follow more stringent animal welfare regulations.

Five lots of Evanger’s Hunk of Beef were recalled after contamination was found in one lot of Hunk of Beef Au Jus.

The neuropathology of spontaneous ischemic stroke in a Rottweiler resembled that of an ischemic stroke in a human.

Combination therapy with imepitoin and phenobarbital is a potential treatment option for dogs with refractory idiopathic epilepsy.

A new drug to treat hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) in cats has shown promising results in a proof-of-concept study. Because HCM is similar in cats and humans, the drug could also eventually be used in people.

Scientists have made progress in developing more effective vaccines to fight canine influenza virus.

Forms of direct and indirect contact influence the spread of disease among dairy farms.

In an article recently published in PLOS Pathogens, researchers discuss disease pathogenesis, treatment challenges, and the potential for feline vaccine development.

In Alaska, pets will no longer be treated like property in divorce cases. Now, they’ll be treated more like children.