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Cats can transmit several different respiratory pathogens to humans. Recognizing these diseases can help veterinarians appropriately treat feline patients and counsel clients about preventing zoonotic transmission.

This is an exciting time to be in veterinary medicine as we are seeing a renewed focus on animal health.

In veterinary practice, proper recordkeeping must be kept in order to prevent legal risks and repercussions.

Kennel cough is usually mild and self-limiting, but sometimes it can cause more severe illness.

Given the recent tragedies that have occurred across the globe and here at home, we need to take a step back and focus for a moment on family.

Make sure your knowledge of what can go wrong with this natural tooth covering-the hardest substance in the body-isn't too superficial.

Whether it's online here or face-to-face at CVC Kansas City, I think we've got solutions for some of your nagging problems.

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With its bold rooflines and floor-to-ceiling windows, this veterinary hospital could easily be mistaken for an upscale beach house. Talk about #hospitaldesigngoals.

Without cold, hard lab numbers and clear scientific proof, diagnosing neurologic conditions in your veterinary patients can be tough to describe, and without owner buy-in, they can be tough to treat. However, a recent review provides a starting point for providing clients with objective evidence.

Is there a shortcut to personal change and transformation? These experts say veterinarians need to cut themselves some slackthen cut out their bad habits.

Feeling cynical? Find out why you've got one of the best jobs in the world.

With its bold rooflines and floor-to-ceiling windows, this veterinary hospital could easily be mistaken for an upscale beach house. Talk about #hospitaldesigngoals.

In remote areas where burial and rendering facilities for large animals are not available, drug residues in the tissues of horses euthanized by pharmacological means can create a health hazard if the remains are not properly disposed of.

Multidrug-resistant infections associated with veterinary facilities pose a risk to both animal patients and humans.

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Many domestic and wild animals, especially rodents, serve as chronic, asymptomatic carriers of Leptospira, and excrete the bacteria in their urine.

An important study looks at how many coughing dogs have laryngeal dysfunction.

Emergency veterinary team in Portland, Oregon, diagnoses tick paralysis just before dog is put down.

Colorado State University veterinary student brings instruction and inspiration to Navajo Nation high school students at his alma mater.

The Swiss Canine Cancer Registry includes records of pathological examinations of 121,693 dogs from 1955 to 2008. A total of 67,943 tumors were confirmed in 63,214 dogs.

Are your clientsnot your patientsthe ones suffering from separation anxiety? The PetChatz two-way videophone lets them interact with their pet anytime, anywhere.

National Feral Cat Day is only possible with the help of veterinarians and veterinary technicians helping community cats and trap-neuter-return programs nationwide, according to Alley Cat Allies.

Leaves and seeds of pistachio-related genus can cause hemolytic anemia, death in horses.

A clinical trial of an antiviral drug aimed at naturally occurring feline infectious peritonitis (FIP) in cats is showing promising results, according to a preliminary report.

When it comes to bargaining be careful what you wish for, as Dr. Brock's friend finds out.

Not so fast, says a leader of the Dog Aging Project who is researching this new compound touted as extending life. It's all about better health!

Administrative law judges overseeing the case find Kristen Lindsey failed to show good cause.

Ecologists from the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, New York, and the University of Georgia have compiled maps comparing mammal species distribution and global hotspots of zoonotic disease.

In a country where livestock is a vital source of food and income, student-led group Pou Sante provides care to animals and training to farmers.