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Beyond the burrito: How to handle aggressive cats
Veterinary behaviorist Dr. Lisa Radosta shares tips for dealing with antagonistic tabbies.
Strategies to help clients pay for veterinary care
Life happens, and its rife with accidents (which cost money). How can we help clients cover the costs of veterinary care so they can take care of their pets while we still cover our bottom line?
Where DVMs fit in the U.S. student debt crisis
Take a look at the numbers, and you see the student debt crisis is bigger than veterinary medicine. But the debt-to-income ratio makes our professions student loans particularly tough.
Change your money habits, change your future
If your financial planning as a veterinary professional is still putting cash into envelopes at the start of the monthor the online or Excel version of thatyou should know theres a better way.
Vet confessions on student debt
Read the real reactions your colleagues in the veterinary world feel regarding their student debt.
Design for surgical (suite) precision
This veterinary surgeon has seen it all ... installed in the wrong places. Here are a few things to think about in your surgical suite when you build a new hospital or knock the walls around in your current one.
Q&A: What's fair for a relief vet?
Ask around and do some research, says Dr. Karen Felsted to one brand-new relief veterinarian on the scene.
What should veterinary clients do with all those sharps?
Help your clients keep out of a sticky situation when they have a pet that needs injections by advising them of proper disposal technique.
Handling behavior issues in older pets
Veterinarians are in the perfect position to guide pet owners though a potentially distressing situation.
Veterinary parasites to be concerned about
Specialist says, "take your pick." Yeah, there are that many.
How to make a great impression (smear)
When it comes to diagnosing that crusty veterinary patient with otitis, Dr. Laura Wilson says youre gonna need to put your best cytology slide forward.
DYK? Photobiomodulation can treat otitis
If you have an end-stage otitis case thats not a candidate for surgery, PBMT can help manage some of the clinical signs.
How to make sub-Q fluids pain free for all
Time to switch your scrub cap out for your teaching cap. Heres an in-depth look at how to talk your veterinary clients through at-home administration of subcutaneous fluids.
BNP testing in cats with suspected cardiomyopathy
This modality provides "a great window" into the search for heart disease, says Dr. Bonnie Lefbom.
Image quiz: Whats going on with these dogs skin?
Recurrent, multidrug-resistant skin infections that present with scaling and ulcerated, crusting lesions are signs of this condition.
Client handout: You know your kitten is bugged, right?
Help enforce the importance of parasite prevention for new kitten owners with this printable handout.
So you really want to increase profits?
Free vaccines! Loyalty points! Dental discounts!
Step into your fear
Many veterinary professionals fear self-care. I saw, firsthand, at a Fetch dvm360 conference how those who tried yoga or meditation seemed to smile a little easier and to share a little more with their peers.
Dolly's arthritis: Veterinary laser therapy application near and far
A rehab specialist shares a real-world case where the modality, conducted in concert with the referring practice, made a difference.
3 simple strategies to talk heartworms
Add some oomph to your heartworm prevention conversations with these tips.
Get to the heart of congestive heart failure
Educating veterinary clients on the ins and outs of congestive heart failure can be tough. Heres help.
Three products for rehabilitation
From rehab in the veterinary clinic to getting pet owners started with their pets at home, here are some of our favorite products.
Clinical bioethics meets Fear Free veterinary care
Tenets from human medicine apply in your practice.
Keep compassion fatigue at bay
This key skill is one of the biggest factors needed to fight the compassion fatigue and burnout that weighs veterinary professionals down, according to Vets4Vets organizer Dr. Bree Montana.
Equine malocclusions: Are you overfiling?
With class 1 malocclusions, warns an equine veterinary dentist, you must do a thorough examination of the bone structure before trying to even out a horses teeth.
In case of emergency: Helping people escape with their pets
Help clients understand why and how they should put together a "Go bag" for their pet to be ready for emergency situations, like hurricanes, wildfires or tornadoes.
Veterinary medicine: The Next Generation
Your ship-er, practice-is run with all types of personalities from different worlds-baby boomers, Generation X'ers and millennials. They can all work together to boldly care for a pet as no pet has been before.
Warning to any bee hobbyist veterinary clients: Bee populations affect each other
In an effort to help sustain bee populations, buzz buffs could unintentionally do harm since these social insects can transmit disease with devastating results.
Six euthanasia trends you didnt know about
Pets are family, and whether youre walking a veterinary client through their first euthanasia or their fifth, these are the most important things to keep in mind.
Old School, New School: The big decision looms
When the threat of a corporation buying the practice from Dr. Codger is impending, will Dr. Greenskin fish or cut bait?