Associates

Are you an X-ray expert? Test your skills with this case of an unsteady standard poodle pup.

Veterinary orthopedic specialist Dr. David Dycus gives the lowdown on this emerging modality.

If you have a pulse and dread the days spent counting inventory, this is the doodle for you.

I was devastated after the passing of two of my classmates and best friends, but I found a way to pull myself together and love this profession again.

This veterinary associate put a premium on paying back her student debt and also on feeding her three dogs, four cats and three horses as well as about 200 wild birds. The usual.

Dr. Dave Nicol wonders if veterinarians' unique proximity to death is related to the profession's disproportionate suicide rate.

He's a TV star, architect of Fear Free practice and a plain old practitioner. Come along and get to know this one-of-a-kind personality.

A new study shows that dogs better attend to gestural commands than verbal ones, but for the best result, try combining both word and deed.

Turning a sad outcome into a learning experience results in resilience for the future, authors report.

Veterinary professionals open up about their own experiences with unwelcome sexual advances, gender-related power plays-and downright creepiness.

Veterinary medicine has come a long way in caring for its purring patients recently, including new drugs and a different approach to fluid therapy

Dr. Codger wants to help, so he cuts prices for his veterinary clients. Dr. Greenskin wants to do top-quality medicine and charge appropriately. Are the two medical cases in this story going to be the straw that breaks the camel's back?

A new study shows that intervention with pimobendan may be helpful in asymptomatic dogs with structural cardiac changes.

Dr. Sarah Wooten is here to help make body condition score easy for your clients to understand.

"NSAIDs really are wonderful things," says specialist Dr. Matthew Brunke.

We cant wait to show you these wait-eliminating companies that offer direct appointment booking to help veterinary clients skip the wait you get the picture.

Veterinarians should recognize that treatment now comes in many forms, says Dr. David Dycus.

Canine compulsive disorder, much like OCD in humans, produces blood and leaves scarsphysical and psychological wounds that affect pets and owners. After decades of research in this field, Dr. Nicholas Dodman says there is hope.

Four veterinarians share stories of facing big change in their lives: divorce, death, illness, work stress. Find out how they braced themselves against harsh conditions in their personal lives.

Immunotherapy product may delay or prevent metastatic disease and prolong overall survival in veterinary patients.

More than 6,500 counties, cities and towns across the U.S. are listed in the database of investigating agencies.

Find out whether a practice owner looking to switch careers can fetch a nice price tag for patient records.

According to Dr. Pollard, a radiograph alone won't give you the answer you're looking for when you suspect a veterinary patient's heart is abnormal.

Educate clients and avoid toxicosis cases with these prewritten social media messages.

You may want to say adios to 2017, but join us for a quick walk back the articles that captured the attention of industry professionals across the country.

Dr. Kathryn Primm sees an aversion to the moniker if not the medicine

Seriously. Its time to take a stand on these veterinary client non-compliance situations.

In pet owners' backyards lurk serious wildlife diseases that can affect pets and people. Have you considered ... ?

Veterinary medicine isn't all about science, diagnosis and treatment. Some of your day is taken up with the soft skills. Find out which nonclinical articles your peers loved the most this year in 2017 and resolve to try out some of these tricks in 2018.

Veterinary medicine in the real world rarely follows what youve studied in your textbooksoften because of two human variables: yourself and your clients. Here are some tips on how to gain confidence, own your expertise and communicate effectively about three different topics and procedures youre sure to encounter as a newly-minted associate veterinarian.