Associates

First, I thought the revenue problem was the new associate at my veterinary practice. Yeah, it wasn't.

Veterinary practice managers and team members also benefit from more friendly, more informative referrals to and from emergency and specialists and the general practitioners who manage patients through their lives. Compassion-First Pet Hospitals hired liaisons and built a process to inform referring general practice veterinarians when patients visit, how they're doing and what happened.

This pet has been treated multiple times for similar findings, can you figure out whats going on with the beagle mix?

This Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine professor is embarrassed at the profession's reluctance to actually do something about the rising cost of a DVM education.

They'll think they're healed well before they really are.

Without Dr. Codger breathing down her neck, Dr. Greenskin is able to grow her confidencebut can she convince her boss that they need to grow their veterinary team?

Texas veterinary board, animal health commission, USDA and more begin outreach in areas inundated with water in the storm's wake.

This year's Banfield Pet Hospital State of Pet Health Report highlighted the growing problem of pet obesity. Nestled in the numbers were a few diseases Banfield saw were the most common obesity comorbidities among canines.

If you take emotional responsibility for everyone else's problems, putting their monkeys on your back and on your mind, you find yourself home at the end of every day in veterinary practice with no room for your own needs.

A veterinary practice owner who wants more than "fair market value" and an associate veterinarian who wants to buy in slowly and receive mentorship will want to consider this plan.

You can brush up on slang, dialect, accents and weird vocabulary to reach pet owners in the exam room. But the best way to be understood in veterinary practice is always, first, to listen.

6 ways veterinarians can help keep these special patients fined-tuned and happy.

You're not alone in wondering. CVC educator Dr. Dave Nicol takes on imposter syndrome.

Body language lets you get an early indicator of where the dog is, emotionally, says behaviorist Dr. John Ciribassi.

I helped my overworked, stressed-out, freaking-out self by creating a support group online for veterinarians and veterinary team members who feel the same way.

Behaviorist Dr. John Ciribassi says the backyard is no babysitter. Help your veterinary clients see that their dogs need emotional enrichment, not just space to run.

Over and over again, we veterinarians hear it from our clients: Our pets die better than we do. In many cases, theyre right.

Pet owners need hospice and euthanasia help in your patients rough moments. Brush up on your client communication and manage these exam room and home encounters right.

These minuscule beasties can wreak havoc across animal species (and your veterinary clients, too). Here are tips to stop 'em.

How much do you love your digital radiography system? Is it an obsession or just a fling? We asked survey-takers to share the opinions on what digital radiography does for their productivity in practice and what itll look like in the future.

We selected confessions from the Vet Confessionals Project that reflect the feelings of control (or lack thereof) that plague the profession.

We asked, and dvm360 survey respondents answered. Heres what these veterinary professionals do when it comes to performing and examining fungal cultures in their practices.

Pained veterinary associates get the help they need in our first bonus-length Vets Ask Dr. Dave.

Heres our weekly rundown of new and notable veterinary products.

Lap of Love Veterinary Hospice co-founder sets the record straight.

These items help my older patients live more comfortable, pain-free lives. How many do you already use or recommend?

For young associate Dr. Greenskin, the biggest choice of her life in buying the practice from old Dr. Codger feels like a question of time: Time for family and personal life or time traded for money and career fulfillment. Which will she choose?

Dr. Sue Ettinger says treatment options aren't great, so watch for these oral tumors early on.

I wear that title as a badge of honor. My value as a veterinarian lies in the art and skill of death at the heart of my mobile hospice practice.

Literature show that precaution in the workplace is essential for women of childbearing age.