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Veterinarians and veterinary students on Facebook told us long hours were a given to get into the profession. But are they good for practitioners, patients and the learning process?

Whether your veterinary practice is equine, mixed or small animal-only, you have a responsibility to recruit and retain an associate that meshes well with your clients, your team and, most importantly, your patients.

If you want more transparency in your veterinary hospitals design, plan ahead to avoid distracting patients.

Practices are fighting to hire veterinary associates today. Could that lead to unsustainable salaries as we compete for hires?

Veterinary practice owners: Here are five things you or a trusted practice manager can watch regularly to make sure raising prices isnt the only way your practice survives.

You, dear veterinary professional, dont go out looking to be bitten or scratched, yet you probably have some sort of battle scar from a bad encounter. Heres how to prevent any more from happening in the future.

Ideal canine and feline diets should be based on individual pet needs and growing science around nutrientsnot opinion, philosophy or views of whats culturally acceptable, says this nutrition-minded veterinarian.

Every veterinary practice buyer has different needs and wants, but if you nail these 12 items, yours is a hospital anybodyd love to buy.

Many veterinary practices have seen their pharmacy sales for oral and topical drugs shrink. Have you explored all the injectables on the market?

Did you think youd be fielding this many nutrition questions in the veterinary clinic? Neither did your colleagues, according to the 2019 dvm360 Nutrition Study.

A group of dvm360 readers believe Dr. Andy Roarks suggestion to prevent suicide by restricting access to certain drugs fails to address the why? that motivates the veterinarian to use controlled drugs.

After I shared my own story with the veterinary world regarding depression and suicidal thoughts, I learned how valuable it is to be there for that person and how an inch can, in fact, be a mile.

When this veterinary practice owner decides to extend his clinics hours to include Sundays, its met with doubt and concern.

Find out how often veterinarians discuss nutrition with clients, how often clients ask and the biggest prompt for discussion in this data from the 2019 dvm360 Nutrition Study.

Want to dig into your own personality or gather a fun (and perhaps useful) profile of your veterinary team? Here are some of the most popular personality tests floating around.

If youre struggling in small-animal or equine practice to find associates, check out the results of my unscientific survey that reveal new and future veterinarians wants and needs for their workplace.

When your veterinary clients hold fast to their deepest beliefs about whats best (and worst) for their pet to eat, you make think theyre crazybut its also because they care.

Think about who you are and who youre looking for, then write a veterinary practice job ad for that. Job ads are sniper rifles, not shotguns, says the recruitment-minded Dr. Dave Nicol.

Brush up on your feline facts, veterinary team members, while you disabuse your well-meaning but ill-informed cat clients of some feline fallacies. Dont miss the client handout at the end!

Skeptics may worry that big hospital chains will stop innovating in veterinary hospital design because it can be price-y. This HospitalDesign360 conference speaker says, No way.

Dont cell yourself short: tap into the potential of veterinary cytology with these expert tips on obtaining and evaluating specimens.

Its already tomorrow in Australiadoes that mean theyre living in the future? Heres one issue that veterinary professionals in the U.S. might see in their own practices sooner rather than later.

The pool of potential cases for rehabilitation services in general veterinary practice is much bigger than you think, says Fetch dvm360 speaker Dr. Matthew Brunke.

Repetitive injuries mean lots of veterinary care for canine athletes and lots of interaction with this specific breed of dog owner. Lucky for you, they make great partners on the path to better patient care.

This empathy map helps you navigate the tension in your job (and your life!) that youve been avoiding. Key elements: Plan ahead, think about others feelings, and imagine how they might react.

Hungry for more information on food allergies, and the associated dermatologic conditions in dogs? Use these tips to help your veterinary team discern dietary sensitivities in your patients.

If you or another veterinary professional need help right now, we have contact information right now. If youd like to dig deeper into our professions special resources, we have that here too.

Here are the best resources for staying up-to-date on pet food and other recalls affecting veterinary practice. Plus, where and how to report product issues and adverse events with the right government agencies.

Veterinary surgeons: Not familiar with wound soaker catheters? Youll want to be. They are easy to place and remove and can simplify your local pain control regimen for some surgical patients.

While its true that Disney reigns supreme when it comes to delivering superb customer service, that fact is that not all customer service models can be equal. Heres how the Disney model hurts our professionand what we can do about it.