Roles

Researchers examine effectiveness of visual assessment in screening for periodontal disease.

Or at least acknowledge them, because they're not going away. Veterinarians chime in on co-existing with pet merchants.

Veterinary clients may not realize that the dandruff theyre seeing could be a more serious condition. Heres what to do when this question comes up.

Explain to clients that Lyme disease can be prevented with tick parasiticides and treated if caught early. This handout with information from the AVMA covers the basics.

Veterinary dermatologist Lynette Cole spent months working with a Cavalier King Charles spaniel named Hank suffering from bilateral otitis externa. Here are some of the takeaways from the case you might want to dog-ear for your future reference.

Following the old adage an apple a day can improve mental health, too. Try this simple and inexpensive exercise to bring your team together.

A veterinary medical ethical issue for the 21st century.

From getting the wrap just right to managing issues that confound healing to using new tools that promote healing, jump into the realm of wound care with gusto.

National Dog Bite Prevention Week is coming up, and that means its time to think about your role in veterinary practice in keeping you and your team safe from frightened, biting dogs. Plus, resources to educate clients about preventing dog bites in the wider world.

A look at what your veterinary colleagues report their clients have heard from pet store employees.

Here are three bullying, radiation and pregnancy articles popping up in your veterinary colleagues web searches and our dvm360.com traffic in March 2019.

Dr. Dave Nicol says it forces you to grow.

When another doctors frustrated client shows up to your veterinary hospital door, I usually agree with the doctors diagnosis. Could it have been the communication that failed?

With client loyalty so important to a veterinary practices bottom line, your doctors and team members cant afford not to provide relationship-centered care.

Fluids can be lifesaving, but they can also have adverse effects. Here's how to choose the ideal fluid for your emergency and critically ill veterinary patients.

Are you nailing the jargon-free, informative conversation about parasite preventives, parasite-related disease and the options to buy preventives in stores and online? Don't miss a chance to offer veterinary clients the reasons to buy the stuff from your hospital or internet pharmacy.

If this state law goes through, malpractice insurance for anyone caring for animals, including veterinary hospitals, could increase. Heres how it could happen as well as a look at a compromise that might hold off the drastic change.

Long running attention to details yields dividends for industry veteran.

A combination of factors have created an environment where there are more veterinary positions than doctors to fill them. Heres some insight from both perspectivesthe clinics and the candidates.

Veterinary recruiting is as intensely competitive as its ever been. Step up your game or get left in the dust.

OBrien Veterinary Group invests in the long game and the short game to fill its need for DVMs.

If the veterinary profession finds new ways to serve clients with limited finances, pets and practices will both be healthier, experts say.

The 2018 dvm360/VHMA Practice Manager of the Year shares her view on retail in emergency practiceno surprise, not that bigbut does see a path where pet retailers and veterinarians could find more common ground and better help their shared customers.

A British-developed acronym you can use to educate your equine clients on signs of colic in a horse. Education like this could lead a better-informed, faster-responding and quicker-calling clientele.

Dont let pet owners, credit card vendors, banks or crooked team members pull the wool over your eyes. Check out the ways clients pay for services rendered and consider how your veterinary hospital stacks up when it comes to managing them.

Here are 14 free or relatively inexpensive paths to a happier, healthier pet, courtesy of a long-time veterinarian who knows what he's talking about. Print it for your own clients.

An ownership change causes growing pains.

Providing excellent customer service for pet owners who have a disability demands flexibility, sensitivity, resourceful thinking and kindness from your entire veterinary team.

Help steer your veterinary clients in the right direction.

Before you send dog owners home with medicine to put in a patient's ears, make sure you've walked through the steps (and teaching tips) in this handout.