Roles

When the economy improves, valuable team members may head for friendlier waters. It's up to you to show them why they should stay with your practice.

I just finished organizing all of my miscellaneous old car parts.

Here's why you should take the plunge and join already.

A veterinarian explains what to watch for in cats and dogs with bartonellosis.

Bartonellosis is usually transmitted by cat scratches and bites contaminated with flea feces. Learn more about the animals that host and pass on the Bartonella bacteria.

A young mother, athlete, and veterinary practice manager suffered through extreme fatigue and muscle pain for three years before she discovered her life would never be the same. Could the same thing happen to you simply because of where you work?

Veterinary team members, you're at risk for the disease simply because you work with animals. But how much do you really know about bartonellosis?

Bartonella species, their animal hosts, and potential vectors are being identified at a snowballing rate. Learn the risk this poses to you and your patients.

Put your best foot forward -- and shine like the star you are -- at this season's veterinary hospital get-together.

Associations speak out on heartworm preventives. Read what they say about efficacy issues and staying the course.

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Kansas State University veterinary professors suggest ways to highlight dental health in practice.

In-home blood glucose monitoring can improve prognoses and client compliance at your veterinary practice.

Administration is looking into beverages that contain high amounts of caffeine and alcohol.

Bargain-basement spays, neuters do more harm to the veterinary profession, than good for animals.

Female dolphins do better when they work with their pod-mates.

Intuitive cooperation doesn't work beyond pairs. It's time to be direct with team members and other coworkers.

Veterinary team members attending CVC San Diego shared the main reason they love going to work every day.

"We have a new mountain to climb," says Dr. Marty Becker, who headlined an evening session at CVC San Diego yesterday.

Learn how you can help increase awareness about the prevalence, detection, and treatment of pet cancer.

Your mental health at your veterinary practice may mean doing things differently.

A recent veterinary graduate shares the important lessons she learned outside the classroom.

Veterinary practices commonly see poisonings in large and small animals due to rodenticide ingestion.

Animals serve many roles when it comes to energy and the planet. Their energy fields are far more expansive than ours – a dog's energy field is approximately ten times that of a human's. A horse's field will encompass a large arena, and a cat's will fill an entire property. The energy of wildlife is especially important to the survival of the planet. They create a frequency that maintains the vibrational health of the planet, and all creatures on it.

Transfusion of blood products is an important lifesaving measure performed frequently in veterinary medicine. The decision to transfuse should not be taken lightly: it is costly and can frequently be clouded by complications. Blood transfusion therapy should be limited to the treatment of anemia, hypoproteinemia, coagulation disorders, or hemodynamic instability.

Exit strategy or practice succession planning can include every aspect from financial planning for retirement to where will I find a buyer. This retirement financial aspect would include planning for the future practice sale value. That is another session not covered in this topic.

The role of the veterinary technician in traumatic emergencies is pivotal to the survival of the incoming patient. The physical exam must be quick, thorough, and concise. Utilization of all technical skills from careful visualization, palpation, and auscultation is of the utmost importance.

Anesthetic arrests and patients with reversible conditions should be resuscitated aggressively. Reasons for such a poor success rate include severity of underlying disease, delay in the recognition of CPA, and delay in delivery of appropriate therapy.

Energy to most of us is something that turns lights on and off and runs our cars. We don't realize we are made of energy, and that we interact with other humans and animals on an instinctive, energetic basis. Having an awareness of how we affect others allows us to be better colleagues, practitioners and care givers.

A buy-sell agreement or shareholder's agreement or operating agreement is a written statement of plans about how owners can slow down or get out of the practice at a set time or occurrence. It is the shareholder's agreement for a corporation or an operating agreement for an LLC.