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|Videos|April 13, 2015
How to Use CAPC Updates to Engage Clients
Practice, community, pets benefit from local parasite updates.
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Learn how to sign up for monthly parasite updates that can help engage clients in parasite prevention, which benefits your practice, the community and its pets. Pet owners want to be informed about parasites. In fact, a 2014 CAPC study found that 89% of pet owners said they would schedule appointments if they received local, timely information on parasite prevalence.
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