Sneak peek: Veterinary professional associates proposal to be on Colorado ballot, and other veterinary news

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Happy Monday dvm360 readers! As we inch closer and closer to the end of September, and the summer season, we are also inching closer and closer to Fetch Coastal. Our next Fetch conference in Atlantic City, New Jersey, is officially a month away and it will be our last Fetch conference in Atlantic City. Join the dvm360 team and amazing faculty to learn from the best of the best but also to say farewell to Atlantic City after over 30 years. Veterinary professionals can learn more and secure their spot here today!

As we prepare for Fetch Coastal, here is what you can find this week on dvm360.com:

• Colorado Proposition 129, now certified for the November ballot, proposes creating a new veterinary midlevel practitioner role called a veterinary professional associate. If approved, Colorado would be the first state to establish this position.
• During an interview with dvm360 at the Veterinary Innovation Summit presented by the North American Veterinary Community and Veterinary Innovation Council, Indu Subaiya, MD, MBA, MFA, discusses some technologies that could be on the horizon for veterinary professionals, and what makes them promising.
• Locke Karriker, DVM, MS, DACVPM, explained how veterinary professionals can view pharmacology considering current regulations to their swine patients in this upcoming recap of his lecture, This Little Piggie Did Not Go to Market: How to View Pharmacology in light of Current Regulations from this year’s Fetch Kansas City.
• Trupanion, the CDC, Mars Science & Diagnostics, Boehringer Ingelheim, and other leading pet, public health, and animal health authorities recently joined forced to create a collaborative Advisory Board to launch a Pet & Public Health Early Warning & Detection System.
• On this week’s episode of The Vet Blast Podcast, our host Adam Christman, DVM, MBA, is joined by Joya Griffin DVM, DACVD, to discuss feline dermatitis treatment options for your patients.
• And more!