Interesting & unusual
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October 14, 2023
Get to know these Latinx influencers in vet med
Get to know the vet med professionals selected by the Latinx Veterinary Medical Association ( LVMA ) and NEWStat as Latinx influencers to watch . -
October 7, 2023
Vet Teams IRL: Vickie Byard, CVT, VTS (Dentistry)
From a career that started with big hair in the ‘80s and is now heading toward retirement , Vickie Byard, CVT, VTS (Dentistry), has seen enormous changes in vet med for techs, for dentistry, and for patient care . And it all happened because her practice leadership gave her the chance. -
October 5, 2023
New device gives a voice to animals’ pain
PainTrace is a noninvasive device that measures acute and chronic pain using skin-based electrical activity as an indicator. And it could help us know, once and for all, where animals’ pain is located and how much pain they’re in. -
September 30, 2023
Pangolins: Peaceful, poorly understood, and poached
Protecting pangolins is a passion for Canadian wildlife veterinarian Hezy Anholt , DVM , who is currently working in Malawi. She talked with columnist Emily Singler, VMD, about the challenges and urgent need to understand these scaly mammals. -
September 23, 2023
New study explores vaccine hesitancy in dog owners
Matt Motta, PhD, and Gabriella Motta, VMD, are a brother-sister research team who (along with fellow researcher Dominik Stecula, PhD), are examining vaccine hesitancy among dog owners, drawing connections between pet owners’ decisions, fears about human vaccines, and the lasting effects of Covid-19. -
September 23, 2023
Reducing the stigma of substance use disorder (SUD) in vet med
Do you know a co-worker or client who seems to be struggling with a substance use disorder (SUD)? Or maybe you’re the one struggling? Phil Richmond, DVM, CAPP, CPHSA, CCFP, has been there, and now he is on a mission to flip the paradigm about SUDs from stigma to compassion. -
September 18, 2023
Maybe money does grow on trees
Are you missing charges? Keeping too much inventory on-hand? Practice owner Jenn Galvin has ideas for how to keep the team happier and discover hidden revenue in the process. -
September 15, 2023
A decade after winning AAHA’s top honor, renowned referral practice returns as a finalist
From a humble mobile surgery practice, Daniel Stobie, DVM, MS, DACVS, built NorthStar VETS into a referral practice with a 33,000-square-foot facility and 250 employees covering 20 different specialties—but it’s his team that he is most proud of. -
September 9, 2023
Innovation and A+ attitudes abound at AAHA-award finalist
As a five-time AQHA World Champion, Deah Hessian, DVM, knows the value of hard work and perseverance; and as the owner of Palisades Veterinary Hospital in Fountain Hills, Arizona, she and her team have earned a coveted spot in the running to be the 2023 AAHA-Accredited Practice of the Year. -
September 7, 2023
Vet Teams IRL: Elizabeth Musgreave, CVT
Elizabeth Musgreave , CVT, sa ys she “could not imagine life without a cat . ” I n her role at Hickory Veterinary and Specialty Hospital in Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania , she strives to improve the lives of all her patients —and to raise awareness of the role of veterinary technicians in animal welfare.