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Triage STAT! Emergency vets needed now

Staffing and retention at small animal emergency and critical care veterinary practices has reached a crisis level in the United States. Recently, the Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care Society (VECCS) and the American College of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care (ACVECC) created a task force to determine the factors that influence employees to enter and remain in the field of emergency and critical care. Here’s a look at why the number of emergency/critical care job openings is outpacing the number of veterinarian and veterinary technician applicants and what else is being done to fill these open positions. More

TODAY ON DVM360.COM:

5 easy steps to hiring your next star

Puppies are cute, but they make terrible CSRs. Don’t get frustrated trying to find the right fit for your practice—use these tips! More

Throw out pig ear treats right now

Everyone needs to stop feeding and selling pig ear treats at this time, according to the latest update from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. More

Let’s talk CBD legality

While some in the veterinary world might be raring to throw a ‘CBD is legal!’ parade after the 2018 Farm Bill passage, there are a few caveats keeping you from tossing confetti. More

TOOLS YOU NEED NOW

Take 5: Key points for managing cutaneous mast cell tumors in dogs

They’re anything but predictable and, unfortunately, they're very common. Here’s what veterinarians need to keep top of mind when managing this malignancy. More

Discussing vaccines? Keep these 8 tips in mind

Your anti-vaxxer veterinary client might never change their minds, but you can try a few different approaches. More

Cast a wider net with tools to ease feline pain

Veterinary pain management expert Dr. Jennifer Johnson offers reasons to consider pulsed electromagnetic field therapy, especially in your painful feline patients. More

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AVMA Life reduces paid maternity leave from three months to one month

As part of short-term disability coverage, cost was unsustainable at the price, reports veterinary insurance expert. More

Forward booking

Intra-articular injections: Special care that needs no veterinary specialist

The future of treating conditions like osteoarthritis has arrived, and these veterinarians say that you (yes, you) can see it through. More

Forward booking

A veterinary way with words

Work and life inform veterinary surgeon Nick Trout’s successful side gig: best-selling novelist. More

EVERYDAY DESIGN FOR VET HOSPITALS

Help for when teeth cause backaches

Veterinary technicians often neglect to treat themselves while treating a dental patient. Here are a few simple solutions to help fix that. More

Minimal clutter, maximum efficiency in veterinary hospital design

Using her work as an associate and then locum tenens, this Hospital Design Competition Merit Award winner knew what she wanted: good-looking and clutter-free, with a much-needed break room for veterinary team members to decompress. More

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News

Veterinary researchers awarded $3.1 million to develop universal flu vaccine

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Letter to dvm360: Better drug control helps

Medicine

Fatal skin diseases in dogs and cats: What veterinary professionals need to know

Understanding canine ocular ulcers

Urine luck: A new test for canine bladder and prostate cancer

Business

Don’t shy away from ‘specials’ and ‘discounts’

I needed to bring WHAT?

Find (and keep) the perfect fit for your practice

Team

Survey: ‘Nutrition I didn’t learn in vet tech school’

Ask Katie: My team member can apparently do no wrong

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