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Fast-moving veterinary news — recalls, regulation, licensing, and what every DVM needs before rounds.

01 · Trade Press

Today's Veterinary Practice adds podcast interviews with specialists

The journal partnered with NAVC's VetFolio Voice to produce podcast interviews with specialists and published a review on the microbiota-gut-brain axis.

2 min read · Sep 21

02 · Trade Press

Veterinary practices are testing AI on eight administrative tasks

From medical record summaries to controlled substance audits, practices are testing whether AI can reduce the administrative load that fragments the workday.

5 min read · Sep 17

03 · Trade Press

Patterson launches Atlas AI assistant for practice data queries

The tool is built into Patterson's NaVetor cloud software but works alongside other practice management platforms.

3 min read · Sep 15

04 · Trade Press

Education Department proposes accreditation rules that would bar AVMA from COE oversight

The proposal shifts accreditation toward outcomes over inputs, references antitrust concerns involving AVMA and Lincoln Memorial, and sets a Sept. 21 comment deadline.

3 min read · Sep 14

05 · Trade Press

AAHA survey finds 86% of DVMs adjust treatment plans weekly over client cost concerns

The figure comes from a Pawlicy Advisor and AAHA survey that also found 13% of euthanasias are performed because owners can't afford treatment.

3 min read · Sep 8

06 · Trade Press

AAHA published separate canine diabetes guidelines for the first time

The 2026 resource addresses dogs separately from cats and incorporates continuous glucose monitors and long-acting insulin.

1 min read · Sep 8

07 · Trade Press

6.6 million horses, 2 million households, and the R&D math that never closed, until now

BI's GB approval and a peer-reviewed regenerative trial, in a category the industry has treated as economically unjustifiable.

3 min read · Sep 4

08 · Trade Press

The one supplier trait that still decides the formulary call

An overseas regulatory win you can't prescribe yet just became the opening line of every parasiticide pitch coming your way.

3 min read · Aug 24

09 · Trade Press

Which Adequan lots have glass fibers, and what you tell the clients who already got them

Four lots pulled after glass fibers found in samples. If you used them, here's the documentation and client-communication call.

3 min read · Aug 14

10 · Trade Press

The rural vet who mentors students every summer, and the placement data nobody has yet

Christine McPherson Long hosts students every summer. Whether they take rural jobs after graduation is a question the program doesn't answer.

4 min read · Aug 5