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Board-certified internist says DVMs need to shape AI tools before consumer tech companies doBrakke Consulting framed fuel costs as a pass-through in its October newsletterAVMA greenlights Maryland Eastern Shore vet school, first public HBCU programAntech Accuplex showed higher Ehrlichia sensitivity than IDEXX SNAP 4Dx Plus in a JAVMA studyPractices underuse credentialed veterinary technicians while posting open positionsVetsource data shows practices unlikely to see pandemic puppy boom in senior yearsBoehringer Ingelheim launches quarterable Previcox tablets after FDA approvalHT VET scanner now identifies mast cell tumors and lipomas without biopsy in 1,010-dog studyBoard-certified internist says DVMs need to shape AI tools before consumer tech companies doBrakke Consulting framed fuel costs as a pass-through in its October newsletterAVMA greenlights Maryland Eastern Shore vet school, first public HBCU programAntech Accuplex showed higher Ehrlichia sensitivity than IDEXX SNAP 4Dx Plus in a JAVMA studyPractices underuse credentialed veterinary technicians while posting open positionsVetsource data shows practices unlikely to see pandemic puppy boom in senior yearsBoehringer Ingelheim launches quarterable Previcox tablets after FDA approvalHT VET scanner now identifies mast cell tumors and lipomas without biopsy in 1,010-dog study

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01 · VeterinaryPracticeNow Desk Research

The Debt-to-Income Number Your Signing Bonus Won't Fix

AVMA's own senior survey puts the class of 2025 at $1.40 of debt for every dollar of starting salary, and that ratio rarely shows up next to the salary line in a recruiting pitch.

4 min read · Jul 28

02 · VeterinaryPracticeNow Desk Research

What 498 Dogs With Bloat Can (and Can't) Tell You About the Next One

Three real JVECC retrospective papers reveal how a survival rate, a case series, and an untreated cohort can each mislead a reader who stops at the abstract.

4 min read · Jul 28

03 · VeterinaryPracticeNow Desk Research

The One Number to Check Before You Quote a JAVMA Study to a Client

The n in a paper's abstract and the n behind the specific number you're about to say out loud are often two different numbers, and the gap between them is where bad client conversations start.

4 min read · Jul 28

04 · VeterinaryPracticeNow Desk Research

Specialty and ER Went Corporate First. The Math Explains Why

Brakke Consulting estimates corporate groups own roughly 75 percent of specialty and emergency hospitals versus about 25 to 30 percent of general practices as of 2023, a gap that opened years before private equity discovered the neighborhood GP clinic.

4 min read · Jul 28

05 · VeterinaryPracticeNow Desk Research

The "700-800 a year" consolidation number is five years old. Here's what replaced it.

We traced the stat everyone repeats about corporate practice buyouts back to its source, found it stopped being true in 2022, and mapped who is actually buying now.

5 min read · Jul 28

06 · VeterinaryPracticeNow Desk Research

Reading a Corporate Offer Like You Owe $212,499

Corporate groups out-bid independents on the signing bonus line almost every time, but the number that decides your first three years is buried in the compensation formula, not the headline offer.

5 min read · Jul 28

07 · VeterinaryPracticeNow Desk Research

AVMA's 2026 Report Puts New-Grad Debt at 1.4x First-Year Pay. Here's What That Means for Your Contract.

The debt-to-income math hasn't moved since 2022, but where you sign your first contract, corporate group or independent practice, now swings your starting pay by more than $20,000.

5 min read · Jul 28