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AAHA CON 2024 is just a couple flips of the calendar away, and if you haven’t already made plans to head to National Harbor, Maryland, this September for our annual veterinary conference, there’s no time like the present to get started.

Meet all the hospitals nominated for AAHA’s 2024 APOY award and hear from our four finalists.

Hurricane Ian left a path of devastation when it hit Florida in 2022. Now, almost two years later, the destruction of VCA’s hospital on Sanibel Island allowed their team to rebuild not only a bigger practice but one that provides more comprehensive pet care.

Why Boaz Man, DVM, believes we have an ethical responsibility to not only recognize a dog who can’t breathe, but to help them.

Historically, veterinary medicine has primarily approached respiratory and gastrointestinal clinical signs as independent problems. However, given the shared anatomy of the upper respiratory tract and gastrointestinal tract, it is impossible to separate these disorders.

When a local zoo veterinarian called to request a tooth extraction for a North American black bear, Jan Bellows, DVM, DAVDC, DABVP (Canine & Feline), and his team discovered the bear had a fractured right lower canine tooth, common in bears due to their powerful jaws and the demands of their natural foraging behaviors.

Esmeralda Cano, DVM, joined Central Line podcast to discuss the mission of Vetspacito, a platform aimed at breaking down language barriers in veterinary care.

Innovative youth outreach and scholarship programs support students to diversify and strengthen the veterinary profession.

This algorithm from the 2021 AAHA Nutrition and Weight Management Guidelines for Dogs and Cats can help your team know when an extended nutritional evaluation is required. The full guidelines are available at aaha.org/nutrition.

Many practice owners start thinking about selling too late—whether they hope to sell to an individual or a corporation. That’s because finding a practitioner-buyer other than an associate can take several years, and consolidators typically require sellers to keep working for years. So what do you do?