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You’ve got more business than you can handle but it’s taking a long time to find veterinarians to join your crew. You’re not alone. Between veterinarians wanting to retire or reduce hours and competition from others offering an array of sign-on bonuses and other incentives, veterinary hospitals are being forced to get creative in facing new operational challenges.

AAHA board member Scott Driever, DVM, talks about supporting mental health in the practice. Log in to the AAHA Community to join the conversation with other AAHA practice team members.

News briefs from across the industry and beyond. This month’s articles include:

• Harbor Seal Aided by Noninvasive Kidney Stone Treatment
• USDA Adds $400M for Avian Influenza Response
• FDA Conditionally Approves First Drug to Delay Onset of Congestive Heart Failure in Dogs

and more!

Sometimes when I talk to other veterinary people, either doctors or nurses, I get the impression that they fall into one of two categories: people who love diagnosing and managing feline endocrine cases, and people who would rather undergo an invasive medical procedure.

With all the stressors in play against veterinary staff, it is more important than ever to take care of your team, and implement strategies that can lead to successully improving everyon’e mental health.

Patty Casebolt, chief operating officer at the Medical Eye Center, was introduced to us by our friends at CareCredit, who generously made it possible for us to have a conversation about how mindfulness can be worked into our busy days and why even skeptics should consider making meditation a habit.

Companion animals develop some form of periodontal disease by the time they are three years old. Your best bet for helping patients avoid painful oral disease is annual comprehensive oral and radiographic evaluations (CORE) under anesthesia.

Should the lepto vaccine be required for all dogs?  According to the just released 2022 AAHA Canine Vaccination Guidelines, it depends.

When more than 30 dogs in Northern Michigan died from an undiagnosed illness recently, the first news reports called it “mysterious” and “parvo-like.”

This is the second of four spotlights on finalists for the 2022 AAHA-Accredited Practice of the Year award. At Lafayette Veterinary Care Center in Lafayette, Louisiana, “bigger, better, busier” had always been their focus—until COVID came along.