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Multipet households are common—but what if some of those pets, specifically cats and dogs, don’t get along? Pheromones might be the answer.

Despite being busy than ever, AAHA-member practices managed to take time out on July 22, AAHA-Accredited Practice Day, to celebrate their AAHA-accreditation in person and on social media.

Cats are truly the underdogs of veterinary medicine. They tend to be noncompliant patients, they are misunderstood, and often keep to themselves. Behavior issues are the feline way of wanting to tell us something. But do we listen?

Coral Davis, Inventory Manager at Heritage Veterinary Hospital in Creve Coeur, Missouri, is the August 2022 EOTM Winner!

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

• MSU Surgeons Repair Kitten’s Fracture with Patented Surgical Nail
• Simple Steps to Increase Energy Efficiency
• Poodle-Cross Pups and Purebred Parents: By the Numbers

and more!

AAHA board member Scott Driever, DVM, Discusses the importance of dermatology and its role in connecting with clients. Log in to the AAHA Community to see this year’s finalists in the AAHA-Accredited Practice of the Year Awards.

Step into any veterinary clinic post-COVID, and you will notice a theme: long wait times, overextended staff, and more patients and appointments than ever before. While we aren’t dealing with the annoyance of curbside as much, we are still trying to wrestle with the sheer increase in patients needing to be seen. In larger cities such as Philadelphia and Boston, the number of patients needing to be seen has increased beyond the demand of staff.

During a conversation with host Katie Berlin, DVM, for Central Line: The AAHA Podcast, Deborah Thomson, DVM, chair of the World Veterinary  Association’s One Health Education Subgroup, founder of One Health Lessons, and author of The Art of Science Communication, shares what she’s learned through her work as a teacher, clinical veterinarian, and science policy advisor about having productive conversations about science—with all kinds of people.

Veterinarians are all too familiar with the importance of using antimicrobials responsibly. After all, they’re the ones tasked with determining the best course of treatment for an itchy dog with a recurring skin infection that’s become resistant to various antibiotics.

There is a certain satisfaction that comes with placing that final suture to close your incision and complete the surgical procedure at hand. As the only visual evidence that a surgery has been performed, a surgeon takes great pride in the final appearance of their wound closure.