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The AAVSB is urging lawmakers to classify veterinary practices as essential businesses and endorsing telemedicine as an important way to protect the health of veterinary team members during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Thousands of dogs and cats tested for COVID-19 have shown no positive results to date, according to multiple global health organizations. Many in the veterinary community are monitoring the situation closely.

In light of many CE events and conferences getting indefinitely postponed, VetFolio has offered free CE to anyone looking to meet state requirement deadlines.

Using telemedicine can help prevent the spread of COVID-19, says the American Veterinary Medical Association. The AVMA has resources available for clinics and practices that want to implement this service.

An emerging coronavirus causing an outbreak of respiratory disease in humans has led to questions about the importance of this newly discovered virus, if any, to our veterinary patients.

Knowing that 32% of a practice’s patient population is now designated as high risk by the CDC for COVID-19, BabelBark is encouraging practices to seriously consider using technology to help engage those pet owners who may not be able to leave their homes for the pet’s care.

Morris Animal Foundation-funded researchers are evaluating a new therapy to treat dogs with clinical urinary tract infections (UTI) by comparing a biotherapeutic treatment with conventional antimicrobial therapy.

Nearly 900 VCA hospitals join sister companies Banfield and BluePearl in forbidding most onychectomies.

Officials from Zoetis and Colorado State University gathered on the Foothills Campus on Jan. 28 to celebrate the opening of a new lab, which will explore the livestock immune system and target new immunotherapies, paving the way for new alternatives to antibiotics for treating illnesses in food-producing animals.