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Here’s what was popular this week on dvm360.com:
- When pet owners Andy and Kim Brocchini, along with their son Will, discovered that their 3-year-old Yorkshire terrier/poodle mix, Whitney, was floating unresponsive in the family pool. Andy jumped into action and using his knowledge as a firefighter/paramedic, he was able to administer CPR to Whitney.
- Destination Pet LLC announcement that it is removing the non-competition clause from its veterinary employee contracts and will take effect on October 2, 2023. This policy change affects both new hires and existing team members.
- National Pet Insurance sharing its top finalists for the 15 annual Hambone Award. This award honors a nationally insured pet whose injuries or predicament caused a single or non-single claim. Learn about each of the finalists and their unique story that propelled them to the top 10.
- This week episode from The Vet Blast podcast, host Adam Christman, DVM, MBA, and this week’s guest Stephen J. Birchard, DVM, MS, DACVS, discuss the management of open wounds in cats and dogs, including a crucial step that veterinary professionals need when caring for these patients. .
- Speaking at the Directions in Veterinary Medicine symposium in Nashville, Tennessee, Jenny Cassibry Fisher, RVT, VTS (Oncology), explain participants what technicians can do to care for patients suspected or diagnosed with cancer.
- A US Senate bill, THE Rural Veterinary Workforce Act, The initiative to address the shortage of veterinarians in the United States was introduced by proposing a tax benefit for veterinarians who work in rural communities, hoping to help increase access to veterinary care and address to concerns about food security and public health in these rural areas.
- The Los Angeles Zoo disclosed Earlier this week, on August 28, 2023, he welcomed a southern tamandua puppy (Tamandua tetradactyla). The newborn has not yet been named and blood tests will be used to determine its sex.
- And more!