Register now for NYS-VC on-demand
NYSVMS
If you were not able to attend the recent NYS Veterinary Conference, there is still time to apply up to 22.5 hours of self-study CE toward your license renewal requirements by registering for on-demand! The on-demand platform features 90+ session recordings from our live event, each paired with an assessment to earn self-study CE credit. For $349, you receive access to all species and professional development tracks now through January 6, 2027. For more information and to register, go to: www.nysvc.org.
NYSVMS recruiting for class of 2027 Power of 10
NYSVMS
NYSVMS is currently recruiting for the Power of 10 class of 2027. This is a national initiative designed to cultivate leadership capacity in grads 15 years or less from veterinary school who are current NYSVMS members and provide learning experiences that will enrich the individual and benefit the individual’s practice, community and profession. The program provides NYSVMS members with 4 leadership development sessions. NYSVMS covers all meeting and travel expenses for participants. The topics are: wellbeing, what to do when OPD knocks on your door, restructuring student debt and financial planning and the Insights Discovery program. Applications for the Power of 10 Class of 2027 are open untilDecember 11th. The application is at: https://nysvms.org/graduate-membership/. For more information, please contact Stephanie Quirini at squirini@nysvms.org
Veterinarian inspires with passion for serving working dog teams
AAHA
Each year on New Year’s Eve, Paul McNamara, DVM, DACVS, co-owner and chief of surgery at AAHA-accredited Hudson Highlands Veterinary Medical Group in Hopewell Junction, New York and NYSVMS member, takes a train to New York City with several trusted veterinary technicians. While throngs of revelers celebrate in Times Square, McNamara and his team offer veterinary care to the police dogs working to keep the crowds safe, including searching for explosives. Sometimes, the working dogs get a cut on their paw pads or ears or experience other issues that need tending.
A final farewell to NYC’s horse carriage industry
Politico
The City Council voted overwhelmingly today to abolish the Big Apple’s horse carriage industry, handing a historic win to animal rights activists who’ve pushed to end the tourist attraction for decades. The vote doesn’t mean the industry sunsets overnight, though. The bill enacting the ban — which passed the Council with 40 yays, 7 nays and 2 abstentions — allows the roughly 200 carriage drivers who shuttle tourists around Central Park to continue operating until June 2028, when the industry will be reined into a legal halt officially.
The 15-year quest for a new TB antibiotic
Cornell University CVM
TB is the deadliest infectious disease on earth. Over the last two centuries, it’s killed over two billion people, killing 1.25 million in 2023 alone — more than typhoid, malaria and war combinedin a single year. Thanks to the advent of antibiotics in the 1940’s, the disease is now rare in high-income countries. However, resistant strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacteria that causes TB, have started to emerge. In 2024 alone, 10 million new cases of regular TB were contracted, and an estimated 410,000 drug resistant cases were reported.
NASPHV releases latest zoonotic diseases infection prevention compendium
AVMA
The National Association of State Public Health Veterinarians (NASPHV), in its latest industry guidance, reflects the advances in veterinary infection prevention and control (IPC). Like previous compendia, it underscores hand hygiene as “the single-most important measure veterinary personnel can take to reduce the transmission of zoonotic pathogens.” In September, the NASPHV updated its “Compendium of Zoonotic Disease Infection Prevention and Control in Veterinary Personnel,” which states that readily available alcohol-based hand sanitizer (ABHS) can greatly improve hand hygiene compliance.
Understanding client needs can boost adherence to treatment plans
AVMA
Building better relationships with clients also builds a better veterinary practice. It may seem simple, but it starts with an honest assessment of how veterinarians approach the conversation with owners. Dr. Jason Coe, Mars Veterinary Health chair in relationship-centered veterinary medicine at the University of Guelph Ontario Veterinary College (OVC), has studied communication patterns in veterinary medicine for 20 years.
Why pet owners are struggling to afford veterinary care
Fast Company
One day in 2024, Justin Laudadio found his cat, Chicken, writhing on the floor of his home in Feasterville, Pennsylvania, apparently in the midst of a seizure. Laudadio put Chicken in a carrier and raced to a veterinary hospital, preemptively grieving the whole way. The veterinarians were able to stabilize Chicken, a brown tabby who was about 12 years old and diabetic, during a three-day hospital stay. Though he was diagnosed with acromegaly, a hormonal disorder caused by a benign pituitary gland tumor, it never became entirely clear what caused the seizure.
Higher-concentration cefovecin approved by FDA for certain skin infections in dogs
DVM360
The FDA has approved Convenia RTU for Dogs (cefovecin injectable suspension), a ready-to-use (RTU) treatment for canine skin infections caused by susceptible strains of Staphylococcus pseudintermedius and Streptococcus canis (group G) to Zoetis Inc.¹ In a release, Zoetis explained that the product is indicated for secondary superficial pyoderma, abscesses, and wounds caused by susceptible strains of the 2 bacterial species.
Vitamin E supplementation for horses
The Horse
Vitamin E is an important nutrient for your horse’s health because it supports muscle health and protects cell membranes. This nutrient is an essential vitamin, meaning your horse cannot synthesize it and it must be provided in the diet, and it is fat-soluble.
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Reach New York’s veterinary community
The Horse
Vitamin E is an important nutrient for your horse’s health because it supports muscle health and protects cell membranes. This nutrient is an essential vitamin, meaning your horse cannot synthesize it and it must be provided in the diet, and it is fat-soluble.
continue reading [https://thehorse.com/1124814/vitamin-e-supplementation-for-horses/]
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