Editor's Pick * USDA Confirms Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in a Dairy Herd in Oregon · ~2 min read — USDA confirmed H5N1 in an Oregon dairy herd on Nov. 10 — the state's first case in cattle and the 22nd state affected since March 2024 — after the herd tested
Editor's Pick * Zoetis Receives USDA License for Cytopoint Plus™: The First and Only Long-Acting Monoclonal Antibody Providing 75 Days of Allergic Itch Relief in Dogs with Allergic Dermatitis · ~6 min read — USDA has licensed Cytopoint Plus, a next-generation anti-IL-31 monoclonal antibody given every 75 days — about 1.5
Editor's Pick * State ag directors press USDA for bird flu vaccine for cattle · ~2 min read — State agriculture departments and state veterinarians have asked USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins to let willing states pilot vaccinating dairy cattle against bird flu, warning that without a vaccine the virus risks becoming
Editor's Pick * Intratumoral STING agonist therapy as a potential bridge to surgery in canine sarcoma · ~15 min read — In a University of Calgary pilot study of four dogs with sarcomas deemed inoperable, weekly injections of experimental STING agonists directly into the tumors shrank every tumor, and two dogs
Editor's Pick * USDA: Idaho cattle likely brought bird flu to Washington dairy herds · ~2 min read — Update: genetic sequencing shows the H5N1 virus that struck 40 Washington dairy herds — and killed one dairy worker — came from Idaho cattle, despite rules requiring pre-movement testing, and a new study finds
Editor's Pick * USDA Confirms Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in a Dairy Herd in Indiana · ~2 min read — USDA confirmed HPAI H5N1 genotype B3.13 in an Indiana dairy herd on November 2 — the state's first cattle case, caught by routine National Milk Testing Strategy screening — bringing
Editor's Pick * Fighting drug resistance: AVMA unveils expanded resource to help veterinarians protect animal health · ~2 min read — The AVMA released "Antimicrobial Stewardship and Pathogens Affecting Animal Health," a 200-plus-page update of its 2020 report built by more than 50 experts, with printable species-specific report cards
*"Since it is possible that thou mayest depart from life this very moment, regulate every act and thought accordingly."* — Marcus Aurelius, Meditations Treat each appointment like it might be the one that matters most — because for that patient, it is. Editor's Pick * Merck Animal Health Launches
*"If someone can prove me wrong and show me my mistake in any thought or action, I shall gladly change."* — Marcus Aurelius, Meditations A Wednesday reminder that being corrected is not a setback — it's how the work gets better. Editor's Pick * FDA Issues Emergency
*"The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing."* — Marcus Aurelius, Meditations A clinic day is like that too — you don't choreograph it, you meet it as it comes. Editor's Pick * AAHA's New 2026 Parasite Guidelines Are Here · ~5 min read
"He who fears death will never do anything worthy of a living man." — Seneca A Tuesday reminder that the hard conversations — the prognosis, the price, the goodbye — are exactly where the work matters most. Editor's Pick * AAHA releases guidelines on emerging parasites in dogs and cats
"Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul." — Marcus Aurelius, Meditations A Monday-morning reminder that a steady start to the week doesn't have to come from anywhere outside the exam room door. Editor's Pick * 1M Chicks Slaughtered
"Look well into thyself; there is a source of strength which will always spring up if thou wilt always look." — Marcus Aurelius, Meditations A quiet reminder for a Sunday morning: the steadiness you need for the week ahead is usually already in you, not in the next tool
"It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that they are difficult." — Seneca, Letters to Lucilius A useful nudge for the hard conversation you've been putting off — the difficulty usually shrinks once you start. Editor&
"Don't explain your philosophy. Embody it." — Epictetus, Enchiridion A good standard for a clinic day: let the work itself show what you stand for. Editor's Pick * Compressed heartworm treatment shows 95 percent efficacy — A randomized JAVMA trial in 168 shelter dogs found a two-dose
"Do not act as if you were going to live ten thousand years. Death hangs over you. While you live, while it is in your power, be good." — Marcus Aurelius, Meditations A useful nudge to use today's hours well, in the clinic and at home. Editor&
"If a man knows not to which port he sails, no wind is favorable." — Seneca, Letters to Lucilius A clear destination makes the day's small choices a lot easier to steer by. Editor's Pick * Fine Needle Aspiration Often Skipped for Dog and Cat Lumps,
"Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking." — Marcus Aurelius, Meditations A Tuesday reminder that the day's tone is set less by the caseload than by how you meet it. Editor's Pick * VETmAb
"While we are postponing, life speeds by." — Seneca, Letters to Lucilius A Monday nudge to handle the small thing today instead of letting it slide to next week. Editor's Pick * Heat Diffusion: Study shows AI classifies some canine tumours — A peer-reviewed study found an AI heat-diffusion
"Be like the cliff against which the waves continually break; but it stands firm and tames the fury of the water around it." — Marcus Aurelius, Meditations (A steady clinic day is mostly that — holding firm while the waves keep coming.) Editor's Pick * Screwworm Spreads to Wildlife:
"If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid." — Epictetus, Enchiridion (A good day to try the better approach even if it looks odd to everyone else.) Editor's Pick * New antibody technology offers hope against antibiotic-resistant infections — Cambridge researchers built T-CAT antibodies
"Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one." — Marcus Aurelius, Meditations (Less time agonizing over the perfect protocol — decide, act, adjust.) Editor's Pick * Familiar Therapeutics Launches with $5 Million Seed to Close the Gap Between Human and Veterinary Medicine — New
"How much time he gains who does not look to see what his neighbour says or does or thinks." — Marcus Aurelius, Meditations (Attention is the day's scarcest drug — spend it on your own patients, not other people's fires.) Editor's Pick * Wedgewood Pharmacy
"Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body." — Seneca, Letters to Lucilius (A rough day at the clinic builds the same muscle as a rough workout: resilience.) Editor's Pick * Zoetis Receives FDA Approval for Convenia® RTU for Dogs (cefovecin injectable suspension), Helping More Medium and