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Industry News
CATalyst Council Reports Cat Clinical Visits Grow 2.7 Percent as U.S. Veterinary Clinical Visits Fall 1.9 Percent
Virbac Donation Brings Heartworm Prevention to Every Dog at KC Pet Project
25 Years Later, Landmark Purina Life Span Study Still Shapes Healthy Weight Conversations for Dogs
FFAR Research Explores New World Screwworm Vaccine
CatsOnly™ Makes History as First-Ever Veterinary Practice to Open With CAETA Practice Certification
Sustell® Enables Customer-Specific Crop Footprints Across the Animal Protein Value Chain
Boehringer Ingelheim’s New Quarterable Snap-Tab PREVICOX® (Firocoxib) Chewable Tablets Provide Flexible Dosing for Dogs in the U.S.
Artificial Intelligence Use Among Veterinary Professionals More Than Doubles in 2 years
Merck Animal Health Highlights Landmark Clinical Research on Gilvetmab, the First Caninized Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor for Canine Oncology in the Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine and Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association
Big Idea Ventures and Mars Petcare Select Three Startups for the 2026 Next Generation Pet Food Program
Merck Animal Health Expands SenseHub® Dairy Monitoring With Bucket-Fed Calf Capability and New Herd-Level Insights
Dechra Brings Laverdia® (Verdinexor Tablets), the First and Only FDA-Approved Oral Treatment for Dogs Diagnosed With Lymphoma
BiomEdit’s First-of-its-Kind Engineered Bacterial Biologic for Poultry Receives Conditional Licensure From USDA
Boehringer Ingelheim and WHO Foundation Launch Global Collaboration to Close the Gap in Obesity and Metabolic Health
IDEXX Laboratories Acquires CoVetAI to Advance Veterinary Workflow Intelligence
Hill’s Pet Nutrition Committed to Advancing Veterinary Industry With Residency Sponsorships
Parnell Appoints Sharon Holt as Vice President of U.S. Pet Care
CERES TAG and Acies Agricultural Risks Announce Collaboration to Connect Livestock Intelligence With Risk Management
Zoetis Expands Vetscan Imagyst Capabilities
Patterson Veterinary Launches Atlas: An AI Assistant for Veterinary Software