The Bird Bath

Second week of November, what’d you miss in vet med?

• Rover acquires Cat in a Flat
• More growth in Boarding
• New Study shows Pets over People
• LifeLearn brings AI to ClientEd
• It’s all Bananas
• Catch me in London!

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• The Bird Bath substack
• The State of Pets - Unpacking America's Pet Preferences
• Veterinary Innovation Podcast - Navigating Veterinary Industry Trends and Innovations in 2025

Start of November, what’d you miss in vet med?

• Exclusive Interview with Petfolk
• Quarterly Earnings and What they mean to You
• Westminster Trading Cards
• Join our Substack

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• The Bird Bath substack
• Dr. Audrey Wystrach: Major Heat Up in Consolidation – Consolidation for Consolidators

Last week of October, what’d you miss in vet med?

• Tractor Supply Company set to acquire Allivet
• Veterinary Innovative Partners hires first COO
• Vetster and Mella team up
• Don’t forget to vote!

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• The Bird Bath substack
• AVMA - How Colorado became ground zero for veterinary midlevel practitioner debate

Fourth week of October, what’d you miss in vet med?

• The Vets x Bettervet
• Fear Free Top 5 in 15
• Lots of Promotions
• Petsmart Recycles
• Join our Substack

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• “Top 5 in 15” Webinar Series by Fear Free
• The Bird Bath on Substack

Third week of October, what’d you miss in vet med?

• National Veterinary Technician Week
• AVMA says, No Shortage…Again
• CareCredit+Insurance
• IV Fluids

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• National Veterinary Technician Week

Second week of October, what’d you miss in vet med?

• Chewy Veterinary Leaders Program is open
• The State of ER & Specialty Veterinary Care by Instinct
• Ollie scoops up DIG Labs
• AVMA Veterinary Business and Economic Forum
• $157B Valuation for OpenAI

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• AAVMC - Awards, Grants, and Scholarships
• The State of ER & Specialty Veterinary Care in 2024
• AVMA Veterinary Business and Economic Forum 2024

Kicking off Spooky Season, what’d you miss in vet med?

• Patterson jumps on the acquisition train
• Zoetis adds more AI
• Scribes on the move
• College news
• Two vets and a big hill

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• Veterinary Innovation Summit Pre-Show

End of September, what’d you miss in vet med?

• The gold standard of Practice Data
• Midwest acquires Victor
• Live Insights from VetForum

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• Antelligence: Enterprise Practice Database

Third week of September, what’d you miss in vet med?

• All good news this week!
• Ready, Vet, Go welcomes 150th mentee
• Bond Vet Embraces Well Being
• HSA/FSA for Pets
• CyberKnife

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• Paving the Path to Wellness
• What is the CyberKnife® System?

Second week of September, what’d you miss in vet med?

• FDA Q&A on VCPR and more
• Better Choice Company’s reverse acquisition with SRx Health
• Mobile practice on the move

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• Veterinarian-Client-Patient Relationships, Prescribing/Dispensing Animal Drugs and Telemedicine
• State legislative updates