The Bird Bath

Last call for November, what did you miss?

• Synchrony’s Major Purchases Report
• Cannibis for pets
• Consolidation - what’s happening?

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Helpful links:

• Synchrony’s 2023 Major Purchase Study: Research & Trends
• dvm360: An overview of cannabis for pets
• What’s Going on With Veterinary Consolidation?

Happy Thanksgiving, what’d you miss in Vet Med?

• Mystery Coughs
• No A’s for Arizona
• NC State hits it big
• HR to the insurance rescue?
• Chewy chops
• Dissenting opinons to the AVMA

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Helpful links:

• Canine Infectious Respiratory Disease in Oregon
• Dr. Lauren Darwin from VEG on TikTok regarding the new respiratory illness in dogs

As we navigate mid-November, let's explore the latest highlights!

• State of Shelter Adoption 
• Good news for the Trix Rabbit
• Pet Business Survey
• Ornithological Overhaul

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Helpful links:

• 2023 State of Shelter Adoption Report | Hilll’s Pet Nutrition
• The Big Survey 2023: Performance
• VIDAPAW

Getting into November, what did you miss?

• AVMA Economic Forum
• DEIB Opportunities
• FTC Chair’s Position
• More Dog Food Entrants
• Most Popular Names

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Helpful links:

• blendvet
• ButcherBox
• The Most Popular Dog Names of 2023
• New York Vet | US Vet Show

Happy Howl-oween, what did you miss in vet med?

• Amazon Expands
• Where have the consolidators gone?
• Lucky 13 take the Leap
• Fewer pets in the US
• Poof goes parvo

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Helpful links:

• For Practice Owners: Quarterly Market Update by Ackerman Group
• Webinar: Beyond the Numbers: Exclusive Commentary and Insights from the Q3 Report
• APPA National Pet Owners Survey

Leap Venture Academy Participants:

• Veterinary Nutrition Group
• VIDAPAW
• VETERINARY WELL-BEING BUDDY
• CodaPet
• Kidney Chek
• Interplay
• JAMPY
• Innovative Pet Lab
• Edgar
• ControlPoint Diagnostics
• BistroCat
• furevr
• Spot

• Fear Free heads across the pond
• Denovo funding still on a roll
• Schein-ing a light on Cyber Attacks
• Get our mascot a vaccine
• Meaningful CE Opportunity

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Helpful links:

• Victim to Verdict: The Veterinarian's Role in Animal Cruelty Investigations Online Course

• Thank you Vet Techs
• The Bridge Club ICON
• NAVTA Standing Strong
• Dutch Dough
• EQT Takes Over
• IndeVet Leading the Way

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Helpful links:

• Understanding Veterinary Burnout and How to Overcome it
• EQT ramps up its pet portfolio with $1.4b VetPartners play
• Reiterating NAVTA’s Priorities

Hear from the people at the Summit, what did you miss?

• Exploding cancer cells
• Sci-Fi and AI
• Access to Care
• Start Up Pitch (Bird Bath Edition)

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Helpful links:

• Veterinary Innovation Council
• Veterinarian Electronic Assistant
• Inventory Ally
• Highfive Vet
• The Medical Futurist
• NAVC

Lots of Innovation, what have you missed?

• Live from Veterinary Innovation Summit
• $22B for Pet Tech
• Newsom signs
• Another round for scaling
• Tuna, from a lab, not a can
• Tru-D cleans up

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Helpful links:

• Biometrics and AI gain favour among cat and dog owners

Welcome to October, what’s happened in vet med?

• AAHA CrVTs Guidelines
• Fear as a policy
• Even more technician love
• Small Door wide open
• Mars and SYNLAB
• Where in the world?

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Helpful links:

• 2023 AAHA Technician Utilization Guidelines
• NAVC and MentorVet Partner To Provide Veterinary Nurses/Technicians Access to New Approach to Mentorship
• What will the future bring to veterinary medicine?