Comparing veterinarians’ attitudes to and the potential influence of pet health insurance in Austria, Denmark and the UK Using an online questionnaire distributed via e-mail, which included a section on health insurance, we investigated the relative number of insured dogs and cats treated by Austrian, Danish and UK veterinarians (N = 636)…
Unauthorized practice Ethical question of the month, October 2021 You attend to a pregnant mare at 8 mo gestation. The mare was bred through live cover to a local stallion. The owner is a client of the practice, but the mare has not been…
Tigers end their days in high-pressure cookers Thousands of tigers, bred on farms like pigs and raised in basements, end up in high-pressure cookers, where their bones are dissolved and transformed into traditional medicine. University of Copenhagen researchers are…
Depopulating healthy university animals Ethical question of the month, July 2021 A veterinarian has a long-term contract with the animal care committee of a university in good standing with the Canadian Council of Animal Care (CCAC). He was informed by an…
When obligations to animals and clients colide Ethical question of the month, June 2021 You are a recent graduate and have taken on a new client who has several “rescue” horses. The patient presented is a Miniature horse that is having difficulty walking. You…
