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We built Vet Candy because veterinary medicine deserved more—more honesty, more connection, more representation, and more courage to challenge the status quo.

30/08/2026

Coming Next Week on Vet Candy Radio: Vet School After Dark 🌙

We're launching a new podcast, and this one's different, it's hosted entirely by vet students, for the vet school experience nobody else is talking about on the record.

Five students. Five schools. One rotating mic. Each episode, a different host takes the lead, picking the topic, asking the real questions, and passing it on. Real talk, real advice, real support, no filter.

Meet your hosts: JC (Colorado State University), Jeremiah (Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicineell), Kennedi (Purdue University College of Veterinary Medicine & Veterinary Hospitaldue), Jess (The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine), and Emese (Rowan University) — students you've already met in our spotlight features, now behind the mic.
Episode 1 drops next week. Subscribe to Vet Candy on Apple Podcasts to be the first to know when it's live.

29/08/2026

🐶 Dogs May Be Reading Your Face More Closely Than You Think

New fMRI research is giving us a fascinating look into how dogs process human emotions. Researchers found that dogs can distinguish between happiness, anger, fear, and sadness and, remarkably, their brains showed different activity patterns for specific negative emotions.

The study suggests dogs aren’t simply recognizing a face as “good” or “bad.” They may be picking up on much more subtle emotional cues from the humans around them.

For veterinary professionals, it’s another reminder that the patient sitting on the exam table may be paying close attention to the emotions, expressions, and energy of everyone in the room.

Dogs may not speak our language but their brains might be telling us just how much they understand. 🧠🐾

Read the full story now on Vet Candy and stay up to date with the latest veterinary news, clinical insights, and industry updates.

28/08/2026

Find out who you are and do it on purpose - Dolly Parton

27/08/2026

Veterinary medicine usually means treating one patient at a time but at the University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine, students are learning to think much bigger. Their patient may be an entire honeybee colony.

With honeybee populations facing significant losses, UGA is giving veterinary students hands-on experience in bee medicine, from evaluating hive health to identifying threats such as Varroa mites, while considering nutrition, disease, environmental stress, and the health of the entire colony.

What makes this especially interesting is that honeybees are considered food-producing animals, meaning veterinarians can play an important role in the responsible use of medications for hive diseases. Yet bee medicine isn't traditionally part of every veterinary curriculum making programs like UGA's increasingly valuable.

For students, the lessons go beyond bees. Caring for a colony requires them to think about animal health, agriculture, food production, and the environment all at once a real-world example of the One Health approach.

And perhaps the biggest lesson? Veterinary medicine doesn't always look like a dog, cat, horse, or cow.

Sometimes, your “patient” has thousands of tiny wings and a whole lot of stingers. 🐝

Read the full story now on Vet Candy and stay up to date with the latest veterinary news, clinical insights, and industry updates.

25/08/2026

Veterinary school demands a lot long lectures, anatomy labs, endless studying, and schedules that leave little time for anything else. But for some students, one basic need can become a real challenge: having enough food.

That’s why Vet Candy created a new cookbook specifically for veterinary students, built around limited budgets, busy schedules, small kitchens, and very little time.

The idea is simple: eat well, spend less, and make the food you already have work harder.
Instead of complicated recipes and expensive ingredients, the cookbook focuses on practical strategies such as:

🥘 Cooking once and eating multiple times — one chicken can become several meals, lunches, and even homemade broth.

❄️ Using the freezer strategically — from waffles and pizza dough to cooked grains and ready-to-go meals.

🛒 Shopping smarter — buying affordable staples in bulk when it makes sense and using perishables before they go to waste.

💰 Working within a realistic budget — the plan targets roughly $500 in groceries for an entire month, with an estimated total of about $488–$495.

🍕 Actually enjoying the food — think homemade pizza, ramen, teriyaki turkey bowls, waffles, energy bites, smoothies, grain bowls, and more.

The cookbook is also designed around a simple truth: students don't need another source of guilt about food. They need realistic options that fit into their lives.

A typical prep session takes around 90 minutes, allowing students to do a little work when they have time and make busy weekdays much easier. Whether it’s breakfast before an early anatomy lecture or dinner after a long day of studying, having something ready can make a huge difference.

And the bigger message matters. Food insecurity in veterinary school can be easy to hide, especially when students are already under pressure to appear like they have everything together. Practical resources and honest conversations can help make that burden a little lighter.

Vet school is already demanding enough. Your next meal shouldn’t be another problem to solve.

📖 Read the full story and check out Vet Candy’s free cookbook at myvetcandy.com

24/08/2026

Vet med had a week.

Former University of California, Davis Division I volleyball player Rachel Churilla is now a DVM student at Western University of Health Sciences—and she already has her sights set on practice ownership.

Equine veterinarian Dr. Matt Evans went from knowing basically nothing about horses to building a career around them, and now he’s telling the hilariously unpolished version of that journey in Chomping at the Bit.

At the University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine College of Veterinary Medicine, students like Madison Morgan are trading stethoscopes for bee suits and learning medicine on colonies of 50,000 honeybees.

Clemson University just welcomed the first 80 students in the history of its new College of Veterinary Medicine, while Rowan University’s Shreiber School of Veterinary Medicine picked up another $6 million in state funding.
Meanwhile, researchers at University of Connecticut are working on technology that could potentially help regenerate cartilage, Texas A&M University researchers are raising new questions about polyethylene microplastics and fatty liver disease, and scientists at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem’s Koret School of Veterinary Medicine may have found an important clue to those mysterious black corneal lesions in cats.

And Sonus Health is turning the smartphone into a digital stethoscope—with a free 7-day clinic trial for Vet Candy Weekly readers!

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Then there’s rabies in Texas, EEE in Massachusetts and anthrax in Texas livestock, because veterinary medicine apparently wasn’t busy enough.
This week’s Vet Candy has range. Come for the names you know. Stay for the stories you’ll be talking about next week.

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22/08/2026

AI Is Changing What the Veterinary Exam Can Look Like

What if the next clue to a pet’s heart health comes from the owner’s smartphone not just the exam room?

Veterinary AI is moving far beyond writing medical records. New technology is helping analyze clinical data, monitor patients remotely, and even turn everyday smartphones into tools for cardiac screening. Sonus Health, for example, can capture heart sounds from dogs and cats using a smartphone and analyze recordings for heart rate, rhythm, and possible murmurs.

The exciting part is the potential to follow patients over time, rather than relying only on what happens during a yearly appointment. In a 2026 technical evaluation, the highest-confidence recordings showed 95.9% accuracy, 94% sensitivity, and 97.9% specificity for murmur detection.

But this technology isn't about replacing veterinarians. A heart recording is only one piece of the clinical picture and abnormal findings may still require a physical examination, echocardiography, or cardiology referral.

Read the full story on myvetcandy.com

21/08/2026

🐾 New for Dogs & Cats With Diarrhea
Purina has launched the FortiFlora Diarrhea Response Kit, a new two-step, nonprescription option designed to help manage occasional diarrhea in dogs and cats.

The kit combines kaolin and pectin for short-term stool support with FortiFlora’s SF68 probiotic to support digestive health giving pet owners a simple approach: help firm the stool first, then support the gut.

For veterinary teams, the bigger takeaway is the opportunity to guide clients on when mild diarrhea may be managed at home and when it requires veterinary attention. Persistent diarrhea, blood in the stool, vomiting, lethargy, dehydration, or illness in very young, senior, or medically compromised pets should never be brushed off as a simple stomach upset.

As gut health continues to become a bigger part of companion animal care, products like this are likely to spark even more conversations between veterinarians and pet owners.

Read the full story on myvetcandy.com

19/08/2026

Vet Candy Has Taken Over Nashville 🎶🐾

From packed sessions and exhibitor booths to hallway conversations, book signings, and the moments you simply can’t capture from a conference recap the team has been bringing WVC Nashville to life in real time.

Meet the squad:

🐾 Dr. Ashley Hopkins Founder of Hopper Vets and “The Career Coach Vet,” bringing leadership, career insight, and plenty of conference energy.

📚 Dr. Jessica Turner Catch her at the Chewy Health booth on August 17 at 1 PM for her book signing.

🩺 Dr. Jessica Trice Sharing the real-world veterinary perspective that makes conference coverage feel like advice from a colleague.

🧠 Caitlin Palmer Bringing her signature Brain Smarts energy and turning conference moments into content that’s both useful and fun.

🎓 Jeremiah Pouncy Showing WVC Nashville through a student’s eyes and proving you don’t need a huge budget to make the most of a major veterinary conference.

Five ambassadors. One Music City. And a whole lot happening.

If you’re not in Nashville, you can still follow the action. Head over to Vet Candy on Instagram and YouTube for behind-the-scenes moments, interviews, conference highlights, and the kind of content that makes you feel like you’re actually there.

WVC Nashville may be happening in Music City, but Vet Candy is bringing the experience to everyone. 🎥🐾

Read the full story on myvetcandy.com

17/08/2026

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