Fault Lines in the Machine A recent lawsuit against Zoetis Inc. , an animal health technology firm based in New Jersey, has highlighted the darker side of artificial intelligence in veterinary diagnostics.
At its center is a tragic case involving an 11 year old Belgian Tervuren that died after being misdiagnosed by Zoetis's Vetscan Imagyst system. The details of this story are both heartbreaking and infuriating.
In October 2025, veterinarians at Columbia Veterinary Hospital in Oregon used the Imagyst system to evaluate tissue samples from the dog.