July 15, 2009

• AVMA board looks to future of communications
• Board fills vacancies
• Studies link occupational exposures to preterm delivery, birth defects
• Foodborne illness levels off in past several years
• Public health veterinarian sees challenges in infection trends
• Measuring sunscreens' ability to protect against skin cancer
• ACVIM issues consensus statement on EHV-1
• AAFP updates guidelines on care of senior cats
• Cancer drug approved for dogs
• Welfare group to push for science-based policy, practices
• California advances bill putting standards on imported eggs
• Scholarship fund to support future bovine veterinarians
• Bovine Veterinarian moves to new Web site
• Accolades
• Military veterinarians meet in South Korea, France
• Obituaries

July 1, 2009

• Extensive study to examine egg-laying hen housing
• NAVTA leader hopes to uphold standards, partnerships
• Survey shows veterinary technicians grapple with new, old challenges
• Six veterinary technology programs become accredited
• More than 1,500 service dogs receive free eye examinations
• FDA providing MUMS grants to aid new drug studies
• Some metal-backed drug patches lack warning about MRI burn risk
• Nutro recalls dry cat food because of mineral imbalances
• Online arthritis resource for pet owners
• Feline health studies funded
• Henderson joins Scientific Activities Division
• Many faces, one profession
• Disaster training sessions benefit from AVMF sponsorship
• Relief campaign aids more than 1,400 unwanted horses
• Ulcers frequent among all types of horses, company says
• New stem cell lab for horses opens at UC-Davis
• Funding shortage forces closure of Fresno lab
• Lilly Companion Animal Health moves under Elanco name
• Obituaries

June 15, 2009

• READY FOR DISASTER: AVMA Veterinary Medical Assistance Teams
• Tri-state conference promotes local disaster planning
• FDA adds online information to Veterinary Feed Directive guide
• Regulations target illegal Internet distribution of controlled substances
• Head of Afghan Veterinary Association learns from AVMA
• Delegates to consider revised AVMA ear crop, tail dock policy
• Amendments affect HOD referrals, councils
• Proposed Amendments to the AVMA Bylaws
• Students talk about equality, Vet 2011 at symposium
• Education council schedules site visits
• Just the stats
• "Work hard at things you love to do"
• Join the conversation; catch the AVMA@Work blog
• GHLIT Wellness Center back for 2009 convention
• Many faces, one profession
• Red Flags Rule requires identity theft prevention programs
• Ag department leaders seek comments on animal ID system
• Compounding issues resurface in wake of ponies' deaths
• Demand outpaces donations for AAHA Helping Pets Fund
• Vermont court says no to emotional compensation for pet loss
• One-health wonders
• Study examining organic, conventional milk production
• Beef, dairy producers dealing with feed ban effects
• Collection shows Depression-era veterinarians' achievements, struggles
• Flood, weather kill thousands of cattle in North Dakota
• Specialty group forms corporate partnerships
• Accolades
• Obituaries

June 1, 2009

• Veterinary colleges adapting to colder economic climate
• State, national entities give voice to veterinary colleges
• Some restrictions on human-use rabies vaccine lifted
• H1N1 strain in humans causes concerns over animal impacts
• AVMA launches video messages from its CEO
• Unity key to veterinarians' strength, Kornegay says
• Brown wants to build on work of first term
• Many faces, one profession
• Balancing the AVMA budget
• AVMF leaders hope to expand services despite challenges
• Accreditation statuses reviewed by Council on Education
• Guide helps veterinarians counsel clients with ill pets
• AAHA sessions tackle student debt—'the elephant in the room'
• Speakers explore the ups and downs of pet keeping
• The president and the puppy
• Adoption day for wild horses to bring awareness
• Montana law favors building of horse slaughter facilities
• Conservation program looks after mountain gorillas, human neighbors
• Animal rights extremist is one of FBI's most wanted terrorists
• AASV creates guide for developing anti-cruelty policies
• LSU exhibition features creatures in artwork
• Accolades
• Assemblies
• Obituaries

May 15, 2009

• Symposium calls for targeted efforts to increase diversity
• Topical flea and tick products come under EPA scrutiny
• With eye on purse strings, Executive Board looks ahead
• Board moves to enhance relationship with trusts
• Australian school seeks AVMA accreditation
• AVMA looks to strengthen ties with veterinary students
• Board refines officer travel
• Proposal could lead to privately funded student loan help
• Legislative priorities identified
• AVMA: Mandatory spay/neuter a bad idea
• AVMA endorses service dog program
• Specialty boards recognized
• Polices revised, reaffirmed, rescinded
• Some pet policies revisited
• Voting member meeting scheduled for AVMA convention
• Aquatic animal health measures approved
• New AVMA policy: Animal carcasses not an immediate risk
• Board appoints representatives to committees, liaisons
• Strategic Planning Committee sunset
• AVMA addresses international presence
• Rheumatoid arthritis has no cure, but treatments exist
• Many faces, one profession
• One-health wonders
• Just the stats
• $1 million campaign to raise awareness of AAHA hospitals
• AAHA president brings business sense to veterinary practice
• CATalyst Council names Top 10 Cat-Friendly Cities
• Mass chicken depopulation to control infectious laryngotracheitis
• Leader in virology, pathology given world veterinary award
• Accolades
• Obituaries
     – Dr. Janis H. Audin, 1950-2009

May 1, 2009

• Executive Board cuts costs to balance 2010 budget
• First new animal drug listed on MUMS Index
• Equine veterinarians affected yet resilient in sour economy
• Maintaining profitability requires smart management
• Stimulus plans affect small businesses in terms of credit, taxes, health insurance
• Swine veterinarians assess challenges to industry, practice
• Sessions shed light on viral, bacterial, and production problems
• Social issues, biosecurity on AASV president's plate
• AVMA, AVMF, Red Cross enter agreement for emergencies
• New Jersey court says consider pet's special value in custody cases
• Many faces, one profession
• Oklahoma State establishes parasitology center
• AAHA releases publication on careers for veterinary technicians
• 'Ambitious' strategic plan unveiled at AAVMC meeting
• Future of veterinary education up for discussion
• Officials say veterinary college prerequisites need streamlining
• Veterinarian-turned-politician hopes to bring science to the Hill
• Oquendo Center debuts at Western Veterinary Conference
• Accolades
• New diplomates
• Obituaries

April 15, 2009

• Audin proclaimed editor-in-chief emeritus
• Economists: Livestock and poultry producers cutting flock, herd sizes
• Veterinarians seeing various reactions among producers
• Rule requires veterinarians to have identity theft prevention programs
• DEA seeks options for disposal of controlled substances by users
• Infection control guide available from Canadian committee
• Plan for mandatory ID of livestock focus of congressional hearing
• NVMSA, FARAD part of billion-dollar funding bill
• Rockefeller Foundation funding creation of One Health Commission
• Students have their day on the Hill
• Advances in cancer screening,treatments aid patients
• Many faces, one profession
• Videos to help veterinarians identify and fight avian disease
• CDC laboratory expansion project under way
• USDA promoting public practice in hands-on exercises
• Pet hospice movement gaining momentum
• Client education is focus of Lyme disease month
• New guidelines intended to guard amphibians against deadly fungus
• NTRA moving toward racetrack accreditation
• Merck to merge with Schering-Plough
• Foundation to support pharmacology research
• Accolades
• Obituaries

April 1, 2009

• Report: Government must address growing shortage of federal veterinarians
• AVMA Web site offers additional updates on state proposals
• California passes budget without tax on veterinary services
• Veterinary colleges find cause for hope in stimulus plan
• FDA brochure warns of Salmonella from pet turtles
• Study: 22 percent of veterinarians screened had antibodies against Q fever
• Pigs, people in Philippines contract Ebola virus
• AAEP releases guidelines on protecting Thoroughbred health
• State bills popping up on horse slaughter, unwanted-horse issue
• Many faces, one profession
• AVMA Answers: Leading the Executive Board in a challenging time
• Second AVMF voluntourism project set for Seattle
• Education council schedules site visits
• Program prompts veterinarians, clients to address pet obesity
• Texas joins states with bovine trichomoniasis regulations
• Wildlife a concern in BVDV control
• Organization accredits 50 compounding pharmacies
• Industry sponsors renew support for pathology training positions
• Donor doesn't want money going to veterinary college
• Accolades
• Assemblies
• Obituaries

March 15, 2009

• USDA laboratory employees suspended in drug probe
• Comments invited on proposed sports medicine and rehabilitation specialty
• Ear crop, tail dock policy not a radical departure, AVMA says
• Price, Trimmer elected to AVMA Executive Board
• AVMA accepting nominations to GHLIT
• Sleep apnea—unmasking a nighttime health risk
• More information more accessible on food supply veterinary medicine site
• Many faces, one profession
• Group to offer accreditation for online veterinary pharmacies
• Online CE available on camelids
• One-health wonders
• First rDNA construct approved for human use
• World Veterinary Day, award will focus on livestock theme in 2009
• Pfizer to acquire Wyeth
• NAVC events educate, entertain attendees
• Ewing honored by CRWAD
• Assemblies
• Obituaries

March 1, 2009

• Economy means slowdown for some veterinarians
• Practitioners discuss how they are weathering the downturn
• Report pets with Salmonella; send samples
• Veterinarians work behind the scenes during inauguration
• California considers tax on veterinary services
• Kansas officially the site for facility to succeed Plum Island
• NCVEI issues pet insurance guide
• Horse slaughter conditions in Mexico explored by AAEP group
• Anti-horse-slaughter legislation reintroduced
• Euthanasia a rare but complicated issue in disasters
• Surveillance program could protect human and swine health
• FARAD surviving, but future funding uncertain
• AVMF student scholarships available for 2009
• Disaster training part of Foundation's mission
• New Education Division staff come with experience
• AVMA notes staff achievements
• Homeland security program produces first graduates
• Many faces, one profession
• Ross students present findings to WHO
• Obituaries

February 15, 2009

• AVMA conference readies leaders for challenges and opportunities
• EPA proposal on incinerators catches AVMA's eye
• HOD revises antimicrobials in livestock feeds policy
• Animal welfare, advocacy among conference workshop topics
• AVMA launches 'Chew on This' podcast series on food safety
• Many faces, one profession
• Set sail for Seattle and the AVMA convention
• New assistant editor for Publications Division
• GHLIT backs SAVMA obesity awareness campaign
• One-health wonders
• University Web site to educate about public health, agriculture
• Animal-use antimicrobial sales up; manufacturers report more growth use of ionophores
• 42 states testing for contagious equine metritis
• Equine veterinarians hope to improve racing standards
• Texas A&M's new dean starts March 1
• Donation benefits WSU students through scholarship fund
• Accolade
• Assemblies
• Obituaries

February 1, 2009

• Health experts call for unified efforts to face climate issues
• New resource available on generic drugs
• Equine conference educates, updates on active year
• Partnership seeks to improve veterinary technician CE
• AAEP president found inspiration from other members
• Free vaccines offered to improve welfare of unwanted horses
• State legislators' group opposes federal bills to restrict horse slaughter
• Training program brings veterinary pathologists to NIH
• AVMA calls for applications to WVA Council
• Disaster preparedness grant recipients named
• AVMA representative sought for one-health steering committee
• Many faces, one profession
• Accolades
• New diplomates
• Assemblies
• Obituaries

January 15, 2009

• USDA seeking veterinarians' help in promoting NAIS
• New facility to advance study of foreign animal disease
• What can the veterinary profession expect in Obama's America?
• One-health wonders
• AVMA Auxiliary spices up National Pet Week
• AVMA brochures on careers, pet health receive a makeover
• Education is key to combating rise in MRSA
• Many faces, one profession
• Unwanted horse problem to be analyzed in initial study
• Two foreign schools inch closer to accreditation
• Accolades
• Assemblies
• Obituaries

January 1, 2009

• AVMA survey measures income trends to 2007
• Homeland Security recommends Kansas site to replace Plum Island
• FDA planning to ban cattle brains, spinal cords from all animal feed
• EPA pharmaceutical survey not for veterinarians, AVMA says
• Policies reaffirmed, rescinded
• Board acts on environmental policies
• Student debt relief, unwanted horses are among AVMA legislative priorities
• Animal agriculture issues addressed
• Welfare policies revised, partnership formed
• Federal funding priorities identified
• Human-animal bond committee receives 'higher' calling
• Disaster and emergency-related policies amended
• AVMA volunteers sign ethics statements
• Economic resolution to be implemented, policy on AVMA elections revised
• PAC report goes electronic
• Board acts on aquatic medicine-related proposals
• Food safety policies revised
• ECFVG language test format changes
• Performance of AVMA entities evaluated
• Drug-related policies adopted, liaisons ended
• AVMA directory to go entirely electronic
• Veterinary service policies, liaisons addressed
• Legislative committee structure modified
• AVMA convention city rotation set
• Rabies and other public health policies revisited
• Seven things you (may not) know the AVMF offers
• AVMA comments on regulation of genetically engineered animals
• Just the stats
• Education council schedules site visits
• AVMA Answers: President's outlook
• Many faces, one profession
• European event advocates one health, prevention
• FDA opens offices in China
• New resources helping unwanted horses find new homes
• USDA releases report on animal health
• Aja is Hill's new director of professional affairs
• Morris Animal Foundation creates campaign for healthy cats
• Morris Animal Foundation supporting animal health studies
• USAHA, AAVLD team up and request more federal funding
• College news
• Competition challenges students to grow in animal welfare knowledge
• Assemblies
• New diplomates
• Obituaries

December 15, 2008

• Advocacy continues amid spending curb
• AVMA supports—in concept—Universal Declaration of Animal Welfare
• AVMA opposes cosmetic ear cropping, tail docking of dogs
• Board takes steps to bolster FARAD
• Consorting with Foresight
• Board offers guidance on obligations concerning microchipped animals
• AVMA sponsors student activities
• Funding approved for clinic database and online locator
• Communications council may sunset
• Pet insurance policy revised
• Extending the vice president's term of office
• Rabies vaccine supply recovering
• Resolutions on agenda for HOD winter session
• Amendments could affect vice president, a council, and the HOD
• Many faces, one profession
• Survey says—Veterinarians like their jobs!
• Pet dental campaign reaches 15th year
• Holidays, economy especially stressful for women
• Some banks focusing on business loans for veterinarians
• Economy affects financing, but practitioners still can borrow
• Veterinary response teams offer opportunities to volunteer
• FDA revokes planned extralabel cephalosporin use ban
• Mars closing plant that produced pet food linked to human illness
• One-health wonders
• Bridge funds coming to FARAD may not be enough
• Global conference aimed at implementing animal welfare standards
• New diplomates
• College news
• Teaching, research awards conferred
• Accolades
• Assemblies
• Obituaries

December 1, 2008

• California voters call for changes in livestock housing
• Election results are in for veterinarian-legislators
• AVMA online CE makes grand debut
• AVMA fellows find home in the Senate
• Many faces, one profession
• Your Foundation makes an impact
• AVMA at a glance
• AVMA creates collection of helpful Web pages
• One-health Web site debuts
• Pediatrics article says veterinarians influence children's health
• A voice for veterinarians in the U.S. House
• Association puts cats front-and-center
• AAFP president wants to be model for volunteer leaders
• Online database checks economic health of U.S. veterinary practices
• Trust anniversary also golden for scholars
• Iowa State dedicates medical center
• Regional college lends expertise for upcoming cable series
• Accolades
• Assemblies
• Obituaries

November 15, 2008

• Revised state law goes after puppy mills
• Federal law could increase scrutiny at dog breeding facilities
• AVMA backgrounder cautions practitioners about risks of MRSA
• New Web site gathers pesticide incidents involving animals
• The economy, energy, and farewell
• AVMA Answers: AVMA library
• New research on Alzheimer's disease
• Many faces, one profession
• Bovine practitioners face challenges to profession, industry
• Conference fosters dialogue on cattle welfare
• The next generation of rural and bovine veterinarians
• AABP president promotes responsiveness, collaboration, online CE
• Genetic mutation may cause BSE
• Company funds research on porcine circovirus
• $75M dedicated to nonsurgical contraception for cats and dogs
• Nov. 24 deadline to file claims relevant to recalled pet food
• NAVTA approves veterinary technician specialty
• LSU seeking animals in art
• UC-Davis to train for large animal emergencies
• New diplomates
• Accolades
• Obituaries

November 1, 2008

• Genetically engineered animals in the food supply
• FDA launches public-access database of animal drug approvals
• AVMA seeks nominations for euthanasia panel working groups
• FDA asks veterinarians to report pet food complaints
• Wild horses could face euthanasia
• Chincoteague pony swim poses unique challenges for local veterinarian
• Nominations open for world leadership award
• Turtle producers fighting in the courts and Capitol to sell hatchlings
• One-health wonders
• Hand washing key disease prevention measure not always practiced
• USDA downgrades New Mexico's bovine TB status
• AVMA director is first American veterinarian credentialed in animal welfare
• 10 reasons to be a member of the AVMA
• AVMA speaks to Congress about livestock health issues
• Rainy day funds help emergency programs in troubled times
• Veterinary specialists band together
• California law strengthens protections for researchers
• College news
• Accolades
• Assemblies
• Obituaries

October 15, 2008

• Scope-of-practice laws draw attacks
• Mars recalls pet food because of potential link with human illness
• Veterinarians alerted to new directions for Eqvalan Liquid for horses
• AVMA, swine veterinarians respond to video of pig abuse
• Emergency care and shelter given to evacuated, abandoned, and stranded animals
• Hurricane Gustav prompts responders to evacuate pets
• Pennsylvania VMA addresses veterinarian shortages
• Just the stats
• AVMAtv spotlights veterinarians through Web videos
• Pet health insurance as an employee benefit? AVMA hopes so
• AVMA Answers: Disaster Response
• Take a seat at the table
• Shelton joins AVMA Washington office
• Searching for outstanding contributors to the veterinary field
• AVMA expands its pet selection series
• Education council schedules site visits
• Getting the right drug at the right dosage
• CDC seeking veterinarians for laboratory animal medicine residency
• Two tigers seen as signs of recovery in Iraq
• Military veterinarians continue health and safety projects in Iraq
• New campaign marks National Pet Wellness Month
• Call for cat health research grant applications
• Florida finds cases of equine piroplasmosis
• College news
• Accolades
• New diplomates
• Assemblies
• Obituaries

October 1, 2008

• AVMA weighs in on California livestock housing referendum
• EPA asks for comment on upcoming survey on unused pharmaceutical disposal
• Behavior society supports early puppy socialization
• AAVMC trying to increase appeal of veterinary medicine to minority students
• Moving beyond unintentional intolerance
• The importance of being counted
• AVMA diversity report available
• One-health wonders
• Oct. 12-18 is National Veterinary Technician Week
• AVMAPAC holds scholarship contest
• AVMA Answers
• Affiliated groups meet in New Orleans
• Flood recovery continues for Midwest veterinarians
• Online auctions used for donations to the AVMF
• AAEP issues white paper on ending soring of Tennessee Walking Horses
• Publication discusses pasteurellosis in domestic, wild sheep
• PEER outreach teaches veterinarian and students
• Student AVMA seeks hosts for exchange program
• Tennessee appoints Thompson as dean
• New diplomates
• Accolades
• Assemblies
• Obituaries

September 15, 2008

• Reserves of human-use rabies vaccine could alleviate supply worries
• FDA issues booklet reviewing information on animal health care needs
• FDA extends comment period on cephalosporin restrictions
• GHLIT to promote benefits of pet health insurance
• Haynes earns top AVMA honor
• Laurels and legacies
• Bustad lecture focuses on therapy animals
• AVMA moving forward on animal welfare
• Convention speaker discusses new Humane Society VMA
• AVMA honors congressman for support
• Student AVMA discusses economics, 'one health,' education
• AVMA Auxiliary mixes meeting with entertainment
• Honor roll members inducted
• September is National Preparedness Month
• Luke joins AVMA Governmental Relations Division
• New director leading American Veterinary Medical Foundation
• AVMA at a glance
• President reauthorizes animal drug program
• Education bill includes funding program for veterinary schools, colleges
• Congress considers new horse slaughter ban
• Midyear report summarizes state legislation
• Adams to lead Army Veterinary Corps
• Military veterinarians focus on 'one health' at symposium
• Spain set to grant rights to great apes
• Tennessee veterinarian keeps license after accusations of improper euthanasia
• USDA renews funding for work on PRRS, avian influenza
• Industry initiatives
• Accolades
• Assemblies
• Obituaries

September 1, 2008

• Connecting in New Orleans
• USDA requires country of origin labeling for commodities
• FDA provides summaries of adverse drug experiences
• AVMA delegates support closer ties to veterinary students
• Convention attendees rehabilitate local animal shelters
• Veterinary students win AVMF scholarships
• House of Delegates acts on resolutions
• New veal calf housing policy encourages greater freedom of movement
• New AVMA president sees more proactive Association
• Treasurer finds inspiration in economic challenges
• Corry in as AVMA president-elect, Brown as vice president
• The votes are in for AVMA councils and House Advisory Committee
• Laissez les bon temps rouler
• Kornegay declares candidacy for AVMA president-elect
• House of Delegates commends service
• Bylaw amended
• Board recommends winter elections for AVMA officers
• Convention sponsors
• Influenza continues to affect dogs
• Senate funds veterinary student debt relief program
• Hill's donates genome data to promote feline health
• CATalyst initiative building
• Industry initiatives
• Obituaries

August 15, 2008

• Veterinarians keep an eye on the economy
• Report available on antimicrobial resistance
• FDA answers questions on BSE feed rule
• USDA downgrading California's bovine TB status
• Infected Montana cow ends brucellosis-free status
• AVMA Answers: Prescriptions
• GHLIT unveils enhanced hospital indemnity plan
• One-health wonders
• Agricultural animals helped families recover from tsunami
• Heartworm survey responses encouraged
• College news
• Accolades
• Assemblies
• Obituaries

August 1, 2008

• AVMA cautions against indiscriminate broad bans on livestock antimicrobials
• Extralabel use of cephalosporins prohibited in food animals
• Midwest flooding affects animals, veterinary clinics
• Hall joins Membership and Field Services Division
• AVMF grants bring veterinarian relief
• AVMF funds five disaster training sessions
• Summit results in action to improve safety in eventing
• Jockey Club, congressional hearing focus on the welfare of racehorses
• AVMA, USDA react to footage of cattle mistreatment
• Center takes integrated approach to zoo animal welfare
• Parting words
• House acts on AVMA-supported initiatives
• College news
• Accolades
• Obituaries

July 15, 2008

• A meeting of minds on the welfare of beef cattle
• FDA issues safety warning on Comfortis-ivermectin interaction
• Council on Education accredits Irish school, limits status of three colleges
• Projects, policies approved
• AVMA joins Vet 2011 commemoration
• Board further commits to One Health Initiative
• Collaborating on animal welfare
• AVMA enters into multimillion-dollar partnership with companies
• Michael-Lee to lead AVMA Business Division
• AVMA launches podcast for pet owners
• AVMA career video wins award
• Occupational asthma a risk for veterinarians
• ProHeart 6 returns to U.S. market on limited basis
• Parasite education tour kicks off in July
• E-abstract submissions for CRWAD sought
• One-health wonders
• Foie gras legal again in Chicago
• Agricultural council offers free issue papers
• USDA rescinds "raised without antibiotics" label on Tyson chicken
• Live CWD test in elk shows promise
• Accolades
• Assemblies
• Obituaries

July 1, 2008

• AVMA hails gains in farm bill
• Asia Pacific military veterinarians meet in Singapore
• World Veterinary Association president offers inside look
• NCVEI names new chief executive officer
• AVMA-sponsored FFA scholarships awarded
• AVMA debuts animal welfare Web section
• Apply now for state emergency preparedness grants
• AVMA at a glance
• Outgoing AVMA officers reflect on experiences
• Education council schedules site visits
• Maddie's Fund supports MAF study
• $24 million to pay economic damages relevant to recalls of pet food
• USDA ending downer cow slaughter exception
• Colorado will phase out gestation stalls and veal crates
• IRS approves AABP foundation
• American Medical Association adds veterinarians to careers directory
• Inspiring students
• Accolades
• Assemblies
• Obituaries

June 15, 2008

• Commission releases report on food animal production
• Human rabies vaccines temporarily limited
• Class I recall issued for digoxin product
• Final rule adds layer of protection against BSE
• Purina recalls horse feed because of aflatoxin
• Euthanasia at Kentucky Derby renews attention to safety
• One-health wonders
• Fourteen resolutions submitted
• GHLIT Wellness Center returns
• AVMF grants VMAT program $200,000
• FDA takes more methodic approach to safety of animal feed
• Dr. John Melcher, superdelegate
• Ecosystem health is the goal of Envirovet
• American Humane devotes division to human-animal bond
• Bulls on parade
• Research finds high concentrations of chemicals in pets
• Tyson must stop advertising chicken as "raised without antibiotics"
• USDA renews funding for integrated research on Johne'
• Texas cow contracts wildebeest-associated malignant catarrhal fever
• College news
• Accolades
• Obituaries

June 1, 2008

• Advancing global animal health
• AVMA leaders seek support for workforce expansion legislation
• AVMA takes stance against double-deck trailers for equine transport
• Policy addresses use of elephant guides, tethers
• AVMA partners on World Rabies Day, endorses resource on psittacosis
• Board takes on food labeling, other concerns of animal agriculture
• Positions tackle legislation of animal drugs, other government items
• Board approves policy changes on pet food, dog shows
• New version of policy opposes conventional steel-jawed leghold traps
• Principles of ethics direct veterinarians to disclose conflicts of interest
• Retiring members to pay half-dues
• Amendment would allow HOD to fill council vacancies twice a year
• Nominations welcome for at-large council vacancies
• Board appoints representatives to committees, liaisons
• Committee's purpose revisited
• Board approves site visits to schools in Latin America, Europe
• AVMA controller built fiscal integrity
• Wohlferth-Bethke joins Membership and Field Services Division
• Voting AVMA members to meet
• Legislative watch program debuts
• AVMA assembles animal travel requirements
• AAHA addresses industry-wide issues
• AAHA president works to raise association's profile
• Fluffy can't stop chasing his tail
• Menu Foods announces settlement to recalls of pet food
• Just the stats
• Grant boosts mission of WSAVA
• USDA fights bovine TB, downgrades Minnesota's status
• College news
• Tufts veterinary student travels to Asia, Africa on fellowships
• Accolades
• Nonprofits collaborate on pet memorial program
• Obituaries

May 15, 2008

• Strategy in motion
• Canine respiratory coronavirus, parvovirus FAQs posted
• Constitutionality of lethal injection protocol affirmed
• AVMA Veterinary Medical Assistance Teams take on state needs
• Policy addresses welfare issues of cattle castration, dehorning
• Exotic Companion Mammal specialty receives recognition
• Nominations being accepted for at-large council vacancies
• Vermont's high court considers pets' special value
• Corry presidency would aim to advance AVMA's strategic goals
• Web site promotes food safety advocacy
• Brown wants to show students AVMA is their organization
• The silent killer
• One-health concept central at conference on infectious disease
• Study links occupational exposures with risk of miscarriage
• Wires in tire feeders can lead to hardware disease in livestock
• Wal-Mart switching to 'hormone-free' milk
• Suited for space
• Company to stop manufacturing animal-based insulin
• AAVMC works toward strategic plan
• College news
• Accolades
• Obituaries

May 1, 2008

• Gates grant to WSU 'transformational'
• FDA clarifying what constitutes minor use of drugs under MUMS Act
• AVMA brochure on animal welfare targets veterinary students
• Influenza research studies make progress
• Grants aid veterinarians affected by tornadoes
• Online monograph series is now open access
• Taking it to the streets
• AVMA launches educator area on its Web site
• EU: foals require microchipping
• California initiative targets livestock housing
• Swine veterinarians take stock of strengths, challenges
• Rising feed costs concern food animal veterinarians
• Speakers discuss ways to make group sow housing work
• AASV president wants members and students on the farms
• Workshop to explore antimicrobial indications for companion animals
• Cat transmits MRSA to owner
• Turtles connected to salmonellosis outbreak
• Veterinary students join welfare assessment competition
• Accolades
• New diplomates
• Assemblies
• Obituaries

April 15, 2008

• Beef recall sparks hearings, tightened inspections
• Members' e-mail addresses vital to communication, protected by AVMA
• AVMA testifies against keeping primates as pets
• Student externship stipend winners announced
• Lands' End announces special deals
• Improvements made to HSAs
• Spreading word about veterinary shortage
• Animal rescue league to establish Center for Shelter Dogs
• April is Prevent Lyme in Dogs Month
• Dogfighting now a felony in all 50 states
• Hartz recalls cat vitamins because of possible contamination
• Saving the sight of service dogs
• Team studies disease outbreak among pigs in China
• Funds available for research on porcine circovirus
• Accolades
• Survey identifies patterns in veterinarians' Internet use
• Western conference marks 80th annual meeting
• Assemblies
• Obituaries

April 1, 2008

• A new understanding for handling disaster
• Rural practice input sought from all veterinarians, students
• Communications manager joins AVMA Governmental Relations Division
• AVMA Answers: AVMA Collections
• Education council schedules site visits
• Dee, Meyer elected to AVMA Executive Board
• Taking care of business
• Donate books, journals, and supplies
• AVMF increases animal care reimbursements to $5,000
• Los Angeles enacts mandatory pet sterilization law
• AVMA asks pet owners facing foreclosure not to abandon animals
• Summit produces plan to remedy deficiencies in the care of cats
• Feline practitioners release vaccination summary, calicivirus brief
• CDC hosts second Veterinary Student Day
• NIH, EPA partner to reduce their toxicity testing on animals
• Drifter suspected in murders of veterinarian and her husband
• College news
• Accolades
• Assemblies
• Obituaries

March 15, 2008

• PREPAREDNESS: global in nature, local in practice
• Veterinarians warn Congress about dangers of veterinary shortage
• AVMA convention-goers can lend a hand to New Orleans animal shelters
• Insurance planning can be key in practice protection
• Cruelty investigation prompts massive recall of beef
• U.S. achieves class-free status for brucellosis in cattle
• Grand jury indicts companies for melamine contamination of pet food
• Health studies of Sept. 11 dogs ongoing
• New award promotes celebration of World Veterinary Day
• Ebola outbreak involves a new strain
• Workers at swine slaughterhouses develop neurologic illnesses
• Equine association updates vaccination guidelines
• Schafer is nation's new agriculture secretary
• CRWAD dedicated to Ross
• Accolades
• Assemblies
• NAVC marks 25th annual meeting
• Obituaries

March 1, 2008

• Veterinary leaders synergize at AVMA conference
• Leadership workshops emphasize communication, collaboration
• Delegates hold first official winter session
• Comments invited on proposed reptile and amphibian specialty
• Experts to teach summer course in foreign diseases
• Avian influenza flares up in India, more than a dozen other countries
• AVMA backs proposal strengthening horse transportation regulations
• Further clarification of "Wildlife-livestock interactions" policy
• Granstrom to head AVMA Education and Research Division
• AVMA Congressional Advocacy Network seeking volunteers
• AVMA goes live on YouTube
• FDA reaches final conclusion that food from animal clones is safe
• USDA releases reports on animal health
• Equine veterinarians continue to advance horse health
• Barbaro's veterinarian recalls time with famed racehorse
• As AAEP president, Green makes member outreach a priority
• Survey asks how pet owners will respond to an economic downturn
• More than a third of states have pet lemon laws
• Company reaches $3.1 million settlement for aflatoxin contamination
• CSU building new home for veterinary laboratories
• Rehabilitation veterinarians form association
• Industry initiatives
• Accolades
• Assemblies
• Obituaries

February 15, 2008

• A time of transition at the FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine
• USDA allows more synthetic drugs in organic livestock production
• AVAR joins HSUS to form veterinary association
• Veterinarian professes ignorance on euthanasia statute
• FARAD funding: the long and the short of it
• Report summarizes new state laws and regulations in 2007
• NCVEI offers tools to aid communications, teaching hospitals
• GHLIT announces expansion of network to include Mayo providers
• Personal health records create a picture of health
• AVMF to sponsor disaster training
• New swine flu subtype has avian flu genes
• Veterinary behavior society announces position on punishment
• New diplomates
• Assemblies
• Obituaries

February 1, 2008

• Alliance will help veterinarians address obesity in pets
• USDA proposes end to acclimation certificates
• Report summarizes laws on how long to keep patient records
• Court overturns DEA's revocation of pharmacy's controlled substance registration
• Grants help veterinarians affected by wildfires
• Domestic cat genome sequenced
• FDA addressing shortage of drug for iron deficiency in neonatal pigs
• Accolades
• Assemblies
• Obituaries

January 15, 2008

• U.S. horse slaughter exports to Mexico increase 312%
• AVMA offers informational resources on microchipping
• New resource targets laboratory animal stress, distress
• Get ready to head to New Orleans for the AVMA convention
• Jazz up for National Pet Week
• AVMA Answers: Acclimation certificates
• Baby boomers: Plan now for long-term care expenses
• AVMA's PR efforts earn accolades
• AVMA continues to accept nominations to entities
• Feline practitioners educate cat owners, themselves
• AAFP president finds cats to be her calling
• More animal drugs for minor uses, minor species
• FDA rule could improve drug availability for nonfood minor species
• Penn receives $1 million gift for laminitis research
• Assemblies
• Accolades
• Obituaries

January 1, 2008

• Human-animal bond boosts spending on veterinary care
• Propelling AVMA forward
• Animal welfare policies revised
• Board acts on public health, regulatory medicine-related recommendations
• Member, student needs addressed
• Paid media consulting policy revised
• AVMA adds to the 110th Congress legislative agenda
• Policy on wildlife-livestock interactions reaffirmed
• Candidate review committee established, resignations policy revised
• AVMA continues to support global education grant program
• Research institute concept moves forward
• State public policy symposium approved for 2009
• Toxicoses policy revised
• Science, engineering fair award increased
• COBTA-related recommendations approved
• Representatives appointed to committees
• Councils, committees evaluated
• ECFVG proposals approved
• Task force begins work on one-health initiative
• Lefebvre joins Publications Division
• Applications for student scholarships being accepted
• Education council schedules site visits
• AVMF funds emergency preparedness in 2008
• Veterinarians to the rescue
• Pet food commission suggests steps for veterinarians, regulators, manufacturers
• FDA, feed control officials sign agreement on ingredient list
• FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine seeks student interns
• Accolades
• New diplomates
• Assemblies
• Obituaries

December 15, 2007

• Lethal injection opponents use AVMA euthanasia guidelines to make their case
• Changes proposed to horse transportation rules
• It's official: Vogel elected assistant executive VP
• Board enhances AVMA visibility
• Golab takes lead role at AVMA Animal Welfare Division
• AVMA GHLIT switches PPO network
• Protecting pet hospice
• Pets covered under auto insurance policy
• MAF receives more funding for cancer campaign
• Presidential panel, FDA present plans for safety of food imports
• Veterinarians repair animal shelter near New Orleans
• Louisiana VMA foundation helps veterinarians rebuild
• Avian influenza continues spreading, but global response improves
• Responsible horse ownership resources available
• Scholarship created for equine veterinary students
• Veterinary student scholar proposals being accepted
• New diplomates
• Disease management takes center stage at USAHA
• College news
• Accolades
• Assemblies
• Obituaries

December 1, 2007

• Trial by fire
• Without funding, FARAD will cease activities in 2008
• Researchers examine contaminants in food, deaths of pets
• Mission: delivering preventive medicine
• AVMA congressional fellows placed
• Scientists study disease transmission among wild, domestic cats
• College news
• Assemblies
• Obituaries

November 15, 2007

• Reconstruction teams work toward stable Iraq
• FAQ on unwanted horses available
• Afghan veterinary association finds its way
• AVMA Answers: AVMA investment policy
• Call issued for nominations to AVMA entities
• Prevalence of diabetes continues to grow
• AVMA to recognize veterinary achievements
• Spending increases on animal health products
• Court denies California VMA petition to review declaw ban
• Where the wild things are
• Funding will help prevent fish disease from spreading to aquaculture
• California initiative would prohibit certain housing for farm animals
• Investing in the seed stock
• Bolton calls for new practice models
• Company funds research on porcine circovirus
• College news
• Morris Animal Foundation to fund $4.6 million in studies
• New diplomates
• Accolades
• Assemblies
• Obituaries

November 1, 2007

• Congress strengthens pet food safety regulations
• FDA's advice about handling pet food
• FDA cautions consumers about chicken jerky products for dogs
• AVMA hires lobbying firm
• Jones assumes pivotal position in Publications
• 'Selecting A Pet Rodent' brochure available from AVMA
• Surviving a flood
• AVMF earns three stars
• AVMA student chapters unite for World Rabies Day
• Strategies from Salzburg
• Following FMD outbreak, U.K. deals with bluetongue
• Dog with screwworms brought to Mississippi
• Workforce study examining breadth and depth of profession
• Medical Reserve Corps seeks veterinary volunteers
• Guidelines help tackle pain in cats and dogs
• Scholarship offered to attend AVMA convention
• Cornell starts practitioner-in-residence program
• College news
• Accolades
• Assemblies
• Obituaries

October 15, 2007

• The voice of the federal veterinarian
• Jerky treats from China could be causing illness in pets
• USDA: No authority to regulate pet microchips
• AVMA weighs in on microchip-tumor reports
• AVMA, USDA meet to get loan repayment program back on track
• AVMA Web page highlights need for food animal veterinarians
• Dealing with back injuries
• ECFVG administers new examination
• Information Technology Division established at AVMA
• Australia battles equine influenza
• Foot-and-mouth disease resurfaces in Britain
• CDC shuts down some research at Texas A&M
• AAFP requests research proposals
• Dental campaign wins PR award
• Research training programs open to veterinary students
• Industry initiative
• New diplomates
• Assemblies
• Obituaries

October 1, 2007

• California court OKs city's declawing ban
• AVMA offers online salary calculator
• Committee nominations reopened
• Case, Hoang join AVMA Scientific Activities Division
• AVMA president calls on NFL to take strong stance against animal fighting
• Education council schedules site visits
• AVMA makes updated veterinary career DVD available
• AVMA Answers: Communications Division
• AAVMC opens membership
• AAAP hits half-century mark
• Aquatic veterinarians form association
• Affiliated groups meet in D.C.
• Merial campaign continues to aid AVMF
• Kroger, Starbucks switching to 'hormone-free' milk
• USDA names new administrator of FSIS
• Disaster response group settles in case of Katrina donations
• MAF's equine genetic research under way
• Pet food might have link to human illness
• Call for feline research proposals
• ASCPA marks October as Adopt-a-Shelter-Dog Month
• Accolades
• Students engaged by theriogenology survival program
• Assemblies
• New diplomates
• Obituaries

September 15, 2007

• Out of Rockville and Laurel
• AVMA releases updated euthanasia guidelines
• AVMA backgrounder warns against transporting dogs in truck beds
• California law formalizes practice of allowing staff to administer controlled substances
• Investigation of FMD outbreak focuses on research complex
• Vogel, Golab named to interim positions
• DeHaven hits the ground running
• NCVEI chief executive steps down
• AVMA offers midyear report on state legislations
• AVMA Award goes to McEniry
• Crowning achievements
• Student AVMA launches One-Health Challenge
• Auxiliary offers capital activities at AVMA convention
• Honor roll members inducted
• Fundraising cruise benefits AVMF
• Hertzog appointed chair, other officers elected
• Unmasking silent killers
• Veal association recommends group housing
• PRRS Research Award program seeks proposals
• USDA initiates cost-benefit analysis of animal identification system
• Pet insurance company donates $1 million to MAF campaign
• ASPCA supports high-volume spay/neuter program
• Shelter medicine scholarship established at UC-Davis
• AAVMC names Pappaioanou executive director
• Phi Zeta presents research awards for 2007
• Students earn prizes for research projects
• Accolades
• Obituaries

September 1, 2007

• AVMA Annual Convention spotlights one-health concept
• FDA issues final rule on designating new animal drugs for MUMS
• Comments sought on animal importation regulations
• APHIS proposes to increase user fees for diagnostics
• AVMA releases foie gras production backgrounder
• AVMA takes no position on foie gras, opposes database mining
• HOD to begin holding two regular sessions
• Passing workforce expansion bill Hammer's top priority
• AVMA budget impacts halls of Congress to clinical practices
• AVMA delegates elect Cook, Hendrix to key posts
• The votes are in for AVMA councils and HAC
• Corry and Brown throw hats into ring
• Opening Session illustrates global health interconnections
• Veterinarian, physician collaboration focus of AVMA convention
• Members of one-health task force named
• Board makes appointments
• AVMF announces scholarship recipients
• Lands' End plus AVMA equal savings for members
• Panels reflect on recalls of pet food
• Windows on Washington
• FDA warns about risk of botulinum toxin in dog food
• Study describes pathology of feline heartworm disease
• APHIS names acting administrator
• Reminder: prescribing within veterinarian-client-patient relationship
• Tyson raising chickens without antimicrobials
• College news
• Industry initiative
• Centennial celebrations for Alabama VMA
• Assemblies
• Obituaries

August 15, 2007

• USDA shows off a facility for research
• New building to advance study of tuberculosis in cattle, wildlife
• Senate passes veterinary workforce expansion act
• DEA toughens iodine regulations
• Grant funds shelter medicine extension veterinarian
• AVMA broadens availability of News Bytes
• Donlin and Simmons depart AVMA
• JAVMA scores EXCEL Award
• Baker joins AVMA as PAC and grassroots manager
• Waging war on obesity
• AVMA releases 'Selecting a Bird' brochure
• Rabies prevention a worldwide effort
• FDA detains imports of farm-raised seafood from China
• Louisiana is last state to ban cockfighting
• Researchers study air emissions from animal feeding operations
• College news
• Military veterinarians assemble in Belgium
• Accolades
• New diplomates
• Assemblies
• Obituaries

August 1, 2007

• After more than two decades, Little says farewell
• AMA adopts one-health policy
• Some veterinarians questioned about National Provider Identifier status
• The Little traveled road
• AVMA, Fort Dodge launch Being a Pet Is Risky Business
• AVMA releases reports on compensation, business measures
• Patterson-Kane joins AVMA Animal Welfare Division
• AVMA Answers: AVMF makes strides
• College news
• WesternU graduates first veterinary class
• Auburn, Colorado State veterinary colleges turn 100
• Call for human-animal bond research proposals
• Accolades
• Assemblies
• Obituaries

July 15, 2007

• Adulterated pet food could lead to loss-of-companionship suits in N.J.
• Compensatory values for animals beyond their property value
• AAVLD continues to seek samples, case reports
• Consumer-driven health care aids self-employed and small business owners
• Poster promotes campaign to cure cancer in dogs
• Homeland Security appoints two-year director for Plum Island
• Some veterinarians at increased risk of avian influenza virus infection
• Equine injury reporting system debuts at racetracks
• On a mission in Iraq, Afghanistan
• Elanco to expand with addition of Ivy Animal Health
• Accolades
• College news
• Obituaries

July 1, 2007

• Board approves recommendations with teeth
• AVMA strategic goals set
• Food safety agency invites comments on melamine decisions
• Melamine adulterates component of pellet feeds
• FDA issues reminder on correct use of flunixin meglumine
• President-Elect Hammer discusses veterinary workforce bill
• CDC director to headline AVMA Opening Session in D.C.
• Education council schedules site visits
• Clarification
• Colleges decide whether to partner with Banfield
• FDA-CVM works to address concerns about pergolide supplies
• Case against Wedgewood pharmacy dismissed
• Veterinarians, public health professionals break down silos
• Behavior assessment tool may help shelter adoptions
• APHIS to provide help with electronic certificates of inspection
• Mainzer becomes chief veterinary officer of Commissioned Corps
• College news
• Accolades
• Assemblies
• John Herrick 1919-2007
• Obituaries

June 15, 2007

• Congressional hearing examines welfare of farm animals
• Regulation of hydrogen peroxide in aquaculture changes
• FARAD suspends some operations after funding shortfall
• 2007 is DVM Year of the Woman
• Minorities may be an answer to veterinary workforce problems
• Foie gras, microchip database resolutions to be put before AVMA delegates
• Hendrix reflects on vice presidency, looks to year ahead
• AVMA creates classroom poster to promote veterinary medicine
• Morris Animal Foundation, AVMF fund influenza research
• Supporting emergency preparedness
• Web portal to assist practitioners in finding information
• AVMA GHLIT offers health screenings at AVMA convention
• Ongoing recall investigation unraveling the facts
• Golden Retriever Foundation donates to canine cancer campaign
• Educators tour Veterinary Corps operations
• Horse slaughter for human consumption banned in Illinois
• Paper examines transgenic livestock in treatment of human disease
• Wisconsin responds to pseudorabies cases
• American Indians to benefit from veterinary technician scholarship
• College news
• Accolades
• Obituaries

June 1, 2007

• Chief executive officers testify about recall of pet food
• Hogs, chickens ate pet food containing adulterants
• Specialists confer about the pet food recall
• Infectious disease center increases public health impact
• AVMA introduces feline health brochure
• AVMA Answers: First step in the one-health initiative
• Executive Board acts on broad range of proposals
• Veterinary hospice care guidelines reaffirmed
• Concept for companion animal, equine research institute supported
• Welfare, business issues on legislative agenda
• Vaccination principles, other policies updated
• Fee increases approved for 2008 convention
• Miyahara to remain Pacific Rim ambassador
• Board acts on aquatic veterinary medicine proposals
• Stipends increased for AVMA president, president-elect
• State Advocacy Committee to meet in Boston
• Board approves changes to ECFVG program
• Legislative contact visit approved
• Practice-related polices updated
• AVMA to publish membership directory biennially
• Disaster, emergency-related issues addressed
• AVMA seeks to participate in Healthy People 2020
• Pursuit of partnership with trust approved, annual report expires
• AVMA to develop charitable giving policy
• Board passes agriculture-related proposals
• Accreditation fees for foreign colleges increase, training video funded
• Board appoints representatives to committees, liaisons
• American Board of Veterinary Specialties manual revised
• Model rabies control ordinance policy updated
• FDA announces voluntary withdrawal of pergolide
• Maddie's claims success with NYC shelter animals
• Association Forum honors AVMA's Dr. Little
• Animals in art make for a lively exhibition
• College news
• Assemblies
• Obituaries

May 15, 2007

• New AVMA initiatives, $28.8m budget move forward
• Task force to study one-health initiative
• Committee to provide leadership on international affairs
• Board approves refined strategic goals
• AVMA adopts policy on informed consent
• Noneconomic damages, animals' legal status on AVMA legislative agenda
• AVMA expands relationship with student-geared agricultural organization
• Lobbying firm will assist AVMA's Washington office
• Student externship stipend program expanded with food supply focus
• Wildlife-livestock interactions policy adopted
• Policy on unapproved new animal drugs as devices passes
• Updated rabies vaccination certificate released
• AAVLD issues proposed protocol for testing dead animals with nephrotoxicosis possibly associated with adulterated pet food
• Euthanasia guidelines for nondomestic animals available
• Comments invited on proposed new specialty
• Senate hearing examines safety, recall of pet food
• Insurance coverage vital to women's health
• AVMA announces new Congressional Science and Executive Branch Fellows
• Congress cracks down on animal fighting
• New drug pedigrees create tangential details for veterinarians
• Melamine adulterates three ingredients in pet food
• New Mexico, Colorado each report one tuberculosis case
• Improving the field of swine medicine
• Swine veterinarians wrestling with two diseases
• AASV can go from good to great, president says
• Banning antimicrobials not effective, study says
• College news
• Accolades
• Assemblies
• Obituaries

May 1, 2007

• DeHaven Q&A
• How to submit samples, report cases related to adulterated pet food
• Recall shines spotlight on pet foods
• Fighting cancer in dogs
• AVMA accredits four schools
• Profession's inclusiveness would be Cook's priority
• Krehbiel elected District V representative to AVMA board
• Updated informational booklet on NAIS and horses available
• Cockfighting bans now extend to all but one state
• Horse inspections for a fee not allowed, court says
• Formation of a state animal response team
• Restaurants switch pork, egg suppliers on the basis of animal welfare
• New diplomates
• Grateful clients contribute funds to veterinary colleges
• Obituaries

April 15, 2007

• DeHaven named AVMA executive vice president
• Recall of pet food leaves veterinarians seeking solutions
• APHIS tweaks proposal for two tiers of accreditation
• Three AVMA backgrounders updated
• Morris Animal Foundation launches interactive Web site
• Veterinarian holds key post among Senate Republicans
• World Veterinary Day to be celebrated April 28
• European Union formalizes emergency veterinary team
• White, Madson accept AVMA staff roles
• Controlling health care costs: some practical advice
• Grants available for alternatives to animal use
• Schering-Plough acquires Intervet
• Veterinarians head to Western conference
• Accolades
• Assemblies
• Obituaries

April 1, 2007

• Legislation addresses critical shortage of veterinarians in public health
• A passion for public health
• USDA releases guide for animal identification system
• Former FDA chief fined, sentenced to three years' probation
• Bills to limit antimicrobial use are back
• Education council schedules site visits
• AVMA Washington office welcomes Demaree
• North Carolina shares a model for dealing with disaster
• Brothers sentenced to 10 years for killing puppy
• Jury acquits PETA employees of animal cruelty
• Fire departments add pet oxygen masks to equipment checklists
• FDA detects Salmonella contamination in brand of raw cat food
• USDA rolls out risk-based inspection
• Horse genome sequence complete
• Thoroughbred racetracks installing synthetic surfaces
• Barbaro owners' gift establishes Penn chair
• American Horse Council offers more online resources
• New method could lead to less aggressive production animals
• AALAS Foundation requests proposals
• Assemblies
• Obituaries

March 15, 2007

• Preparing veterinarians for society's future needs
• Complete AVMA Membership Directory available online
• Seventeen council vacancies await nominees
• Former VP Kinnarney wins District III Executive Board seat
• Consumer brochures on dog and cat selection now available
• Legislation expands benefits of Health Savings Accounts
• California clarifying when staff can administer controlled substances
• Lawmakers press for permanent ban on 'downer' livestock
• Kansas City focuses on animal health
• Neurologic form of EHV-1 'a potentially emerging disease'
• Occurrences of H5N1 avian influenza in birds reported as of late February
• Grant aids rural Mississippi pet owners
• Alliance releases production animal welfare brochure
• University of Minnesota receives funds to study swine disease
• Bovine practitioners solicit abstracts
• Accolades
• CRWAD honors Carmichael
• Assemblies
• Obituaries

March 1, 2007

• Pet health insurance gains ground in North America
• Managed care for companion animals
• USDA proposes to allow more beef imports from Canada
• Increased research to follow in Barbaro's wake
• British Columbia VMA faces discrimination allegations
• FDA approves first canine diet drug
• AAFP seeks feline sarcoma research proposals
• ASPCA campaign aims at creating nation of 'humane communities'
• Eli Lilly enters pet health market, endows lectureship
• ASPCA dispels common misconceptions related to poisons
• It's back—Congress, again, takes up horse slaughter
• Court says horse slaughter illegal in Texas
• AVMA Answers
• Upgraded OIE animal health database available
• Study finds prion proteins in milk
• Pfizer acquires Embrex, re-entering poultry market
• AAVMC examines education of food systems veterinarians
• Heider to retire from AAVMC
• New diplomates
• Multiple learning formats round out North American conference
• Accolades
• Assemblies
• Obituaries

February 15, 2007

• Animal clones in the food supply
• The ethics debate over animal cloning
• Top hog producer to phase out gestation stalls
• Registration of lindane pesticides canceled
• AVMA conference draws veterinary leaders to Windy City
• Deadline extended for council nominations; another position opens
• Peer-managed health insurance provides advantages
• Sullivan joins Washington staff
• Pet dental health campaign continues in 2007
• Donate books, journals, and supplies
• Study links salmonellosis to pet rodents
• Antimicrobial resistance abstracts invited
• Veterinary flag officers are stars
• Protecting horse health, welfare a common bond
• AAEP Foundation makes strides
• The track to AAEP presidency
• Summit may lead to best spay/neuter practices
• FDA files appeal in drug compounding case
• Missouri court rules animal drugs not subject to pharmacy act
• Allard to retire from Senate in '08
• Federal requirements for drug pedigrees do not affect veterinarians
• Experts meet in Africa to discuss avian influenza
• USDA to release records about noncompliant organic operations
• Researchers create, evaluate prion-free cattle
• College news
• Industry initiatives
• Accolades
• Assemblies
• Obituaries

February 1, 2007

• Political Advocacy 101
• FDA finds food from animal clones to be safe, invites comments
• Two new, one updated backgrounder released by AVMA
• Drug-resistant Staphylococcus cause for concern in veterinary medicine
• New veterinary technology programs accredited, U.S.-Canadian reciprocity process in place
• AVMA Answers: Promoting one medicine among veterinary students
• AVMF announces initial grants for 2007
• AVMA takes home two more PR News awards
• Diseases on the move charted
• Donate books, journals, and supplies
• Guide available for porcine circovirus-associated disease
• Experts center on issues surrounding teaching hospitals
• Industry, academia forge links to train pathologists
• FDA approves new drug use under veterinary feed directive
• Veterinarians rate high on honesty, ethics
• Grant supports new LSU companion animal program
• Tissue repository to advance study of cancer in dogs
• Accolades
• Assemblies
• Elevating USAHA to the next level
• Obituaries

January 15, 2007

• Getting beyond surgical contraception
• OSHA gives guidance for protecting against avian influenza
• Three updated backgrounders now available from AVMA
• More news from the boardroom
• A legislative look ahead
• Auxiliary puts Pet Power into National Pet Week
• The experience of rural medicine
• Veterinarian narrowly wins Montana House seat
• Due respect
• College news
• Assemblies
• Obituaries

January 1, 2007

• Aligning decisions with critical issues
• Horse deaths associated with unapproved drug
• Networking nirvana
• AVMA Answers: Remodeling at AVMA headquarters
• Search continues for new AVMA executive vice president
• AVMF director to transform funding sources
• Third seat on AVMA research council open for nominations
• Education council schedules site visits
• USDA amends order on viral hemorrhagic septicemia
• Unwanted Horse Coalition makes headway
• Student AVMA seeks hosts for exchange program
• Hill's recipe for nutrition: scientific evidence
• Accolades
• New diplomates
• Assemblies
• Obituaries

December 15, 2006

• Veterinarians see gains in '06 elections
• AVMA avian influenza FAQ updated
• Dog dies of avian influenza
• U.K. to enact animal welfare bill
• Congress strengthens animal enterprise terrorism law
• AVMA GHLIT marks 50 years of service to veterinarians
• Bilingual version of AVMA children's book available
• Feline practitioners reach out
• AAFP president thinks globally
• New pastures in production medicine
• Genetics research aids scrapie eradication
• Applications for student research program being accepted
• UC-Davis cares for pets that outlive owners
• State policing institute plans for animals in disasters
• UT launches agriculture, food security preparedness center
• New diplomates
• Assemblies
• College news
• Accolades
• Obituaries

December 1, 2006

• Making racing safer for horses
• AAEP develops guidelines for infectious disease outbreaks
• FAO center to rapidly respond to disease outbreaks
• Disaster response teams returning to Health and Human Services
• AVMA fellows placed with Congress, Homeland Security Department
• AVMA receives award for PR campaign after hurricane
• Additional council seat vacant
• AVMA Answers: Texas drug compounding case
• Take Notice
• Auburn to study treatment for lymphoma in dogs
• Study: chronic wasting disease spread through blood, saliva
• Study seeks sources of E coli in California leafy greens
• Commission studies effects of animal feeding operations
• USDA issues emergency order to contain fish disease
• Iowa State breaks ground on hospital
• College news
• Institute of Medicine elects Palmer as member
• Veterinarian sentenced to 25 years for husband's murder
• Accolades
• Assemblies
• Obituaries

November 15, 2006

• The evolution of shelter medicine
• USDA releases 2005 Animal Health Report
• Former FDA chief pleads guilty over stock holdings
• Gorilla conservation project takes 'one-health' approach
• Health insurance costs
• Meckes joins AVMA Washington staff
• Texas eradicates cattle tuberculosis
• VIP partners receive bonus with Subaru purchase
• Bringing more bovine practitioners into the fold
• Hatcher advocates more time on farm
• USDA to launch national dairy study
• National Pork Board requests research proposals
• U.S. aquaculture sales surpass $1 billion
• Compounding case against BET Pharm settled
• USDA Web site lists equine disease data
• Australia to resume livestock exports to Egypt after welfare concerns
• Funds available to start state animal response teams
• Morris Animal Foundation funds $4.3 million in animal health studies
• College news
• Commissioned Corps promotes veterinary officers
• Among the finest in bovine practice
• Accolades
• New diplomates
• Obituaries

November 1, 2006

• Congress orders disaster planners to account for pets
• DEA lists embutramide as schedule III controlled substance
• Animal rights militants sentenced to federal prison
• Poultry slaughter case can proceed
• HSUS, Doris Day join forces
• Office supply scams sometimes target veterinary practices
• Progress report on the new Animal Welfare Division
• Veterinary leaders needed
• APHIS restricts carp imports
• Company gives grants for study of porcine circovirus
• USDA expands plan for low-pathogenic avian influenza
• Feline practitioners seek research proposals
• Illini confer career distinctions
• Accolades
• Assemblies
• Obituaries

October 15, 2006

• Horse slaughter ban clears House
• DEA fees for veterinarians to rise in November
• FDA to allow more drugs for nonfood minor species
• Comments sought on issuing multiple prescriptions
• Minnesota veterinary board sued for teeth floating law
• Name-dropping
• Free, unbiased reports on prescription drugs available
• Little earns leadership award, scholarship established
• Legislative how-to
• Court files order in pharmacies' case against FDA
• Restoring Iraq's veterinary infrastructure
• Funding available for PRRS research
• Livestock deaths lead to injunction against feed company
• Cases of dogs ingesting glue increase
• AKC program stresses value of veterinary care
• Veterinary technician scholarships presented
• Student develops software to create study flashcards
• Accolades
• New diplomates
• Assemblies
• Obituaries

October 1, 2006

• List narrows for possible homes for research facility
• Cases of xylitol poisoning in dogs rise
• Global warning system for zoonotic diseases launched
• USDA, DOI expand wild bird monitoring for avian influenza
• Education council schedules site visits
• Tropical fundraiser is fruitful
• AVMF elects officers
• Profession provides input for new knowledge test
• Affiliated groups gather in Honolulu
• USDA celebrates 100 years of food safety
• Researchers study noise, human contact in shelters
• Grants for feline health research available
• NAVTA turns 25
• College news
• Accolades
• Industry initiatives
• Obituaries

September 15, 2006

• Miyahara takes home top AVMA award
• USDA seeks input on captive elephants
• Veterinarians at the pinnacle
• Veterinarians' words carry the authority of the healer
• Executive Board meets pressing needs
• Board makes appointments
• One world, one health, one medicine
• Improving human health protection
• The advantages of practicing diversity
• Student AVMA convenes in Hawaii
• Organic livestock production offers challenges, opportunities
• Sessions address twice-a-year veterinary visits
• Delving into evidence-based medicine
• Speaking up to make a difference
• Advising clients about dog parks
• Animal facilities need to plan for disasters
• Veterinary technicians are key to behavior health programs
• Honor roll members inducted
• AVMA Auxiliary raises support for veterinary medicine
• 2006 AVMA Annual Convention sponsors
• Pictures from paradise
• Veterinary family practice association debuts
• Hill's sponsorship for AVMA Annual Convention soars to highest levels
• Assemblies
• College news
• Assemblies
• Obituaries

September 1, 2006

• Congress holds hearings on horse slaughter ban
• AVMA Annual Convention breaks attendance record
• USDA proposes allowing more substances in organic livestock
• Mahr calls for 'one health' initiative
• Delegates choose Hammer as AVMA president-elect
• It's official: Hendrix new AVMA vice president
• Treasurer reports on fiscal status, policies
• Cook running for AVMA president-elect
• 2006 AVMA Annual Convention sponsors
• Pictures from paradise
• Amended, restated Bylaws adopted
• Three resolutions given nod
• Twelve AVMA council seats filled by HOD
• Delegates enjoy mini-Veterinary Leadership Experience
• House elects four to advisory committee
• AVMA search committee on the job
• Veterinary practice act summaries available
• Top 10 reasons pets visit veterinarians
• Company introduces monitoring program for porcine circovirus
• College news
• Military veterinarians gather in Germany
• Accolades
• New diplomates
• Assemblies
• Obituaries

August 15, 2006

• The geriatric issue
• Research targets conditions of older cats and dogs
• Veterinary associations offer guidelines on senior care
• More veterinarians offer hospice care for pets
• Bonds that last a lifetime
• Coalition becomes part of American Horse Council
• Protecting against avian influenza
• AVMA Answers
• Army Veterinary Corps celebrates 90th anniversary
• Casey leads Biomedical Sciences Corps
• Phi Zeta presents annual research awards
• College news
• Assemblies
• Obituaries

August 1, 2006

• Teaching hospitals short on specialists
• Risks associated with NSAID use described in drug label, package insert, client handout
• Spending on pets projected to hit all-time high
• Disaster planning for pets moves forward
• Leadership conference spotlights learning, awareness
• What is the AVMA? Brochure has the answers
• Company to fund research on porcine circovirus
• Court rules in drug compounding case
• College news
• Assemblies
• Obituaries

July 15, 2006

• Barbaro's care illustrates veterinary profession's capabilities
• Fort Dodge recalls one lot of rabies vaccine
• U.S. Army veterinarian killed in action
• Executive Board focuses on future of veterinary medicine, AVMA
• AVMA makes '07 farm bill a priority
• Board weighs in on 2006 resolutions
• AVMA accredits new veterinary technology programs
• Aspros wins Executive Board seat
• ECFVG seeks question writers for new examination
• A Little advance notice
• Protect your financial security from unexpected health setbacks
• AVMA announces 2006-2007 fellows
• AAFP, Fort Dodge offer kit on cat wellness
• Injunction issued on West Nile vaccine ad campaign
• Zuelke steps in as head of government's animal disease center
• Exotic DVM of the Year recognized
• Accolades
• Obituaries

July 1, 2006

• AVMA names two new division directors
• Proposal separates accreditation for companion animals, all species
• Veterinarians may submit theft, loss reports to DEA online
• Government revises veterinary medical officer standards
• AVMA campaign receives NAMA, Telly awards
• Education council schedules site visits
• Waiting period down for Clinical Proficiency Examination
• Government, welfare groups encourage emergency preparedness
• AVMA brochure aims to reduce incidence of dog bites
• Diamond Pet Foods receives warning from FDA
• AAHA study reveal trends in practices offering specialty services
• Search-and-rescue dogs show no signs of cancer
• Veterinarians provide insights at unusual venue
• Consumers in the market for meat with a story
• College news
• Hill's: a unifying force in the global veterinary community
• Accolades
• Obituaries

June 15, 2006

• Summit works toward national animal disaster plan
• Reagent network to benefit veterinary immunologists
• 2006 resolutions range from welfare philosophy to finances
• VMATs earn public service award
• AVMA Answers: Dr. Beaver reflects
• AVMA GHLIT continues commitment to wellness
• U.S. Army veterinarians wage unconventional campaign abroad
• Heifer International hosts veterinary tour of tsunami recovery in India
• Kentucky Equine Humane Center established
• Watching for sign, symptoms of disease
• Research, educational center promotes animal coproducts
• Chicago bans sale of foie gras
• Charity awards $2.3 million for disaster relief
• Lautner leading National Veterinary Services Laboratories
• College news
• Assemblies
• Accolades
• Obituaries

June 1, 2006

• AVMA fills top two Animal Welfare Division positions
• Danger to dogs from cocoa bean mulch put in perspective
• USDA announces timeline for National Animal Identification System
• Proposed bylaws published for AVMA members
• Addendum: Proposed AVMA Bylaws (PDF)
• Survey will assess knowledge necessary for certification
• Sponsors see value beyond measure in student program
• Public service campaign on zoonotic diseases debuts
• Student AVMA Symposium offers education, entertainment
• DEA revokes pharmacy's registration
• Louisiana attorney general launches HSUS investigation
• Still going a hundred years later
• Once a vet tech, now AAHA president
• When caring too much is an occupational hazard
• Heartworm guidelines developed for dog, cat survivors of Katrina
• Canada: BSE confirmed in dairy cow
• Maryland starts poultry registration program
• FAO addresses antimicrobials in aquaculture
• Educational booklet promotes healthy animals
• Web sites share veterinary images
• Bayer announces injunction against illegal importation
• Henry Schein acquires NLS Animal Health
• Artists draw inspiration from animals for exhibition
• College news
• Accolades
• Obituaries

May 15, 2006

• Board meeting covers a lot of ground
• Reminder: ECP not approved for use in animals
• AVMA leaders lobby for more public health veterinarians
• Board revises acclimation certificates, other forms
• AVMA funding to support a spectrum of events and programs
• AVMA framing advice on keeping wild animals as pets
• Policy revisions on animal identification touch on data security
• Animal welfare goals slated to benefit from governance changes
• Board debates policy points on medicinal products
• Site visits to schools in France, Grenada approved
• Policy actions—and definitions—approved
• Agricultural recommendations considered
• Board appoints representatives to committees, liaisons
• Redrafted AVMA Bylaws on final approach to HOD
• AVMA liaisons, other affiliations considered
• Depression among students on the rise
• AVMA Answers
• Grants for feline health studies available
• Veterinary academe evaluates animal use in education
• Kansas suspends veterinarian for drug reselling
• Streptococcus suis in pigs causes meningitis in a human
• APHIS seeks input on quarantine rules for exotic Newcastle disease
• College news
• Accolades
• Assemblies
• Obituaries

May 1, 2006

• Swine veterinarians resolve to eliminate the PRRS virus
• Comments sought on microchipping
• USDA starts rolling out animal identification numbers
• FDA prohibits use of human anti-influenza drugs in poultry
• Veterinary ethics in review
• Fobian, Cohn elected to AVMA Executive Board
• 2006 AVMA Biennial Economic Survey in mailboxes soon
• District I to elect board member
• Campaign focuses on zoonotic disease prevention
• AVMA Answers
• Salmonella, fish tank link found
• Texas wildfires kill, injure thousands of animals
• USDA to start Swine 2006, Dairy 2007 studies
• Prognostications for swine medicine
• Veterinarians continue discussing swine welfare
• AASV president leads attack on deadly disease
• Accolades
• College news
• Assemblies
• Obituaries

April 15, 2006

• Cats contract avian influenza virus
• AVMA to host disaster summit this May
• BSE found in Alabama
• Jury to miltant animal rights group: Guilty
• Ohio State retires chimpanzees
• Petition prompts federal review of elephant welfare laws
• Improving energy use in veterinary clinics
• Purdue veterinary school offering graduate certificate program in homeland security
• AAHA updates canine vaccine guidelines
• CDC devotes a day to veterinary students
• Insurance planning vital to veterinarians' financial future
• Western conference launches new programs
• Hillary Clinton visits Cornell veterinary college
• New diplomates
• Assemblies
• Former AVMA convention manager dies at 83
• Obituaries

April 1, 2006

• CDC on the offensive to stamp out rodent virus
• Veterinarians seeking human rabies vaccinations, titer tests, have options
• For Hendrix, teaching is a way of life
• Chaddock resigns as GRD director; Lutschaunig steps in
• Security a priority in president's 2007 budget
• Vaccines and veterinarians to tackle the spread of avian influenza
• Federal government creates Web site on pandemic influenza
• Practitioners can promote Prevent Lyme in Dogs Month
• Aquatic veterinarian, diagnostic laboratory databases now available online
• Texas laboratory expands with mobile trailer
• USAHA sets sights on laboratory network, animal ID system
• CRWAD dedicated to Mengeling
• College news
• Accolades
• Assemblies
• Obituaries

March 15, 2006

• U.S. veterinarians help jump-start Afghan animal health clinic
• FDA report shows how company missed toxin that killed dogs
• AVMA to roll out National Pet Week campaign
• AVMA Answers
• AVMA preserves pieces of the past
• Is disability insurance right for you?
• Education council schedules site visits
• Horse slaughter will continue despite new law
• USDA distributing $1.2 billion in hurricane aid to producers
• Aquatic antimicrobial use guidelines released
• Canadian BSE case sparks investigation
• Accolades
• College news
• Assemblies
• Obituaries

March 1, 2006

• AVMA board expedites animal welfare advisory group
• Government seeks site for National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility
• Use of antiviral drug in dogs sparks concern
• Monograph on macrocyclic lactones released
• Vision to lead
• Leaders of veterinary profession assemble in Chicago
• AVMA Answers
• USDA awards $10 million to sequence swine genome
• The truth about serum
• Not enough hours in the day
• Heifer continues to aid tsunami-affected countries
• Learning opportunities abound at North American conference
• Accolades
• Tuskegee appoints Habtemariam as dean
• NAVTA donates to hurricane relief
• Assemblies
• Obituaries

February 15, 2006

• Moving to the Web
• Diamond Pet Foods narrows recall after aflatoxin tests
• FDA approves new Micotil label
• New forms available for disaster relief
• Veterinarians try to connect with clients via e-mail
• AVMA Answers
• Health Savings Accounts benefit members
• Europe bans antimicrobials, legislation proposed in U.S.
• Web site on zoonotic parasites in dogs and cats debuts
• Texas VMA establishes fund to assist injured veterinarian
• Assemblies
• New diplomates
• Obituaries

February 1, 2006

• California city's ban on declawing struck down
• Contaminated food leads to death, illness in dozens of dogs
• UC-Davis offers testing for canine influenza virus
• FDA seeks comment on Animal Drug User Fee Act
• Merial, Bayer end lawsuits over advertising
• Celebrate pet dental health in February
• AVMA releases new brochure on household hazards
• VMATs receive recognition, donation
• AAEP gets energized in Seattle
• AAEP calls for 2006 convention papers
• Brokken named AAEP president
• European industries plan to reduce animal testing
• Researchers publish dog genome
• Attendance nearly doubles at feline conference
• California allows cities to adopt dog breed-specific legislation
• AAFP speaker advocates a new view of cats
• Grooming feline practitioners in business savvy
• Zoo veterinarians seek papers for conference
• Summer course offers training in foreign animal diseases
• Obituaries

January 15, 2006

• Executive Board addresses hot topics in veterinary profession
• Legal remedy for unwanted horses an AVMA priority
• NIH requests information on care of laboratory animals
• Positions on foreign disease vectors, feral cats revised
• Committee explores possible expansion of VMAT program
• AVMA to lead national disaster summit
• Board acts on human-animal bond issues
• Public health policies updated, reaffirmed
• Board tackles income issues in veterinary profession
• AVMA backs laboratory consortium
• Funding for ILAR pain report approved
• AVMA recognizes Martin Luther King Jr. Day
• Veterinary services-related recommendations addressed
• Report on Iraq and Afghanistan comes forward
• Reminder: AVMA seeks nominees for new research award
• AVMA supports biotechnology-derived veterinary medicinal products
• NIAA sponsorship, biotechnology policy approved
• Animal waste, legislation among aquaculture issues board addresses
• Microchipping of companion animals addressed
• New policy on national animal ID system approved
• Board approves changes to ECFVG program
• Convention speaker honorariums, registration rates to increase in 2007
• Animal research, stem cell positions approved
• AVMA Answers
• Professional overhead expense insurance
• VetPals inventory replenished
• British journals explore link between animal, human health
• AVMAPAC hosts fundraiser for Senate candidate
• Idaho agriculture department has interim state veterinarian
• Obituaries

January 1, 2006

• Hoping for the best, preparing for the worst
• CDC seeks comments on Health Protection Research Guide
• Fitness unleashed
• AVMA seeks nominees for new award honoring lifework in research
• Summarizing a disaster, by the numbers
• Send unused journals, textbooks, supplies on a trip abroad
• Christian Veterinary Mission contributes volumes to developing countries
• Horse doctor
• Vesicular stomatitis affects multiple states in 2005
• Morris pledges $4 million for animal health studies in '06
• Coalition helps establish six pathology residencies
• Obituaries

December 15, 2005

• Legislation would regulate puppy mills
• Monographs available for dewormers, anticonvulsant
• AVMA Answers
• PLIT, Hub International donate to AVMF disaster fund
• Nichols joins AVMA GRD as assistant director
• Comparing prescription drug plans
• AASV Foundation seeks proposals for swine research
• AKC launches resource network for veterinarians
• Trust has a novel take on scholarships
• An American veterinarian in Israel
• Obituaries

December 1, 2005

• Racehorse owners bring suit against Wedgewood pharmacy
• AVMA posts canine influenza interim guidelines
• Half-a-million earmarked for federal veterinary service program
• USDA releases its first U.S. Animal Health Report
• PETA employees face new charges
• Summer programs offer students a taste of research
• Veterinarians sustain services after Hurricane Rita
• May joins the staff at the AVMA
• Animal welfare bill moves forward in United Kingdom
• Move follows AABP conference
• Ferry brings business background to AABP
• Bovine sessions a fusion of science, application
• Cornell receives $1.7 million for program in shelter medicine
• North Carolina State receives $20 million toward new hospital
• University of Wisconsin establishes Center for Global Health
• Hendricks named dean at Penn
• UGA taps Allen as dean
• Obituaries

November 15, 2005

• Federal veterinary team deployed post-Rita raises questions
• AVMF disaster relief fund open to veterinarians financially impacted by hurricanes
• Reminder: AVMA members may apply for 2006 dues waivers
• FDA proposes new safeguards against spread of BSE
• DEA clarifies rules on schedule II controlled substances
• Court rules FDA allowed to inspect pharmacies
• AVMA GHLIT responds to health care fraud
• AVMA GHLIT appoints Johnson director of member services
• Standards taking shape for health, welfare of fish
• UCSF, USDA settle animal welfare complaint
• Animals, people still recovering from hurricane
• Penn's veterinary school receives $10 million gift
• $3.4 million directed to key UW-Madison MS study
• LSU seeks entries for exhibition of animals in art
• Obituaries

November 1, 2005

• Canine influenza virus surfaces
• AVMF disaster relief fund surpasses million-dollar goal
• AVMF offers grants to cover costs of care after hurricanes
• AVMA provides donation materials for veterinarians
• Loss of livestock reaches millions
• Companies contribute to animal rescue and relief
• Humans receive skilled care at veterinary school hospital
• Hurricanes double up on Kornegay
• Tornado damages Mississippi State veterinary college
• Council, trust, committee, board nominations invited
• Veterinarians featured on "Today Show," MSNBC as part of Katrina relief
• House and Senate ok scaled-down horse slaughter ban
• In surprise move, Crawford resigns as FDA commissioner
• USDA building new center for poultry research
• USDA awards grants for research on food safety
• AAHA guidelines make for healthy teeth in pets
• Obituaries

October 15, 2005

• Katrina's other victims
• Guidelines on animal care at pet shelters released
• Canine influenza virus emerges in Florida
• Displaced veterinarians receive assistance
• Bayer pulls Baytril
• Veterinary colleges boost relief efforts
• Clinics-only Web area a new resource for pet wellness campaign
• AVMF disaster relief fund supports VMAT resupply, veterinarian reimbursement
• AVMA Answers
• AVMA seeks nominations for 2006 awards
• Medicare to introduce prescription drug plan
• AVMA, Heifer partnership has sustainable prospects
• AVMA gift to tsunami victims keeps on giving
• Mountain Gorilla Veterinary Project to become its own nonprofit
• USDA proposes easing restrictions on Japanese beef imports
• Virginia-Maryland celebrates 25 years
• Obituaries

October 1, 2005

• AVMA, AVMF partnership supports relief efforts in Katrina's wake
• AVMA mounts preparedness, response to Katrina
• AVMA journals to Louisiana, Mississippi on hold
• Veterinarians may report adverse events to USDA-CVB
• Reminder: extralabel drug use of sulfonamides in lactating dairy cattle prohibited
• U.S. plans to modernize Plum Island facility
• Practitioners to submit theft reports to DEA within one day
• Outbreak of swine disease in China takes human toll
• Winn Feline Foundation calls for grant proposals
• National Veterinary Technician Week coming in October
• Scholarships awarded to veterinary technician students
• AVMA Answers
• Virginia-Maryland veterinary college offering public health degree
• Obituaries

September 15, 2005

• Understanding food safety
• Pesticide repackaging: What veterinarians need to know to avoid steep fines
• AVMA offers veterinarians vaccination resources
• National Zoo research on deadly elephant virus gets funding boost
• Link between exercise and lower risk for prostate cancer found
• New online resource addresses accreditation
• Call for feline health study preproposals
• Excellence recognized at AVMA convention
• Behavior study has implications for dealing with aggressive cats
• Chronic dysfunction syndrome among manageable behavioral problems
• World Veterinary Association holds elections
• Emerging food animal ethics born of production changes
• Building an ecofriendly practice
• Antimicrobial resistance
• Speak up in Washington, D.C.
• Enjoying and prospering in equine practice
• Teasing out Mycobacterium bovis' role in the tuberculosis crisis
• Student AVMA delegates convene in Minneapolis
• Minnesota veterinarian seeks U.S. Senate seat
• Council name change among three approved amendments
• AVMA Auxiliary looks to boost membership
• Physician speaks on agroterrorism, bioterrorism
• Veterinary Corps expresses gratitude
• Obituaries

September 1, 2005

• Veterinarians convene in the City of Lakes
• AVMA passes on million-dollar gift
• NCVEI now offering benchmarking models for food animal practices
• FDA stops use of enrofloxacin for bacterial infections in poultry
• AKC Companion Animal Recovery enrollment available online
• Report analyzes nation's animal health framework
• Anthrax found in three states
• House passes bill making health care affordable for small businesses
• Childers pledges AVMA presidency to unity
• Mahr wins bid for AVMA president-elect
• HOD gives Carlson a second term as vice president
• Treasurer: AVMA the poster child for professional organizations
• Russell is first American elected WVA president
• Osborne honored for achievements in veterinary medical ethics
• AVMA holds first diversity symposium
• AVMA to step up advocacy for national microchip standard
• Farm visits influence foie gras vote
• Resolution to halt AVMF promotion defeated
• HOD disapproves resolution on leadership conference site
• Hammer, Stoltenow announce candidacies for AVMA president-elect
• Hendrix follows 'star' in vice presidency bid
• First lady to veterinarians: 'You're my kind of crowd'
• Iraq, Afghanistan representatives address animal health issues
• Executive Board approves communications revamp
• Obituaries

August 15, 2005

• Senate overwhelmingly approves Crawford as FDA head
• Needs for research in veterinary science identified
• Four insulin products discontinued
• FDA releases flier on human health risks related to turtles
• USDA offers food safety tips during weather emergencies
• When can a veterinarian import a foreign drug?
• PETA employees charged with animal cruelty
• Educators collaborate to advance swine medicine curriculum
• President's reception showcases new Washington office
• AVMA GHLIT co-sponsors Veterinary Leadership Experience
• Food animal facility dedicated at UF
• Obituaries

August 1, 2005

• Executive Board tackles sow housing, key funding opportunities
• AVMA revises pregnant sow housing policy
• Internet drug sales to U.S. pet owners questioned
• Phone changes for FDA-CVM
• AVMA guarantees funding for VMAT program
• AVMA provides guidance on guardianship, noneconomic damages
• Proposed animal welfare council sent for review
• Board affirms support for AVMF mission
• Position on genetically modified animals approved
• Veterinary work force priorities set
• New membership classification system approved
• AVMA to attend PANVET in 2006
• Canada to pay flat fee for accreditation costs
• Board responds to legislative recommendations
• AVMA to make a showing at Pet Night
• Economic project for Illinois veterinarians funded
• Board approves public health, regulatory recommendations
• Recommended AVMA PAC contribution increased
• AVMA PAC to report donor contributions
• CVTEA institutional accreditation standard changed
• AVMA contingency fund amount increased
• Three-fourths majority needed to pass big-ticket proposals
• Funding approved for food supply workshop
• Trends in certification workshop slated for 2006
• AVMA co-sponsors aquatic medicine CE
• AVMA fellows requirements expanded, solicitation policy revised
• Fellowship committee membership established
• Fellows policy amended
• Student extern criteria established
• Vendor selected for ECFVG examination
• AVMA officers re-elected
• Cause of rabbit disease outbreak confirmed
• Vesicular stomatitis affecting four states
• AASV invites research abstracts
• Kosch steps down as dean at Tufts; school named for benefactor
• Obituaries

July 15, 2005

• More animal health, welfare standards go global
• Distinguishing whether a specialty is AVMA recognized
• Bush nixes legislation weakening Florida pharmacy standards for animals
• Heartworm society updates guidelines
• AVMA Answers
• "Pet Tales" now features eight titles
• Mahr takes the mound
• Texas veterinarian indicted for husband's death
• K-State celebrates centennial anniversary
• Veterinary Leadership Experience: equipping students to realize their potential
• Wildlife associations create fund to honor Thorne, Williams
• Obituaries

July 1, 2005

• Battles over compounding from bulk drugs move forward
• DEA Web site supplies valuable information
• Summit charts historic course for unwanted horses
• Preventing diseases associated with animals in public settings
• AVMA fellows reflect on time in Congress
• Senate Committee Focuses on Extremist Groups
• Plan for shooting feral cats in Wisconsin dropped
• Thirteen Iraqi, Afghan veterinarians to attend AVMA convention
• Education council schedules site visits
• AVMA GHLIT to sponsor health screenings at convention
• Statistics reveal strength of human-animal bond
• Chronic renal disease this year's topic for new AAFP annual grant
• Veterinarians needed to develop comprehensive animal protection, decontamination plans
• HSUS, law school offer students animal law clinic
• House takes up voluntary country-of-origin bill
• Send unused journals, textbooks, supplies on a trip abroad
• Animal art on display at LSU
• Humanitarian award named for Bowie, Heath
• Maine VMA executive to advise Afghan association
• Obituaries

June 15, 2005

• 2005 resolutions a mix of issues, mandates
• Revised IRS audit guide for veterinary practices available
• Vesicular stomatitis cases identified
• USDA takes steps to battle CWD
• Senators approve animal fighting bill
• Coalition aims to generate veterinary pathologists
• Pet rodents linked to multidrug-resistant salmonellosis outbreak
• Addendum: Proposed amendments to the AVMA Constitution and Bylaws (PDF)
• AVMA Answers
• Exotic animals and domestic budgets
• 2005-2006 AVMA fellows announced
• Ten students chosen for Washington externship
• AVMA receives national association award for VMATs
• Laugh yourself healthy
• Even SAVMA Symposium is bigger in Texas
• Toys to raise funds for needy animals through AVMF
• CWD found in New York wildlife
• Iowa State veterinary college celebrates 125 years
• Obituaries

June 1, 2005

• Senate bill aims to offset veterinary shortages in public health
• Heeding new fax regulations
• Petition filed to keep antimicrobials out of feed
• Addressing the need for more Clinical Proficiency Examination slots
• AVMA answers
• Drug-related positions approved
• AVMA establishes position on comparative medicine, translational research
• Board urges AVMF to restore fund raising to support research
• Judicious use guidelines for poultry revised
• Operation consent form reaffirmed
• Number of stipends doubled for student externship program
• Accredited U.S. colleges to pay fee
• Accreditation standard on students changed
• Future of several AVMA entities decided
• AVMA addresses contentious exhibitors
• Consultative site visits slated for two foreign colleges
• Board appoints representatives to committees, liaisons
• Actions underscore commitment to informatics standards
• AVMA changes, reaffirms electronic ID guidelines
• Position on pasteurization reaffirmed
• Board recommends approval of three amendments
• ECFVG quality assurance fee to become program-wide
• Policy on relationships with foreign specialty organizations approved
• American Board of Veterinary Specialties manual revised
• Catfight in Wisconsin over controversial plan
• FSIS invites proposals on reducing foodborne illness
• Foodborne illnesses continue downward trend
• Aja to strengthen ties among AAHA members
• Obituaries

May 15, 2005

• Animal welfare, state advocacy initiatives approved
• AVMA provides Internet pharmacy information
• DEA issues final rule on electronic filing
• Looking like America
• Spring Pet Wellness Campaign launched
• Canada, Mexico, United States establish BSE strategy
• Genetically engineered cows resist bacteria that cause mastitis
• CWD found in New York
• "Go outside and play"
• Constituent advocate joins AVMA Communications Division
• Off to a strong start
• Veterinary public health intertwined with food safety at Codex meeting
• Physician to speak on bioterrorism at AVMA convention
• Veterinarian is highest-ranking Iraqi-American in Army
• Obituaries

May 1, 2005

• Loan consolidation could alleviate student debt in the long run
• USP Web site offers free monographs
• Gillespie to lead AASV as president
• AASV board of directors convenes
• The cutting edge
• PRRSV planned exposure and the law
• Iowa State veterinary students address veterinarian shortage
• Educating the public about zoonoses
• A heart for politics
• Carlson seeking second term as AVMA vice president
• Funding redirected to enhance BSE research program
• Indictment filed in prescription veterinary drug case
• Oregon State, UC-Davis receive full accreditation
• ACVIM issues blood donor screening statement
• Avian pathologists association joins animal auditor group
• UT veterinary college to host foreign animal, emerging diseases course
• Research grants for dentistry available
• Obituaries

April 15, 2005

• Growing concern about bird flu sparks call for global action
• FDA clarifies use of monensin
• The ProHeart debate
• AAEP releases compounding guidelines
• Guidelines for equine anesthesia available
• Canadian border opening delayed
• Heifer briefs AVMA on long-term tsunami recovery mission
• Brooks, Scamahorn elected to AVMA Executive Board
• Veterinary shortage areas would be Mahr's primary focus as AVMA president
• Screening and early detection
• Ontario names new dean
• Celebrate World Veterinary Day, April 30
• Obituaries

April 1, 2005

• Compounding resources will educate veterinary profession
• New BSE rule requires veterinarians for certain procedures
• USDA introduces Web site focusing on National Animal ID System
• Riddell named to lead AABP
• Databases will assist aquatic animal veterinarians and their clients
• Veterinarian part of US-Russian collaboration on anthrax sensor
• USDA launches avian influenza project
• PHS, Army veterinarians at the ready during Inauguration
• AVMA Mentoring Center now welcoming mentees
• AVMA Answers
• Baldwin joins AVMA membership division
• Education council schedules site visits
• Helping children cope with surgery
• Morris Animal Foundation issues health study guidelines
• Obituaries

March 15, 2005

• Bush nominates veterinarian to head FDA
• Drugs used illegally
• AVMA GRD moves to new D.C. residence
• FSIS provides guidance on foreign animal disease reporting
• Russell vies for World Veterinary Association presidency
• Prevention
• AVMA Answers
• Mining the canine genome
• Obituaries

March 1, 2005

• Scope of medical laser safety standard broadened
• Survey of veterinary infection control practices mailed to some AVMA members
• Label changed on hormone implants
• 'Now, it's the lawyers' turn'
• Prion study raises questions
• Veterinary leaders converge in Chicago
• Sprayberry, Dajka join AVMA staff
• Honoring the Vietnam war dog teams
• Dean King takes temporary CDC post
• Obituaries

February 15, 2005

• AVMA, Heifer International team up to bring tsunami aid
• Pseudoephedrine alert issued
• Tug-of-war
• Government issues plan managing national emergencies
• Johanns is nation's new agriculture secretary
• Fort Sam Houston dedicates facility to Jennings
• ACLAM posts public statements online
• The Canada debate
• AAHA to release guidelines on senior and dental care
• AAHA to release guidelines on senior and dental care
• ACVR addresses concerns over digital imaging
• Veterinarians needed for Veterinary Medical Assistance Teams
• Health care reform brings new options
• AAZV, AAWV call for papers
• Obituaries

February 1, 2005

• 'It's all about the horse'
• AAEP calls for 2005 convention abstracts
• FSIS urges HACCP reassessments
• The unwanted horse
• Palmer to lead AAEP
• Cates promoted, assumes command of Veterinary Corps
• FARAD going global
• Magazine's signature story dedicated to VMAT, AVMA
• AVMA Answers
• Student advocates
• Obituaries

January 15, 2005

• Executive Board coverage: Overview
• AVMA creates Animal Welfare Division
• FDA biosecurity record-keeping rule becomes effective; meetings planned
• Revised guide to drug, vaccine, pesticide use in aquaculture available
• Advisory body to replace Animal Welfare Committee
• AVMA expresses commitment to diversity
• Amendment would preserve grants that spur diversity
• Dog and cat population control statement updated
• Position on free-roaming abandoned and feral cats revised
• AVMA: removing, reducing teeth as treatment for canine aggression inappropriate
• Outdated disabled livestock position rescinded
• Plan creating animal pain and distress panel fails
• NCVEI extended another five years
• Board acts on state public policy proposals
• Extending a helping hand to Iraqi and Afghan veterinarians
• Pushing politics
• Lobbying for animal disease issues
• GRD Focuses on drugs and biologics
• AVMA tackles animal welfare legislation
• National Institute for Food and Agriculture on the horizon
• Programs to raise AVMA profile, promote veterinary careers
• Regulation of animal biologics challenged
• Fighting for association health plans
• Stipend for AVMA fellows raised, other fellowship changes OK'd
• Student leadership conference to be offered
• Marsh to succeed Peddie as AVMA treasurer
• AVMA adopts new investment strategy
• Term limits imposed on many committees
• AVMA entities continued, altered, or sunset
• Member added to Food Safety Advisory Committee
• Protecting animals in research
• AVMA to support biomedical research symposium
• Addressing income inequities
• ECFVG proposals considered
• Accreditation standards clarified, site visits authorized
• Emergency management plan approved
• Liaisons and sponsorships decided
• Complimentary convention registration offered to student spouses
• Position statements address pregnant workers, dentistry
• Pork production guidelines modified
• Pet food policy rescinded
• Board votes on PANVET and WVA initiatives
• Using veterinary feed directive drugs in an extralabel manner
• Assessing tuberculosis testing
• Euthanasia form reviewed
• Policy emphasizes public health education
• Ethical position statements addressed
• Board appoints committee members, liaison representatives
• Raw meat diets spark concern
• Researchers study GIS-based FMD forecasting, control strategies
• AVMA Answers
• Resolve to maintain a healthy lifestyle in the new year
• ISU Center for Food Security and Public Health offers online resources
• Bayer wins legal actions against sales policy violators
• Bequest to boost canine, equine research at Penn
• Deans at Penn and UGA to step down
• Obituaries

January 1, 2005

• The stall in sow housing
• Recipient of animal welfare award is New
• AVMA Answers
• Merger creates animal protection giant
• It's time to promote pet dental health
• National Pet Week delivers on tender, loving care
• Speaking up
• Clinical education benchmarking survey headed to schools
• Succeeding against pseudorabies
• AARP honors coronavirus expert
• Obituaries

December 15, 2004

• Looking back: AVMA reflects on year's events in nation's capital
• MUMS office established; FDA requests input
• Public health emergency response guide released
• USDA provides additional funding for animal ID system
• Swine welfare statement clarifies AASV philosophy
• Murano leaves USDA post for TAMU
• "Dirty Dozen" tax schemes target health professionals
• A gender-based guide to better heart health
• AVMA Answers
• Obituaries

December 1, 2004

• University denies welfare violation allegations
• AVMA acts to stop pollster from using AVMA Directory
• Veterinarians should apply for top federal jobs
• State legislators oppose animal guardianship, noneconomic damages laws
• FDA's stance on compounding from bulk drugs challenged
• Vesicular stomatitis quarantines lifted in Texas; remain in Colorado, New Mexico
• Foie gras on the way out in California
• Pseudorabies rules made final
• Animal health diagnostic center opens in Michigan
• UGA-CVM receives $2 million gift
• AAVPT seeks pharmacology papers
• Obituaries

November 15, 2004

• Building bridges
• FDA-CVM posts new information on ProHeart 6 recall
• Practitioners should be on guard against forged rabies certificates
• AABP embarks on leadership transition
• Tributes to Jarrett
• Partial debut of antimicrobial decision system planned for spring
• Some take-home messages from Fort Worth
• An advocate for the cow
• Animal auditor organization formed
• AVMA leadership holds listening session in nation's capital
• Interagency agreement promoting safer food supply signed
• Federal panel to study prion diseases
• Catching up with communication
• AAEP updates dentistry position
• Dental insurance an affordable benefit
• AVMA, VetMedTeam launch second online course
• VMAT recruitment under way
• AVMA Answers
• Battling baby turtle sales
• Obituaries

November 1, 2004

• Multidisciplinary task force tackles Chicago distemper outbreak
• CDC registry provides terrorism, emergency response updates
• The catch-22 in regulating the slaughter industry
• LoGiudice heads AVMA membership division
• Officers on the road
• Small-business summit marks legislative successes, goals
• Mammal mapping projects to move forward
• Roundtable to field feline sarcoma questions
• Winn Feline Foundation calls for grant proposals
• Hurricane hits Grenadian veterinary school
• Artists sought for LSU annual exhibition
• Tufts veterinary school receives $50 million gift
• Obituaries

October 15, 2004

• Fort Dodge recalls ProHeart 6, citing FDA safety concerns
• DEA issues pain medication FAQ
• FDA to revise Compliance Policy Guide on veterinary compounding
• Veterinary research study moves forward
• Coalition presses microchip makers for global scanner
• VMAT on a mission at Republican convention
• AVMA seeks nominations for 2005 awards
• Council, trust, committee, board nominations invited
• Valuable information regarding generic drugs
• AVMA Answers
• AVMF unveils newly updated Web presence
• Study finds cats are susceptible to avian influenza H5N1 virus
• ARS researchers develop E coli prevention strategies for cattle
• AAHA endorses abandoned and feral cats statement
• Free analysis of uroliths and urethral plugs available
• Illinois launches online education program
• Veterinary response teams proliferate
• Obituaries

October 1, 2004

• Compounded equine drugs seized from Kentucky pharmacy
• Politics, the art of the possible
• Veterinary coalition to advise policy makers
• New Clinical Proficiency Examination site proposed
• Nominees for AVMA treasurer sought
• Nominees for AVMA treasurer sought
• AVMA accepting applications for student externships
• October is National Pet Wellness Month
• Rabies control efforts funded
• PetMed sued for alleged securities violations
• Celebrate National Veterinary Technician Week, Oct. 10-16
• USDA commits $100 million to fund rural first responders
• Obituaries

September 15, 2004

• Are you asking the right questions?
• AAEP task force to tackle illegal compounding
• Twice a year for life!
• AVMA petitions for compounding policy change
• Executive Board acts to enhance certification process
• Board appointees
• HOD acts on proposed amendments
• Love & Money
• Speakers tackle controversy surrounding swine welfare assessments
• Emerging animal welfare ethic transcends borders
• Sentient property: a novel animal law proposal
• Researchers probe vaccine-associated feline sarcoma
• The vexing vaccine issue
• Be a speaker in the Aloha State
• Pursue your passion for the ecosystem
• Horse-assisted therapy: Good for humans, but how about horses?
• Runoff contributes to emergence of disease in marine mammals
• Changes on the horizon for National Veterinary Accreditation Program
• Students approve change to officers' terms
• AVMA Awards ceremony honors contributions
• Controlling health care cost$
• AVMA strategic planning—your input requested on key issues
• A disabling injury or long-term illness
• AVMA Congressional Science Fellows announced
• VMAT commander needed for Massachusetts
• Supporting animal disaster preparedness, response
• House measure takes aim at FCC junk fax rule
• Obituaries

September 1, 2004

• Approved animal drugs to increase under new law
• Medicated milk replacers can cause illegal residues in veal calves
• Sweetener xylitol can be toxic to dogs
• Life, liberty, and learning in Philly
• New AVMA president calls for leadership in animal welfare
• Delegates ask for more information about foie gras
• AVMA induced molting position revised; food withdrawal opposed
• HOD: hasten effort to improve certification process
• Optimism survives working group's letdown
• AVMA delegates honor military veterinarians
• HOD calls for analysis of other professions' legislative, regulatory support of constituents
• Childers voted AVMA president-elect
• Carlson elected AVMA vice president
• Treasurer's confidence in 2004 tempered by concern for 2005
• Mahr to run for AVMA president-elect
• Fort Dodge, AVMA team up to promote pet wellness
• New online service links employers with job seekers
• New service allows AVMA members to update information online
• Smarty Jones races away with General Session
• Thank You 2004 AVMA Annual Convention sponsors
• Vesicular stomatitis outbreak spreads to Colorado
• Obituaries

August 15, 2004

• Panel: law punishing animal rights extremists too weak
• Agencies invite comment on proposed BSE safeguards
• Doramectin not permitted for use in dairy cattle
• FDA holding MUMS workshop
• O.I.E. takes action at annual meeting
• USDA, PAHO agree to boost, protect agriculture
• Web-based mentoring center launched
• CDC: Rabies transmitted through organ donation
• Special pesticide formulations
• Manatee research leads to new questions
• Managing stress and avoiding burnout
• First four "Pet Tales" published
• AVMA Answers
• AVMA division director promoted to associate executive vice president
• Obituaries

August 1, 2004

• A work in progress
• Gentamicin sulfate, sulfamethoxazole used illegally
• Report suspicious animal sickness to USDA
• AVMA responds to attack advertisement in The New York Times
• Cates nominated to lead Army Veterinary Corps
• EPA allows some veterinary use of restricted pesticides
• AVMA Answers
• AVMA, international veterinary leaders meet to discuss common ground
• Veterinary research sought on pathogenesis of infectious disease
• Winning the peace
• Deans announced
• Iowa State, Oregon State accreditations downgraded
• Event helps groom students for leadership
• Obituaries

July 15, 2004

• Cost-conscious Executive Board approves initiatives
• Flunixin, sulfadimethoxine used illegally
• Laws take aim at wildlife pets
• Wildlife pets create ethical, practical challenges for veterinarians
• House of Delegates to consider five resolutions
• Considering diversity within veterinary profession
• Vice president travel budget increased; annual stipend proposal disapproved
• AVMA supports National Aquatic Animal Health Plan
• Proposed changes to wellness committee referred
• Task force on legal status of animals approved
• Regulating equine plasma products
• Aquatic animal position statement approved
• Sea otter recovery act an AVMA priority
• Animal fighting legislation gets boost
• Funds approved for legislative symposium attendance
• Decision to form animal pain, distress panel postponed
• Partnership struck to promote Pet Wellness Month
• Public health readiness conference item funded
• AVMA seeks advisory role in film
• Board adopts framework for strategic planning
• Donlin appointed AVMA assistant executive vice president
• Funds for site visit observer approved
• The future of Plum Island
• San Diego, here we come!
• Policy on AVMA Annual Convention sites adopted
• Public perception survey referred to task force
• Board delays decision on animal carcass disposal initiative
• Fall meeting extended for veterinary technician committee
• Board acts on informatics recommendations
• Ornamental fish therapeutics activities funded
• AVMA represented at World Small Animal Veterinary Congress
• Tetanus immunization, aquaculture medications policies rescinded
• US Pharmacopeia statements amended
• Policy on concurrent council, committee service clarified
• International accreditation activities funded
• AVMA creates new staff position
• PLIT gets new liaison
• Aquaculture effluent standards published
• President's Roundtable focuses on nontraditional careers
• AVMA Governmental Relations Division gets new home
• Officers on the road
• AVMA hosts orientation for constituent groups
• Grants to fund state disaster preparedness planning
• Guidance on veterinary drugs available
• Practitioners face conundrum with off-label pesticide use
• Bayer receives injunction against drug compounder
• New federal laboratory studies livestock stressors
• Veterinary Orthopedic Society issues call for papers
• Obituaries

July 1, 2004

• Pet's death rekindles electronic ID debate
• Vesicular stomatitis confirmed in Texas horses
• Backlog of DEA renewal applications causes problems
• Emerging zoonoses on the rise
• Veterinary research needs study begins
• Pesticide repackaging
• Senate introduces AVMA-backed health care initiative to benefit self-employed
• Labor Department issues new overtime pay rules
• House continues push for passage of Association Health Plan legislation
• House passes OSHA reform bills
• Veterinary food supply coalition formed
• Initiative moves one-health model AHEAD
• Scientists prove environmental transmission of CWD
• Call for AJVR reviewers
• The AVMA GHLIT—Why wellness remains a top priority
• AVMA Answers
• Obituaries

June 15, 2004

• Setting the standard on animal welfare
• USDA outreach program targets noncommercial-bird-owning public
• USDA-FSIS harmonizes residue-testing procedures with FDA
• Johne's disease, PRRS projects win funding
• An eye on the future
• Romancing the client
• AVMA, heartworm society to meet in Philadelphia
• New VMAT commissioned; Klein named VMAT-2 commander
• Funding, framework for National Animal Identification System announced
• The growing importance of aquatic animal diseases
• Life after Washington
• Raising emotional IQ
• Obituaries

June 1, 2004

• Feline leukemia virus threatens endangered panthers
• Compliance policy guide has flaws, but also teeth
• Tax help just a mouse click away
• Executive Board prioritizes recommendations for funding
• Food supply veterinary initiatives to move forward
• Web-based mentoring program approved
• AVMA leadership press legislative agenda in Washington
• Board approves purchase of Washington, D.C., office building
• Tennyson retires from AVMA staff
• Communications task force to be assembled
• New veterinary subspecialty recognized
• AVMA welfare positions evolve
• Sow housing task force members appointed
• Public policy symposium planned for constituent organizations
• Discussions may continue between AVMA, AAVSB on educational equivalence tests
• Positions on comparative medicine, conservation revised
• President commended for agriculture directive
• AVMA takes a stand on legislative initiatives
• Support for military veterinarians on AVMA agenda
• Veterinarian's Oath reaffirmed
• AVMA backs national efforts to make higher education affordable
• Board opposes APHA resolution against nontherapeutic antimicrobial use in food animals
• Guidelines on participating in spay/neuter clinics updated
• Model Rabies Control Ordinance revised
• AVMA to streamline organizational documents
• State intervention emphasized in new AVMA wellness approach
• Gender, generational issues to be subject of AVMA survey
• Corporate partnership guidelines approved
• Accreditation standards for veterinary technician programs revised
• Maximizing disaster relief program funding
• Stipend program for students promotes nonprivate practice experiences
• What is the AVMA Rapid Response Research Fund?
• AVMA headquarters renovations completed
• A short discussion on long-term care insurance
• Menagerie of art at LSU
• Obituaries

May 15, 2004

• President Walther encourages federal funding to battle CWD
• Veterinary certificate attests to veal calf precautions
• PetMed Express probation lifted
• Human rabies vaccine recalled
• Occupational safety alert available
• Laboratories certified, rapid tests approved for BSE surveillance
• DeHaven named APHIS head
• Small Business Administration's 7(a) loan guaranty program restored
• Animal welfare: status and perception
• The animal rights struggle
• Evaluating humane slaughter
• Officers on the road
• New Web site is guide to 2005 World Veterinary Congress in Minneapolis
• New approach in development to control E coli in pigs
• Guiding producer clients through crises
• College takes measures to create more food animal veterinarians
• Legislation presses limits of animal status in New York
• Obituaries

May 1, 2004

• Will there be enough food supply veterinarians?
• USDA plans sharp increase in BSE testing
• Judge sides with FDA on withdrawal of poultry antimicrobial
• AAEP seeks research proposals on race day medication
• Town hall meeting surveys diversity in the profession
• Swine veterinarians return to their core in the heartland
• PRRS: Is elimination attainable?
• Promoting swine welfare
• Indulging his passion for pigs
• Rudloff joins AVMA staff
• AVMA Answers
• Shelter medicine: A budding field that is helping to raise the standard of care in animal shelters
• Newsletter provides new tool to educate pet owners
• APHIS head retires; DeHaven named to position
• Obituaries

April 15, 2004

• Senators unanimously approve MUMS bill
• FDA warns compounders, veterinarians
• Human health warnings added to Micotil label
• Embattled National Zoo director calls it quits after critical report
• California dog owner awarded $39,000 in veterinary malpractice suit
• Trade losses from animal diseases projected to be in billions
• Minimizing the risk factors associate with veterinary NSAIDs
• New form of BSE sparks discussion
• Illinois legislators weigh in on horse slaughter
• New veterinary position created at NCID-CDC
• Veterinarian to lead FSIS
• AVMAPAC a factor in recent legislative victories
• Take action now!
• Participate in expanded AVMA Biennial Economic Survey
• Deadline for advance convention registration savings approaches
• Veterinary drug kills vultures abroad
• A puppy paternity test
• Obituaries

April 1, 2004

• Growing demands raise doubts about APHIS' emergency response capability
• EPA orders retailers to stop sales of counterfeit flea and tick products for pets
• Deadly strain of avian flu in Texas
• McClellan to leave FDA, Crawford to lead
• Deadline for advance convention registration savings approaches
• The pet allergy puzzle
• AVMA Answers
• Participate in expanded AVMA Biennial Economic Survey
• Convention sponsors: partners in practice
• Nominate an AVMA member for Bustad Award
• Art and veterinary medicine at the crossroads
• The breakdown on biodigesters
• Obituaries

March 15, 2004

• Veterinary medicine a key component of Bush's new policy defending U.S. agriculture from terrorism
• U.S. bans bird imports from Southeast Asian countries
• CDC halts importation of civets to prevent SARS
• NIH awards $10.2 million contract to Michigan State for microbiology research unit
• Veterinary schools, colleges cited for noncompliance with Animal Welfare Act
• Pidgeon elected to Executive Board
• Improving veterinarians' income a top goal of AVMA president-elect candidate Childers
• As AVMA vice president, Carlson would be mentor to students
• USDA ends BSE investigation; experts call for more safeguards
• Ohio State graduate gets a valuable lesson in politics
• Partnership formed to respond to animal health emergencies in Michigan
• Are you charging the correct taxes on veterinary sales and services?
• HSUS campaigns to debunk toxoplasmosis myths
• Bush administration proposes full funding for Ames animal health complex
• Officers on the road
• Obituaries

March 1, 2004

• 'A critical asset'
• Veterinarian selected to lead Plum Island Animal Disease Center
• You can help Iraqi and Afghan veterinarians
• Safeguards expanded to strengthen firewalls against BSE
• Drug vials may be overfilled
• World health organizations rush to avoid avian influenza pandemic
• Discussions continue on assessment of veterinary education equivalence
• President urges Congress to pass association health plan legislation
• Conference fosters leadership development
• AVMA Answers
• Mapping our way to quick disaster response
• Protecting the homeland
• New SCAVMA at WesternU garners 100 percent membership
• Obituaries

February 15, 2004

• USDA: Cow with BSE likely to be only infected animal in herd
• USDA-APHIS teams up with states to test electronic certificates of inspection
• Genome roundup
• Horse slaughter bill making waves
• Officers on the road
• Maryland VMAT team commander needed
• House of Delegates proceedings accessible online
• Obituaries

February 1, 2004

• Washington state dairy cow nation's first case of BSE
• USDA announces unified food safety research agenda
• New Web site, CD-ROM provide information on Johne's disease
• USDA approves new, rapid Johne's disease test
• USAHA supports livestock identification plan, bolstering security for food supply
• Army veterinarian is military's man with the plan
• Introducing a valuable new benefit: The Health Savings Account
• Send unused journals, textbooks, supplies on a trip abroad
• Salmonella in meat and poultry products declines drastically
• AVMA Answers
• Though elusive, permanent funding of residue databank still an AVMA priority
• Superstar stamp sells out
• Congress honors science fellows for contributions
• Do you have photos to share with JAVMA News?
• Obituaries

January 15, 2004

• The cat debate
• Award recognizes Loew's influence on animal welfare
• Ruminant feed ban inspection guidance released
• New food safety brochure available
• A long road
• Emerging issues regarding informed consent
• Training veterinary students for careers in research
• CRWAD dedicated to Winter
• 'Alaskan pipeline' shows PRRSV's airborne potential
• Challenges immense for infectious disease research in large animals
• New BVDV 'face' raises eyebrows
• Parasite problem growing in goats
• AAEP announces new leaders, budget increase
• AAEP tackles tough issues in the Big Easy
• Bramlage steps up to lead AAEP
• Officers on the road
• Nation's top veterinarians assemble around AVMA President's Roundtable
• Accolades
• Papers sought by zoo veterinarians
• Call for human-animal bond papers
• Obituaries

January 1, 2004

• AVMA supports updated and expanded Brakke study, approves task force on housing of pregnant sows
• Listeria in ready-to-eat products shows measurable decline
• President signs bill assisting veterinary graduates with debt load
• AVMA continues support for MUMS, other legislative priorities
• AVMA sets priorities for 108th Congress
• Scoring system prioritizes AVMA response to bills and regulations
• AVMA joins lobbying efforts to recoup earmarked funding
• Charge of legislative committee changed
• AVMA to ask surgeon general to make a statement
• Task force appointed to review pregnant sow housing data
• Disabled livestock position statement amended
• Dental surgery position statement approved
• Guidance provided for swine tail docking, identification, and castration
• AVMA opposes declawing exotic, wild cats
• Guidelines for companion animal care updated
• Encouraging use of model public health curriculum
• Survey to assess infection control practices and zoonotic diseases
• Guidelines developed for reducing risks from animal contact in public settings
• International movement of exotic wildlife
• Rabies control documents changed
• Animal identification plan given thumbs-up
• AVMA joins lobbying efforts to recoup earmarked funding
• AVMA supports inclusion of agriculture in national response plan
• AVMA to rejoin PANVET
• AVMA funds NCVEI project to enhance practice productivity
• AVMA endorses AAEP nonracing performance horses position
• AVMA backs expanded Brakke Study of successful business practices
• AVMA to produce annual report
• Human-animal bond projects approved
• Board approves two AVMAPAC proposals, refers other to HAC
• Funding for Washington extern program restored
• Pet dental campaign celebrates 10 years
• Promoting the benefits of animal research for animals
• Wellness proposals meet with approval
• Board adjusts fees connected to annual convention
• Accreditation finance standard revised
• Hazardous waste, rabies quarantine policies addressed
• Officers on the road
• Obituaries

December 15, 2003

• President Signs Animal Drug User Fee Act
• New restrictions for preventing monkeypox spread finalized
• FDA assesses safety of food products from cloned animals
• Petcurean Go! Natural pet food recalled
• New AAHA position statement opposes cosmetic ear cropping, tail docking
• FDA guidance on antimicrobials aims to prevent resistance
• Iowa Center for Food Security and Public Health receives special designation
• Wildfires pack a wallop
• OIE: Too few countries follow international BSE guidelines
• New York enacts Good Samaritan law for veterinarians
• AVMA Answers
• NIAID funds biosafety laboratories at Missouri, Colorado universities
• Crawford, Riviere elected to Institute of Medicine
• NIH institute inducts Brinster
• Obituaries

December 1, 2003

• Lawsuit seeks stronger protections for primates
• Update on BSE enforcement activities
• DEA publishes controversial new fee schedule for controlled substance registration
• ASPCA study finds cocoa bean mulch could harm dogs
• ACLAM takes stance, addresses threats to medical research
• Survivors campaign promotes animal research to aid animals
• AABP to go the distance with CE
• Over the top: AABP confers awards
• A practitioner's academician
• Two veterinary students learn politics isn't always about money
• AVMA reiterates Internet pharmacy statement
• AVMA Answers
• Hill's provides impressive funding for future conventions
• Veterinary leaders support science-based OIE animal welfare policies
• Obituaries

November 15, 2003

• Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: An emerging problem in horses?
• Kaopectate reformulation could be dangerous to cats
• Moxidectin gel gets new label
• Web site offers veterinarians detailed drug information
• Monitoring antimicrobial susceptibility of animal pathogens
• Industry group launches informational Web site
• Textbooks, supplies for foreign colleagues
• White paper advises partnership to reverse veterinarian shortages
• New method yields a glimpse at canine genome
• Eastern tent caterpillars implicated in swine abortions
• Mexican school hosts fruitful, festive event
• AVMA GRD adds three assistant directors, PAC/grassroots coordinator
• AVMA GRD, PAC, and you: A winning combination in Washington
• Officers on the Road
• Eyre steps down as Virginia-Maryland dean
• Obituaries

November 1, 2003

• LSU laboratory vandalized; animal extremist group claims responsibility
• Tighter restrictions on drug imports proposed
• AVMF calls for research proposals
• WHO weighs in on antimicrobial debate again
• More research, tougher regulations needed to beat future SARS outbreaks, say researchers
• Fairhall joins GHLIT as executive manager
• AVMA Answers
• VMAT members respond to Hurricane Isabel
• Winn Feline Foundation calls for grant proposals
• Western U veterinary college open for educating
• 'Animals in Art' entries sought for LSU art exhibition
• Obituaries

October 15, 2003

• Disease spillover woes
• NRC issues new nutrient requirements for dogs and cats
• Provisions of FCC faxing rule postponed
• FDA considers lactoferrin safe to fight E coli
• AAHA practice standards available to AVMA members
• Officers on the road
• Illinois governor signs controversial dangerous dog bill
• FDA seeks to clear up confusion about compounding
• AVMA seeks nominations for 2004 awards
• Obituaries

October 1, 2003

• Canada wraps up BSE investigation
• U.S. lifts ban on select Canadian ruminant products
• Airlines to report loss or harm to pets during transport
• Rabies vaccine for humans missing from some packages
• FDA warns veterinarians and producers about violative residues
• Abstracts invited on emerging, infectious diseases
• Airborne antimicrobials cause concern
• Nominations sought for laboratory animal research award
• Despite high demand, laboratory animal veterinarians in short supply
• AVMA Answers
• Grodecki joins Publications Division
• Site visits scheduled
• Updating AVMA membership records
• Council, trust, committee nominations invited
• Students meet with nation's top government veterinarians
• Obituaries

September 15, 2003

• A reaction to the COBTA vaccine report
• The changing face of vaccine labels
• Reporting adverse vaccine events
• HHS advances electronic medical record-keeping system
• GHLIT, PLIT announce new insurance programs
• Antimicrobial resistance in wildlife: it's making a bigger splash than you think
• Concentrated livestock operations
• Activists seek personhood for animals
• CDC releases epidemiologic survey of dog bites in 2001
• 'We're looking for zebras now'
• A global survey of the human-animal bond
• Veterinary services in a global economy
• Students learn, lounge, and legislate in Denver
• Auxiliary fund-raisers a success, new president takes office
• Delegates approve 12 amendments
• Senators emphasize importance of veterinarians participating in legislative process
• Lawmakers seek to curb antimicrobial use in livestock
• Warning added to euthanasia products
• Flood damages Georgia veterinary college laboratories
• AVMF pioneers nationwide disaster relief effort
• Obituaries

September 1, 2003

• A Mile High success
• President Walther outlines priorities for the year ahead
• DEA proposes changes to reporting controlled substance loss
• State veterinarians, epidemiologists advocate restrictions on wildlife trade
• Complaint form updated
• Treasurer's proposed dues increase authorized
• HOD calls for review of sow gestation stalls
• Delegates stand behind induced molting position
• Delegates open way for states to request more AVMA assistance
• Resolution 3: should board chair eligibility be limited?
• Kendall reelected to vice presidency
• Delegates vote to 'Leave it to Beaver'
• Resolution 6: PR campaign referred for planning
• New House Advisory Committee members
• Resolution 5: debt forgiveness for two fields of study?
• Council members to be seated
• Childers to seek presidency, Carlson vice presidency
• Board approves action items in Denver
• Meeting links AVMA with state legislators
• 'America's Mayor' explains what it takes to be an effective leader
• The secret of success
• Top Honors
• World poultry congress enriches AVMA convention
• Family Night in Denver
• The 2003 AVMA Convention Sponsors
• AVMA Answers
• Specialty pay legislation to recognize excellence in veterinary medicine
• Obituaries

August 15, 2003

• West Nile virus warning system
• DEA considers electronic order forms for controlled substances
• APHIS: West Nile virus vaccine safe for use
• Origins of monkeypox virus traced to imported African rodents
• Horse slaughter for human consumption faces hurdles
• Officers on the road
• Evaluating behavior
• New congressional fellow announced
• Obituaries

August 1, 2003

• Stakeholders meet in Philadelphia to discuss ECFVG, PAVE
• Antimicrobial testing standards published
• Food industry groups adopt welfare standards for chickens
• McDonald's takes antimicrobial stance
• Newcastle disease persists in four western states
• Maine officials battle new outbreak of ISA
• First member of the equine family cloned
• AVMA Answers
• Illinois legislature passes controversial dangerous-dog bill
• Obituaries

July 15, 2003

• African disease reported for first time in Western Hemisphere
• Genetic engineering reminder
• Preparing pets for a terrorist attack: Tips for clients
• Though better prepared after 9/11, America still vulnerable to bioterrorism
• Profession renders second opinion about veterinary care, fees
• Poll finds Americans cool toward animal rights
• AVMA, federal veterinarians meet in Washington, D.C.
• AgScholars program to begin
• Pfizer merges with Pharmacia
• Officers on the road
• Obituaries

July 1, 2003

• Remembering 9/11
• Canadian BSE investigation continues
• Vaccines may be key to controlling FMD
• Needs of animals in Iraq being assessed
• Researchers identify wild animal reservoirs for SARS
• Research study, animal welfare positions among recommendations decided by Executive Board
• AVMA to fund National Academies study of nation's veterinary research needs
• AVMA supports 'Survivors' campaign
• AVMA opposes 'pet guardianship'
• Several factors at play when determining compensatory value of animals, AVMA says
• Revisions to ear cropping, tail docking statement fail
• AVMA supports AAEP statements
• Executive Board supports creation of biologics advisory committee
• Vaccination program session slated for Denver
• AVMA Answers
• A path to discovery Romanian veterinarian escapes hardship and finds solace in veterinary research
• Speakers to provide financial planning tips for veterinarians
• Veterinary history and law enthusiasts to assemble
• AVMA accredits six veterinary technology programs
• School time
• Pickering introduces MUMS bill in House
• Senate considers specialty pay for board-certified health scientists
• Swine bills thwarted
• Ergonomics guidelines adopted for veterinary practice
• Revised Model Veterinary Practice Act approved
• Pet health insurance statement revised
• AVMA recommits to National Pet Week for 2004
• Emergency preparedness is subject of two policy statements
• AVMA seeks passage of debt-reduction legislation
• Students tutor practitioners
• Needs of food animal sector to be assessed
• AVMA weighs in on antimicrobial use in food animals—again
• Policy covers food irradiation
• Watch for veterinary public service ads at airports
• Updated Johne's, TSE statements adopted
• AVMA designates Executive Branch Fellowship
• Meet you in St. Louis in 2011
• Strategic planning coming into clearer focus
• Initiatives to enhance AVMA-constituent communication
• ECFVG accepts more English language examinations
• AVMA to recognize Mexican veterinary school anniversary
• Obituaries

June 15, 2003

• Treasurer proposes dues increase to meet impending needs
• Experts predict increased hurricane activity in 2003
• APHIS still calling on veterinarians, veterinary technicians for Newcastle disease eradication
• The compliance cops
• Officers on the road
• AVMA board opposes five of six resolutions delegates will vote on in July
• Executive Board considers bylaws amendments
• Thirty-one nominees vie for 12 council seats, candidates invited for four other vacancies
• Call for AJVR Reviewers
• Data indicate reduced incidence of Salmonella in raw meat, poultry
• Turning tides
• Study: West Nile virus cost equine industries in Colorado, Nebraska millions in 2002
• Meet the 2003-2004 Class of AVMA/AVMF Congressional Science Fellows
• Obituaries

June 1, 2003

• Identifying a killer
• Researchers must "cast a wide net" to trace disease origins
• Army initiates procedural changes for rabies test
• Wood chippers not to be used to euthanatize poultry, AVMA says
• AVMA opposes proposed controlled substance registration fee hike
• AVMA explores assistance for latest Iraqi victims—animals in Baghdad Zoo
• AVMA Answers
• City bans cat declawing
• AAHA members gather in Phoenix
• AAHA study finds millions of pets aren't getting maximum health care
• Canine vaccination guidelines intended for individualized treatment
• AAHA President Welborn to focus on new accreditation standards, compliance study
• AVMA president calls for veterinarians to be more visibly engaged in ensuring welfare of entertainment animals
• HealthPlan Services to serve AVMA GHLIT policyholders
• Call for AJVR Reviewers
• USDA requires new test for tickborne horse disease
• Heightened security precautions may cause problems for horse transportation
• Students stage successful SAVMA Symposium
• Obituaries
• Correction

May 15, 2003

• A tour in the desert
• Stakeholders invited to public forum on educational equivalence assessment for graduates of non-AVMA-accredited colleges
• U.S. Pharmacopeia to close Veterinary Practitioners' Reporting Program
• CDC, AAVP revise guidelines for prevention of zoonotic intestinal parasites
• The face of the veterinary profession
• AVMA sets its legislative agenda for 108th Congress
• What can you do to help?
• Lunch with the senators in Denver
• Spring viremia of carp control program launched
• Officers on the road
• Veterinarians the 'first line of defense' in biologic attack
• National pet health surveillance system in the works
• Breed discrimination bites homeowners
• Veterinarians team up with plastic surgeons for dog bite prevention week
• Change in topic for 2003 Animal Welfare Forum
• Gunning for Elvis
• Obituaries

May 1, 2003

• Military veterinarians engaged in Operation Iraqi Freedom
• Bill would outlaw animal declawing in California
• MUMS introduced; AVMA asks members to support bills promoting animal health
• Veterinarians told to be vigilant
• Illinois may lead the nation with microchip law
• Lawmakers tackle animal hoarding
• New Jersey veal calf legislation nears passage
• AVMA Answers
• Beaver eager to be a conduit for "new and novel things"
• Vice President Kendall seeks second term
• Task force to study needs of food animal veterinarians
• Compendium of veterinary products online
• Swine veterinarians shine
• Animal tracking
• Critical thinking
• Letting the future catch you
• Sibbel guides AASV
• AAEP issues genetic defects statement
• Obituaries

April 15, 2003

• New initiatives sanctioned by board
• To declaw or not to declaw
• AVMA position statement on the declawing of domestic cats
• Extralabel use of phenylbutazone banned in dairy cattle
• Oklahoma cockfighting ban faces legal challenges
• Goodbye, Dolly; first cloned sheep dies at six years old
• Officers on the road
• ECFVG/PAVE recommendations approved
• Josh Project involvement approved
• Looking out for federally employed veterinarians
• AVMA adopts National Dog Bite Prevention Week
• Straw, hay required for pigs under new UK welfare regulations
• Obituaries

April 1, 2003

• Association Health Plan bill gains momentum
• Intended use of therapeutic diets as drugs dictates VCPR requirement  
• Controlled substance registration fee hike proposed 
• Internet technology fueling Nigerian scam
• Advance registration deadline for AVMA convention approaching
• NAS set to study veterinary research trends
• Bioengineered pigs go to market 
• Law allows small business greater access to credit
• AVMA Answers
• Kornegay, McCrystle join Executive Board
• Additional commercial flocks in California stricken by Newcastle disease
• Companion animal bill withdrawn
• Obituaries

March 15, 2003

• ECFVG, PAVE board representative forward two recommendations
• FEMA offers independent study course on livestock and disasters
• USDA seeks ideas for controlling BSE
• APHIS cancels public meeting on veterinary biologics
• Could cat waste be killing sea otters?
• AVMA casting its net across Pacific Rim
• Officers on the road
• Nominees still sought for council, committee vacancies
• Swine information index now online
• Save the Tiger Fund invites proposals for conservation efforts
• Celebrate World Veterinary Day
• Obituaries

March 1, 2003

• The EU bans cosmetics testing on animals
• Reporting veterinary drug shortages to the FDA
• California city weighs ban on animal declawing
• Pet owners in San Francisco become 'pet guardians'
• Nominate an AVMA member for the Bustad Award
• From seahorses to sawfish
• Retiring to a chimp paradise
• AVMA Answers
• Veterinary leaders converge
• AVMA offers new practice management seminar, online course
• Gut warfare
• Plan expands genetic testing for interstate movement of scrapie-exposed sheep
• Veterinary Services recruiting for Newcastle disease eradication
• Foreign animal disease training offered
• Pondering a pharmacy's license?
• Obituaries

February 15, 2003

• Emergency declared: exotic Newcastle disease found in commercial poultry farms
• APHIS plans veterinary biologics meeting
• Label instructions tightened on Hartz flea and tick control products
• Chaddock heads AVMA Washington office
• Officers on the road
• A profession at the crossroads?
• AAEP in Orlando
• Lenz takes reins of AAEP
• Xenotransplantation efforts march forward
• West Nile epidemic of 2002 worst in Western Hemisphere
• State board requires informed consent for certain extralabel uses
• Great Britain regains FMD-free status
• AVMF seeks nominations for AKC research, career awards
• Obituaries

February 1, 2003

• A full plate
• Regulations amended for select biologic agents
• FDA revises definition of "no residue"
• FDA seeking comments for industry guidance on raw meat animal food
• Veterinary use of thalidomide forbidden by FDA
• NAS reports on potential risks of animal biotechnology
• AVMA Answers
• Critters in the classroom
• Obituaries

January 15, 2003

• Food animal veterinarian shortage causing growing concern
• USDA issues new scrapie guidelines
• AVMA renovation project set to begin soon
• Board funds benchmarking, remodeling, other initiatives
• Officers on the road
• Board approves Howell's recommendations
• Public health initiatives garner AVMA support
• AVMA backs environment-friendly legislation
• Storybooks, radio show, seminars to help get the AVMA message out
• Guidelines for antimicrobial use in food fish, position on antimicrobials in livestock feed available
• Domestic cat declawing, and swine castration and docking positions under review
• AVMA reaffirms commitment to fighting bioterrorism, providing disaster aid
• Animal welfare positions on cattle branding, veal calf welfare refined
• AVMA revises principles of ethics, ethics position statements
• AVMA ends support of feline sarcoma task force
• Board approves proposals to unify, enhance foreign graduate program
• Bustad award to be restructured
• Accreditation-related actions approved
• Mentorship initiative moves forward
• AVMA contributing to Johne's project
• Observe pet dental health in February
• Online course teaches veterinary students more about foreign animal diseases
• Practitioners spur university to develop NAVLE preparatory course
• Labor pains
• Foundation board welcomes new, returning faces
• Hill's Veterinary Challenge continues
• Obituaries

January 1, 2003

• Board approves grant to advance NCVEI benchmarking initiative
• British relent on quarantine rules for U.S., Canadian pets
• FDA advises drug sponsors on supplemental drug applications
• FDA mulls tougher ruminant feed rule
• Veterinary participation in emergency response plans is vital
• Federal funding intensifies prion research
• Mapping the bovine genome to help humans, cattle
• Texas A&M halts companion animal cloning
• It's Adopt-A-Rescued-Bird Month
• AVMA Answers
• 'Star' legislation gets presidential approval
• National Pet Week, May 4-10 celebrates the difference pets make
• O'Donnell joins AVMA publications team as assistant editor
• Veterinary Career Center lowers monthly job posting fee
• Educational brochures available on AVMA Web site
• Veterinary technology programs earn accreditation
• Obituaries

December 15, 2002

• Veterinarians win key races in Colorado, Georgia
• Voters in Florida, Oklahoma, Arkansas cast ballots on animal welfare issues
• Veterinary students enlisted to monitor CWD in Minnesota
• Veterinarians test the waters of fish medicine
• Stretch your bovine practice potential
• Studies offer scientific appraisal of tail docking effects in dairy cattle
• Air, water, land, light: all affect cattle
• Western Veterinary Conference funds practice tool development
• Recruitment for 2003-2004 AVMA/AVMF Congressional Science Fellows is under way
• In Memoriam

December 1, 2002

• Report calls for plan to protect U.S. agriculture from terrorism
• Reptile owner donates blood, passes on lethal Salmonella infection
• California law protects animal blood donors
• Is it ethical to keep animals in zoos?
• Planning for the welfare of individual animals
• Zoos wrestle with fate of surplus animals
• Measuring stress in captive animals
• Zoo animal welfare boosted by environmental enrichment, positive reinforcement training
• Highlighting conservation & education successes
• Acknowledging differences, HSUS sees room for more cooperation among groups
• Designing zoo habitats that promote animal well-being
• AVMA names Fowler as Animal Welfare Award winner
• Bovine practitioners gather in dairyland
• AABP embraces disabled livestock, dairy cattle welfare guidelines
• Challenge grants support veterinary students in research laboratories
• From city slicker to head of the herd
• In Memoriam

November 15, 2002

• Veterinary students bearing the brunt of state budget cuts at universities
• Exotic Newcastle disease strikes game birds in California
• AVMA council releases report on dog and cat vaccinations
• Little takes helm as convention director
• Russell elected WVA vice president; AVMA to host next world congress, in 2005
• Committee on Disaster and Emergency Issues holds first meeting
• Animal protection groups, research community dispute Web postings
• National FFA Organization cultivates veterinarians
• PETA advertisements removed from O'Hare after AVMA, others complain
• National emergency response plan addresses large-scale livestock disease outbreaks
• Buprenorphine rescheduled under stricter regulatory control
• PRRS research funding available through new award program
• In Memoriam

November 1, 2002

• Deluge of questions prompts AAFP to develop FIV vaccine brief
• American Association of Feline Practitioners Information Brief: In response to inquiries regarding Fel-O-Vax® FIV September 2002
• Some costs of animal disease outbreaks cannot be counted
• APHIS wins group honor awards from Agriculture Secretary
• Officials identify suspect in theft of infectious agent from MSU laboratory
• FDA to enhance pharmaceutical good manufacturing practices
• Human, animal cases of West Nile continue to climb
• AVMF awards $125,000 in support of animal health, human-animal bond research
• VCA partnership with Coca-Cola bottlers benefits animal welfare
• Are you up to the challenge ... Hill's Veterinary Challenge?
• Do manatees hold the key to understanding papillomaviruses?
• Lymphoma risk in cats more than doubles if owners are smokers
• Pets, spouses compete for title of best stress reliever: Pets win
• Organization brings veterinary care to rural areas
• Nominate your choices for AVMA awards
• 'Animals in Art' entries sought for Louisiana State exhibition
• Theriogenology research abstracts invited
• Abstracts sought on horse welfare during transport
• Winn Feline Foundation issues grant proposal
• In Memoriam

October 15, 2002

• Animal hoarding: A public health problem veterinarians can take a lead role in solving
• Animals in the K-12 classroom and the need for guidelines
• Oct. 13-19 is National Veterinary Technician Week
• Virginia joins USDA efforts to stop spread of rabies in raccoons
• 'Evangelist' for human-animal bond receives Bustad award at Tufts Animal EXPO
• Externships provide students with a glimpse of international veterinary medicine
• AVMA honors those lost in tragedies of Sept. 11
• Veterinarian remembered for patience, devotion to animals
• Behavioral research using animal models may need improvement
• Society for Theriogenology enjoys grandeur of Colorado Springs
• FDA seeks comments on evaluating antimicrobial animal drugs guidance
• In Memoriam

October 1, 2002

• Campaign to outlaw sow housing in Florida advances
• New companion animal tumor registry in the works
• International animal health body addresses food safety, FMD, and animal welfare
• Consortium to connect animal scientists, veterinarians
• First phase of redistricting complete
• Council, trust, committee, board nominations invited  
• Tularemia outbreak identified in pet prairie dogs
• Remembering Michael Roop, convention manager and colleague
• In Memoriam

September 15, 2002

• Terrorism law includes penalties for extremists targeting animal-related businesses
• Animal rights groups pressure European lawmakers
• Promote your spay/neuter services: Post your practice at Pets911
• Government Action Center improves member access to legislation
• West Nile virus claims 12 in worst outbreak on record
• Contributions to AVMF reach all-time high in Nashville
• Bioterrorism expert says U.S. agriculture vulnerable to attack
• Veterinarians key to bioterrorism preparedness initiatives
• Topical gels: An option for panicky pill takers? 
• Pros, cons of feral and free-ranging cat management debated
• Expert warns veterinarians to remain vigilant about rabies
• Small animal veterinarians may come under scrutiny for antimicrobial use
• The human-animal bond: A legal liability for veterinarians?
• Doctor prescribes pets to help elderly stay healthy and happy
• Veterinarians' role in the AIDS crisis
• Veterinary profession deserves bigger role in interdisciplinary health care
• Natural antimicrobials look promising
• New Auxiliary president focuses on progress
• Prescribing through Canadian pharmacies: Is it legal?
• Nitrofuran ban in effect
• Final guidance on anthelmintics use available
• Satellite teleconference will offer practical tools to promote food safety
• U.S. veterinarian among most cited researchers
• In Memoriam

September 1, 2002

• HOD selects Walther to be president-elect
• Nashville convention delivers a grand time
• President Howell sees veterinary profession in transition
• New position on induced molting wins favor
• Resolution on pregnant sow housing OK'd
• AVMA commends patriotic service
• Resolved, to help prevent imposition of needless regulatory burdens
• Picture perfect: HOD roster approved
• Delegates approve 15 amendments
• House of Delegates elects 15 council members
• Victorious candidate: "AVMA is primed" for involvement of young veterinarians
• Delegates inquire: what's the difference between ECFVG and PAVE?
• Board takes stand on homeland security, other proposals
• Brandt moves from president to board chair
• Second time's the charm: Kendall wins vice presidency
• "Leave it to Beaver": Dr. Beaver for president-elect
• Treasurer reports steps to offset uncertain economy
• The GRANDEST of the GRAND: veterinarians applauded and honored
• President Brandt honors VMATs and McNamara
• Students meet in Nashville
• Student AVMA honors two teachers from University of Georgia
• Commission delivers tools to aid practice efficiency
• Foreign veterinarians share AVMA concerns
• THANK YOU to the following sponsors of the 139th AVMA Annual Convention
• AVMA marshals support for MUMS bill
• Notification required to possess select agents or high-consequence livestock pathogens
• In Memoriam

August 15, 2002

• Facing crackdown, dietary supplement companies promise changes
• Food industry groups release animal welfare program report
• AVMA 30-second vignette airs on Animal Planet
• New assistant editor joins AVMA publications team
• PetMed Express disciplined by Ohio State Board of Pharmacy
• In Memoriam

August 1, 2002

• International swine experts discuss health, management, consumer issues at congress
• USDA tracks illegal importation of animals that may pose FMD risk
• Exotic pets create prickly situation for owners, veterinarians
• Beware of prescribing pitfalls 
• Texas loses TB-free status
• In Memoriam

July 15, 2002

• Schering-Plough agrees to pay FDA $500 million and bring factories into compliance
• What you've told us... 
• Mare reproductive loss syndrome returns, but losses are fewer
• Board buffers margin between income, expenses 
• Positions adopted to protect animal welfare
• AVMA beautification project proceeding on schedule 
• AVMA gives its approval of stamp
• Understanding accreditation across borders
• Board recommends approval of four resolutions 
• Mission statement integral to accreditation standard revisions
• USDA funds security protections, laboratory network
• Promoting animal welfare 
• AVMA announces 2003 gift calendar 
• Voice your opinion on marine mammal regulations
• Final rule on foreign animal drug establishments
• In Memoriam

July 1, 2002

• Avian influenza strikes Virginia poultry farms
• AVMA now offers West Nile virus brochure
• Veterinarians help protect soldiers in Operation Enduring Freedom
• Commendations for service veterinarians, induced molting among 2002 resolutions 
• Officials fine-tune salmon virus response
• And coming around the track, looking promising ...
  The horse genome map
• What's in the water?
  Stream pollution survey reveals antimicrobials and pharmaceuticals
• Debate over trap-neuter-release programs for feral cats to continue in Nashville
• NASA veterinarian treats Hubble Space Telescope
• Space 2002: the odyssey unfolds in Nashville
• Salmonella prevalence continues to decline
• Statue honors Bustad, human-animal bond 
• Compliance report on ruminant feed ban
• USDA continues testing Vermont sheep
• Port Authority dog remembered
• In Memoriam