http://www.avma.org/rss/newsbytes/newsbytes_rss.xml Friday, January 8, 2010 Fri, 08 Jan 2010 16:00:00 -0600 en-us Copyright (c) 2010 | The American Veterinary Medical Association. All rights reserved. Prepared by the AVMA Division of Communications, is a compilation of articles taken from a number of sources and does not necessarily reflect the policies or opinions of the AVMA. OnlineServices@avma.org http://www.avma.org/ http://www.avma.org/rss/images/newsbyte.gif 347 87 60 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 1 2 3 4 5 Saturday Sunday Starting next Monday, January 11, the AVMA is replacing AVMA News Bytes with a new e-newsletter, Animal Health SmartBrief, which will be available to members and nonmembers alike. In order to make sure you don't miss a single issue of this newsletter, you'll need to opt-in. Click here to sign up now. ]]> Fri, 08 Jan 2010 16:00:00 -0600 News Agence France Presse (PARIS) - The world's top authority in farm animal health announced on Thursday it would launch a study into the role of meat in climate change. [more] ]]> Fri, 08 Jan 2010 16:00:00 -0600 News Salt Lake Tribune By Ellen Gibson (Bloomberg News) A 31-state salmonella outbreak first detected in Utah was linked to pet frogs, U.S. health officials said Thursday, suggesting that public-health efforts to educate children about the proper handling of reptiles should be expanded to amphibians. [more] ]]> Fri, 08 Jan 2010 16:00:00 -0600 News Agence France Presse (PARIS) - A cattle disease that has been a curse for millennia is likely to be declared eradicated next year thanks to a global vaccination campaign, the world's paramount veterinary agency said on Thursday. [more] ]]> Fri, 08 Jan 2010 16:00:00 -0600 News Economist Farmers are generally expected to be milkers and hay-stackers, not managers. The nursery rhyme about the farmer in the dell does not include a verse about the farmer calculating the net present value of any one of his cows. Yet such financial quantifications are as useful for the farm as for any other independent business; and the work of David Galligan makes those calculations much easier. [more] ]]> Fri, 08 Jan 2010 16:00:00 -0600 News Yahoo! News By Tamara Lush (A.P.) (APOLLO BEACH, Fla.) - Frigid temperatures across Florida drove hundreds of manatees to balmy waters outside a power plant, shocked endangered sea turtles off the coast and even sent cold-blooded iguanas tumbling from trees. [more] ]]> Fri, 08 Jan 2010 16:00:00 -0600 News Tampa Tribune (Fla.) By Beth Gaddis (TAMPA) - A pair of rare birds at Lowry Park Zoo is doing something no other pair has done in North America. They're raising a chick. [more] ]]> Fri, 08 Jan 2010 16:00:00 -0600 AVMA in the news Capital Press By Carol Ryan Dumas . ... Animal antibiotics go through a more stringent process of approval than human drugs, he said. Livestock groups, industry and the American Veterinary Medical Association have long endorsed judicious use of those products. ... [more] ]]> Fri, 08 Jan 2010 16:00:00 -0600 AVMA in the news Chicago Now By Steve Dale . ... There are 81 million pet cats, and 72 million dogs, according to the AVMA. Yet, the average cat visits the veterinarian less than half as often as the average dog. ... [more] ]]> Fri, 08 Jan 2010 16:00:00 -0600 AVMA in the news Inventor Spot . ... Ear cropping and tail docking are, in fact, considered inhumane by many animal rights organizations in the U.S., including the Humane Society. Vets are not even trained to conduct these procedures and the American Veterinary Medical Association has strongly opposed ear cropping, tail docking, and other primarily cosmetic procedures. Many European and other countries have totally banned ear cropping and tail docking. ... [more] ]]> Fri, 08 Jan 2010 16:00:00 -0600 AVMA members in the news Tulsa Beacon (Okla.) . ... As a result of those actions and the questionable legality of several appointments to the OSU Board of Regents, state Rep. Phil Richardson said several regents may have to be replaced. ... [more] ]]> Fri, 08 Jan 2010 16:00:00 -0600 AVMA members in the news Reno Gazette-Journal (Nev.) ". ... Samples have been taken from seven animals and sent to Washington Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory for analysis," said Peregrine Wolff, NDOW veterinarian. ... [more] ]]> Fri, 08 Jan 2010 16:00:00 -0600 AVMA members in the news Providence Journal (R.I.) By Thomas J. Morgan . ... Scott N. Marshall, the state veterinarian, is the DEM's point man for shepherding exotics. ... [more] ]]> Fri, 08 Jan 2010 16:00:00 -0600 AVMA members in the news Atlanta Journal-Constitution By Alexis Stevens . ... The 8-year-old horse, named Misty, underwent four hours of surgery following the attack. Newnan veterinarian Jason McClendon, who specializes in horses, performed the surgery in the pasture, said Teresa Padovano, daughter-in-law of the horse's owners. ... [more] ]]> Fri, 08 Jan 2010 16:00:00 -0600 AVMA members in the news Alexandria Echo Press (Minn.) By Jo Colvin . ... After a couple days of vomiting, 9-month-old Daisy started to shiver and shake, so a worried Qualls called Dr. Bill Kraker, a veterinarian at Alexandria's Animal Doctor. A routine exam showed nothing out of the ordinary, so Kraker took an X-ray of Daisy. ... [more] ]]> Fri, 08 Jan 2010 16:00:00 -0600 AVMA members in the news NBCWashington.com By Arlene Borenstein . ... Veterinarian Susan Steinkamp said he had lost 20 pounds while stranded and survived by eating snow and drinking from freezing puddles. ... [more] ]]> Fri, 08 Jan 2010 16:00:00 -0600 AVMA members in the news Sarasota Herald Tribune (Fla.) By Kim Hackett ". ... It really depends on what they're climatized to," said Edward Cole, a veterinarian at Gulf Gate Animal Hospital. ... [more] ]]> Fri, 08 Jan 2010 16:00:00 -0600 AVMA members in the news KSAL-TV (Kan.) By Todd Pittenger Cold weather is here, and experts urge everyone not to forget the smallest members of the family, the family pet. Dr. Susan Nelson, veterinarian and clinical assistant professor at Kansas State University encourages pet owners to be alert to seasonal health issues, especially as the temperature drops. [more] ]]> Fri, 08 Jan 2010 16:00:00 -0600 AVMA members in the news Des Moines Register By Reid Forgrave . ... It means veterinarian Jack Johnson does all he can to keep his needles and syringes warm. But if it's below 10 degrees like it's been all week, it means postponing things like cattle vaccinations. ... [more] ]]> Fri, 08 Jan 2010 16:00:00 -0600 AVMA members in the news The Observer (N.Y.) . ... These classes will be taught by local veterinarian Mary Fales, who continues to volunteer her time in support of youth development. ... [more] ]]>