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New diplomates
Assemblies
Competition challenges students to grow in animal welfare knowledge
New Bolton Center breaks ground for critical care center
USAHA, AAVLD team up and request more federal funding
Morris Animal Foundation supporting animal health studies
Morris Animal Foundation creates campaign for healthy cats
Aja is Hill's new director of professional affairs
USDA releases report on animal health
New resources helping unwanted horses find new homes
FDA opens offices in China
European event advocates one health, prevention
Many faces, one profession
AVMA Answers: President's outlook
Education council schedules site visits
Just the stats
AVMA comments on regulation of genetically engineered animals
Seven things you (may not) know about the AVMF
Rabies and other public health policies revisited
AVMA convention city rotation set
Legislative committee structure modified
Veterinary service policies, liaisons addressed
AVMA directory to go entirely electronic
Drug-related policies adopted, liaisons ended
Performance of AVMA entities evaluated
ECFVG language test format changes
Food safety policies revised
Board acts on aquatic medicine-related proposals
PAC report goes electronic
Economic resolution to be implemented, policy on AVMA elections revised
AVMA volunteers sign ethics statements
Disaster and emergency-related policies amended
Human-animal bond committee receives 'higher' calling
Federal funding priorities identified
Welfare policies revised, partnership formed
Animal agriculture issues addressed
Student debt relief, unwanted horses are among AVMA legislative priorities
Board acts on environmental policies
Policies reaffirmed, rescinded
EPA pharmaceutical survey not for veterinarians, AVMA says
FDA planning to ban cattle brains, spinal cords from all animal feed
Homeland Security recommends Kansas site to replace Plum Island
Correction
The story “AVMA opposes cosmetic ear cropping, tail docking of dogs,” featured in the Dec. 15, 2008, edition of JAVMA News, incorrectly stated that Maine has prohibited ear cropping for dogs. Prior to 1997, the Maine Animal Welfare Act included in the definition of mutilation “cutting off the ear of a dog in whole or in part.” In 1997, the specific reference to ear cropping was removed and the definition was changed to mean injuring or disfiguring by irreparably damaging body parts, with exclusions for conduct performed by a licensed veterinarian or conduct that conforms to accepted veterinary practices.