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 AVMA Responses to Issues

Animal welfare

  • AVMA letter to U.S. Secretary of Agriculture  (USDA) about treatment of animals at the Meat Animal Research Center in Clay Center, Neb. (PDF)
  • AVMA letter to USDA about soring and enforcement of the Horse Protection Act (PDF)
  • AVMA letters to governors regarding ownership of wild animals
  • AVMA's response to videotaped abuse of animals
  • AVMA letter to Egypt's Minister of Agriculture about proposed culling of stray dogs and cats to control the spread of the 2009 H1N1 virus (PDF)
  • AVMA letter to USDA regarding proposed rule changes on transport of horses in double-decked trailers
  • AVMA letter to NFL Commissioner regarding Michael Vick case (PDF)
  • AVMA AAEP Joint Letter to USDA Concerning the Horse Protection Act (PDF)

Antimicrobials

  • AVMA letter to Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack regarding antibiotic use in food producing animals (PDF)

Pharmacy

  • AVMA letter to DEA regarding transportation of controlled substances (PDF)
  • AVMA comments to the FTC regarding Pet Medications Workshop (PDF) 
  • Message to Members about misuse of Lutalyse and other veterinary pharmaceuticals to induce human abortion
  • Rumors of misuse of veterinary drugs to abort human pregnancies

Wildlife

  • AVMA letters to governors regarding ownership of wild animals
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