The AVMA Governmental Relations Division will seek funding for revamping the U.S. foreign animal disease research

The Animal Disease Traceability (ADT) Rule, which took effect in March 2013, establishes minimum national official identification and documentation…

The AVMA actively seeks continued adequate congressional funding for the upgrading, maintenance, operation, or rebuilding of the United States'…

Veterinarians must be adequately prepared to recognize foreign animal diseases, emerging or reemerging diseases, or animal disease resulting from an…

Conference on Research Workers in Animal Diseases

All animal disease control and eradication programs should be under the direction and supervision of veterinarians.

Animal disease has emerged as one of the most important factors hindering the development of aquaculture worldwide

The AVMA strongly advocates for and supports maintaining U.S. Environmental Protection Agency exemptions for the use of disinfectants against foreign…

CRWAD meeting dedicated to veterinary microbiologist Maheswaran

The Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service awarded over $14 million to more than 70 projects aimed at protecting U.S.…

Posted on February 15, 2003   For the third time, the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health…

Disease precautions for outdoor enthusiasts and their companion animals

Federal animal health authorities published a plan to monitor for disease emergence and draw up plans for the biggest risks.

Bipartisan legislation would increase funding, up to $265 million, for federal programs aimed at preventing and combating destructive foreign animal…

A training course in foreign animal diseases will be available at the University of Wisconsin's School of Veterinary Medicine.

The challenges of using mice for infectious disease research are minor when compared with studies involving large animals.

The NBAF will improve the capabilities of the Department of Agriculture to develop vaccines, conduct diagnostics, and train veterinarians in the…

  Trade losses from animal diseases projected to be in billions With approximately a third of the world's meat…

The National Association of State Public Health Veterinarians has published the Compendium of Measures to Prevent Disease Associated

Dr. W. Ron DeHaven, AVMA CEO, has said that a mandatory animal identification system could save millions of animals and billions of dollars through…

Kurt A. Zuelke, PhD, took over as director of the Department of Agriculture's National Animal Disease Center in Ames, Iowa, June

The American Association of Bovine Practitioners and the Academy of Veterinary Consultants, have developed a set of guidelines to protect veterinary…

U.S. veterinarian recalls the horror of Britain's foot-and-mouth disease outbreak and the farmers' efforts

U.S. Department of Agriculture officials hope this year to publish the rules to establish requirements for timely animal disease reporting across the…

More than 80 projects aimed at preventing the introduction and spread of livestock diseases are receiving millions of dollars, set aside by the 2018…