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USDA authorizes funding for scrapie eradication
Scrapie costs the US sheep industry $20 million per year in direct losses.
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Council nominees await Salt Lake City
The House of Delegates will elect the council members at its July meeting in Salt Lake City.
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Board names trust/committee representatives, liaisons
The AVMA Executive Board appointed the following individuals to the positions indicated.
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AVMA encourages veterinarian-client-patient relationships in Internet prescribing and Web business
AVMA encourages veterinarian-client-patient relationships in Internet prescribing and Web business The policy that…
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AVMA supports new lobbyist for Minor Use/Minor Species Coalition
The Executive Board has approved a one-time, $20,000 appropriation for partial support of a lobbyist
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Research award nominations invited
Nominate a deserving AVMA member for exceptional achievements in research.
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Practitioner input sought at vaccine workshop
The AVMA Council on Biologic and Therapeutic Agents is hosting a workshop for practitioners during the Association's Annual Convention in
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FDA rejects petition to ban rBST
In April the FDA-CVM denied a citizen's petition requesting that the agency rescind its approval of a recombinant bovine somatotropin (rBST) product…
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Hunters hounded as leishmaniasis is diagnosed in Foxhounds
Foxhounds, with a long tradition as hunting dogs, have recently become the hounded ones.
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AMDUCA regulates small and large animal practice
Extralabel drug usage may not always be foremost on a veterinarian's mind. It should be.
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Seda: seeds sown for veterinarians' future
During his term, he helped usher in a new millennium, the results of the Megastudy, and the National Commission on Veterinary Economic Issues (NCVEI);…
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National forum on veterinary economics slated for convention
Veterinarians attending the AVMA Annual Convention in July
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Signs of progress
There are signs that debate surrounding some of the conclusions of the KPMG LLP Megastudy is beginning to subside after three
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ARCTIC MISSION: NOT IMPOSSIBLE
Five Army Veterinary Corps officers trained with more than 150 other medical personnel, including physicians, nurses, and dentists, in the frigid…
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HOD will decide 'wether' to adopt lamb tail docking position
In 1999, the AVMA House of Delegates took a stand on tail
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Shedding light on induced molting
Shedding light on induced molting Induced molting in layer hens, an issue first considered by the House of…
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Let the browser beware
Because the number of Web sites extant is incalculable (anyone can have one), it is impossible for the AVMA to be responsible for monitoring other Web…
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Plotnick vice president at New York ASPCA hospital
Dr. Arnold Plotnick was named vice president of the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals' Bergh Memorial Animal Hospital
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NAHMS releases feedlot management study results
The National Animal Health Monitoring System has released information gathered during
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Teaching, research awards conferred
Following are winners of the 2000 Carl J. Norden Distinguished Teaching Award and the
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Executive director of Joint Institute for Food Safety Research named
Dr. Jerry R. Gillespie is executive director of the Joint Institute for Food Safety Research