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Senate bill would lift tax on veterinary loan repayment program
Bipartisan legislation introduced in the Senate July 21 proposes to eliminate taxes on government programs that encourage veterinarians to practice in…
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Devocalization as a final alternative
AVMA Delegates pass resolutions on devocalization, VCPR, livestock handling
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California wildfires spur veterinary school to action
The University of California-Davis provided care at the Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital and through its ambulatory services for animals burned or…
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Advocates’ video targets farm of pork producers’ president
An advocacy organization says its secretly recorded video shows abuse on a Minnesota hog farm owned in part by the current
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Starting from day one
The World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) is working to provide guidelines and tools that will allow countries around the world—but particularly…
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Ohio may have avoided ballot fight
And the governor will push for new restrictions on dog breeders and exotic pets owners as well as more severe punishments for cockfighting.
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Delegates stand behind induced molting position
Delegates on July 19 voted down a resolution declaring the AVMA to be opposed to inducing laying hens to molt.
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FSIS wants to privatize some pig slaughter duties
Proposed regulations would shift food inspection duties in swine slaughter from federal employees to private ones.
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New institute supports genome mapping studies
In August, Ralston Purina Company announced the establishment of the Purina Pet Institute in St Louis.
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MUMS office established; FDA requests input
The new office is now requesting comment on the implementation of the MUMS Animal Health Act, which became law Aug. 2, 2004.
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Use of horses in urban environments
The AVMA endorses the American Association of Equine Practitioners' policy on the use of horses in urban environments.
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Delegates choose Hammer as AVMA president-elect
The AVMA House of Delegates elected Dr. Gregory S. Hammer of Dover, Del., as the Association's next president-elect
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Veterinary care for all
Veterinary care for underserved populations was the central topic during the first Access to Veterinary Care Symposium, hosted by the Program for Pet…
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Fighting to feed the world
Dr. Matthew S. Anderson said veterinarians in swine medicine are increasingly needed as advocates who can speak for their patients and their clients.
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A bucking-bull veterinarian in the making
When Dr. Gary D. Warner asked his daughter Kelly why she wanted to be a large animal veterinarian over anything anything else, he wasn’t necessarily…
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Ohio State retires chimpanzees
The Ohio State University is closing its Primate Research Center and retiring the chimpanzees to an animal refuge in Texas.
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AVMA deliberates on breed standards, devocalization
A resolution submitted to the House of Delegates calls for the AVMA to help develop healthier breed standards for purebred dogs and cats; another…
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AVMA supports bills on horse trailers, research
The AVMA will push Congress to pass legislation that would forbid transporting horses across state lines in double-deck trailers.
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HOD calls for review of sow gestation stalls
HOD voted down a resolution to rescind the AVMA position that supports the use of sow housing configurations
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AABP president: cattle veterinarians will outlast turmoil
Dr. Christine B. Navarre has worked in bovine medicine since she graduated from the Louisiana State University School of Veterinary Medicine in 1990,…
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Missourians approve tougher rules for dog breeders
During the Nov. 2 election, Missourians narrowly approved a ballot initiative, Proposition B, that creates tougher rules for dog breeders with more…
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Speaker: Morality trumps science in debate
Wesley V. Jamison, PhD, warned an audience of veterinarians that economic and scientific arguments are not going to be effective when the public…
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Army Veterinary Corps gets new leader
Col. Steven Greiner will serve as the next chief of the Army Veterinary Corps.
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Unwanted Horse Coalition makes headway
The Unwanted Horse Coalition has progressed since it was folded into the American Horse Council in June