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Restricting ownership of wild animals
Ohio residents have received or sought permits to continue owning about 300 primates
Service, emotional support, and therapy animals
Understanding the varied roles of service, emotional support, and therapy animals helps veterinary teams provide care and advice consistent with each…
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Horse industry working on comeback strategy
The American Horse Council discussed the decline in the number of foals and registered horses over the past several years at its 2014 meeting
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Tragedy of Russian war ‘evidenced in every encounter’
Three U.S. veterinarians who deployed near the Ukraine border as part of veterinary relief operations sponsored by Greater Good Charities and the…
Acclimation Statements
Acclimation statements may be requested by airlines so that they might ship dogs and cats
Animal-assisted interventions: Guidelines
Veterinarians must prepare themselves to play a vital role in ensuring the health and wellbeing of the people and the animals involved in human-animal…
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Humane endings
The Association hosted a symposium where best practices for euthanasia were examined and research directed at refining those practices
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ASPCA: It’s OK to give pets as gifts
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals released results Dec. 12, 2013, from a study that
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Giving reptiles and amphibians the best medicine
Advances in herptile husbandry, nutrition, and medicine have greatly improved the health and welfare of pet reptiles and amphibians. And they appear…
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Novel pain assessment developed for horses
European researchers provide a new approach to assessing pain in horses on the basis of a standardized scale of facial expressions called the Horse…
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Ear crop, tail dock policy not a radical departure, AVMA says
It isn't often the AVMA is on the receiving end of kudos from the Humane Society of the United States.
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Guidelines address house soiling in cats
The guidelines convey scientifically documented information, when available, and provide practical insight that reflects the accumulated clinical…
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Three in a row for AVMF
The American Veterinary Medical Foundation has received a four-star rating from Charity Navigator
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Steve Dale receives inaugural AVMA Excellence in Veterinary Media Award
The inaugural AVMA Excellence in Veterinary Media Award went to Steve Dale, for whom the award will be named in the future. Dale hosts the radio shows…