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Aquatic animal position statement approved
The need for therapeutic agents for preventing, controlling, and eradicating diseases in farmed, wild, and ornamental aquatic animals has grown.
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The growing importance of aquatic animal diseases
Animal disease has emerged as one of the most important factors hindering the development of aquaculture worldwide
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AVMA supports National Aquatic Animal Health Plan
The Executive Board approved increasing meeting attendance of AVMA liaison reprs to discuss a future National Aquatic Animal Health Plan.
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Regulating equine plasma products
The Executive Board has approved a position statement on the regulation of equine plasma products.
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USDA outreach program targets noncommercial-bird-owning public
There is a national awareness campaign to educate people who raise poultry or exotic birds about the signs of avian influenza
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Vice president travel budget increased; annual stipend proposal disapproved
AVMA Vice President Thomas R. Kendall recommended a change to the Executive Board Travel Policy that would allow
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Ornamental fish therapeutics activities funded
The Aquatic Veterinary Medicine Committee concluded that an in-person meeting is needed.
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Papers sought by zoo veterinarians
Papers are invited for a joint conference of the American Association of Zoo Veterinarians, Wildlife Disease Association
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Cost-conscious Executive Board approves initiatives
Funding priorities included creation of a task force studying the legal status of animals, hosting a meeting to develop a draft
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USAHA supports livestock identification plan, bolstering security for food supply
Support for the draft U.S. Animal Identification Plan was one of 30 resolutions the organization approved
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Senators unanimously approve MUMS bill
The Minor Use and Minor Species Animal Health Act came a step closer to enactment when the Senate approved the legislation
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O.I.E. takes action at annual meeting
Representatives from the governments of 139 countries gathered at the Office International des Epizooties annual meeting in Paris
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Runoff contributes to emergence of disease in marine mammals
The deaths of bottlenose dolphins and thousands of fish brought attention to the growing number of emerging diseases in marine mammals.
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Deans announced
The colleges of veterinary medicine at North Carolina State University, Oklahoma State University, and Virginia Tech