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AVMA continues to support global education grant program
The AVMA will for the second time support the Global Initiatives in Veterinary Education program of the Association of
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Prevalence of diabetes continues to grow
The AVMA Group Health and Life Insurance Trust is feeling the financial impact of diabetes
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Pet dental health campaign continues in 2007
The Academy of Veterinary Dental Technicians will join the AVMA, Hill's Pet Nutrition, the American Veterinary Dental
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AAVMC examines education of food systems veterinarians
Veterinary Medical Education for Modern Food Systems is appearing in the winter 2006 edition of the Journal of
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Educators tour Veterinary Corps operations
Brigadier General Michael Cates, chief of the U.S. Army Veterinary Corps, hosted AVMA President Roger K. Mahr and 28
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Candidate review committee established, resignations policy revised
The Executive Board acted on a number of recommendations put forward by the Council Selection Task Force.
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Student AVMA launches One-Health Challenge
About 400 veterinary students traveled to Washington, D.C., to attend the 144th AVMA Annual Convention, many of them for the thousand hours of…
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Preparing veterinarians for society's future needs
How must veterinary medical education adapt in preparing veterinarians to respond to the future needs of society?
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Industry, academia forge links to train pathologists
The Coalition for Veterinary Pathology Fellows, with the continuing financial support of the biopharmaceutical industry
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AVMA accredits four schools
Two North American veterinary institutions were raised from limited to full accreditation by the AVMA Council on Education
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Minorities may be an answer to veterinary workforce problems
The U.S. veterinary profession is facing critical workforce issues that will heavily influence the role of veterinary medicine in
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On a mission in Iraq, Afghanistan
From providing working dogs with veterinary care to acting as a small public health department, numerous veterinarians with the
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Affiliated groups meet in D.C.
Forty allied or other veterinary-related organizations and several alumni groups from universities and colleges convened this year
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Consumer-driven health care aids self-employed and small business owners
Consumer-driven health care is a phrase that's heard more and more often in the discussion of health care in America, and a concept of great…
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AVMA Answers: President-Elect Hammer discusses veterinary workforce bill
I really, truly believe we're experiencing a crisis in the veterinary workforce, and there are many people who would agree with me.
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Waging war on obesity
Obesity is an American epidemic that has stubbornly resisted efforts to rein it in.
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AVMA takes home two more PR News awards
The AVMA was awarded the PR News Nonprofit PR Award for its 2006 AVMA Annual Convention marketing campaign.
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Donlin and Simmons depart AVMA
Dr. Janet D. Donlin resigned as AVMA assistant executive vice president, effective Aug. 1,
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The track to AAEP presidency
Dr. Douglas G. Corey spent many summers in his youth driving a wheat combine, hauling hay, building fences, and performing many other chores required…
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Board acts on aquatic veterinary medicine proposals
The Executive Board approved a number of recommendations concerning aquatic veterinary medicine.
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AMA adopts one-health policy
The American Medical Association adopted a policy advocating closer ties between human and veterinary medicine, and more dialogue with the AVMA to…
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Multiple learning formats round out North American conference
The North American Veterinary Conference—held Jan. 13-17 in Orlando, Fla.—provided a variety of learning formats and entertainment for the nearly…
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Colleges decide whether to partner with Banfield
One veterinary college is completing construction on a Banfield teaching hospital, while another college has abandoned plans