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FDA to enhance pharmaceutical good manufacturing practices
The Food and Drug Administration announced an initiative to enhance the regulation of pharmaceutical manufacturing
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Veterinary profession deserves bigger role in interdisciplinary health care
Posted on September 1, 2002 "Between animal and human health there is no dividing line, nor should there be," said Dr. Charles…
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Zoonoses control: hurdles, headaches, and solutions
The opportunity for disease to pass from animal to human occurs daily around the globe in everyday activities.
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Zoos wrestle with fate of surplus animals
Posted on November 15, 2002 Limited resources and too many animals are hard realities confronting many zoologic institutions. What happens when…
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Veterinary students enlisted to monitor CWD in Minnesota
Students from the University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine will aid in surveillance for chronic wasting disease.
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AVMA disaster relief efforts-Is your state emergency management agency doing all it can to get you the help you need in a disaster?
The American Veterinary Medical Association sponsors the Veterinary Medical Assistance Teams.
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Wisconsin mobilizes to battle chronic wasting disease
Wisconsin mobilizes to battle chronic wasting
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Agriculture officials discuss efforts to protect food supply from disease, attack
Posted on May 1, 2002 During a recent meeting of the National Institute for Animal Agriculture in Chicago, the Department of Agriculture…
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President Brandt honors VMATs and McNamara
President Brandt honors VMATs Leaders of the four Veterinary Medical Assistance Teams
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Food Industry Animal Welfare Program assembled
Posted on April 15, 2002 The Food Marketing Institute and the National Council of Chain Restaurants have joined forces for the purpose of…
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Facing crackdown, dietary supplement companies promise changes
The Association of American Feed Control Officials unveiled a plan to help states remove unapproved dietary supplements for animals
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And coming around the track, looking promising ... The horse genome map
In 1995, the map of the horse genome was in its infancy—researchers had mapped only seven genes to specific chromosomes. Today,
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USDA continues testing Vermont sheep
Two of the 125 sheep from a Vermont farm tested positive for an atypical undifferentiated transmissible spongiform encephalopathy
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Veterinarians take a lead role in agency responses to bioterrorism
Posted on March 1, 2002 As the federal government wrestles with the realities of potential bioterrorism threats, two veterinarians now serve as…
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Food safety, homeland security spending increases proposed in FY 2003 agriculture budget
Details of the Bush administration's proposed fiscal year 2003 Department of Agriculture budget were released in February. The
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Veterinarians key to bioterrorism preparedness initiatives
Veterinarians are essential to the national Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's bioterrorism preparedness initiatives
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Animal rights groups pressure European lawmakers
As Germany amends constitution to recognize animals, the European Union and England review animal welfare laws
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Board funds NCVEI core competency projects
The board approved an expenditure of $205,369 to fund a proposal from the NCVEI Work Group on Strategies
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Network of Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratories would Strengthen Nation's Biosecurity
Efforts are under way to create a network of veterinary diagnostic laboratories across the United States