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Animal sentinels sounding the alert
Veterinarians are accustomed to protecting animal health, but in some instances, animals end up protecting human health.
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AVMA revises policy on feral cats to encourage collaboration
The AVMA has revised its policy on “Free-roaming Abandoned and Feral Cats” to encourage collaboration among veterinarians, humane groups, and wildlife…
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Virginia joins USDA efforts to stop spread of rabies in raccoons
Officials from the USDA's Wildlife Services began distributing more than 400,000 fish meal baits containing the rabies vaccine
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AVMA animal welfare principles
The AVMA, as a medical authority for the health and welfare of animals, offers eight integrated principles for developing and evaluating animal…
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Do manatees hold the key to understanding papillomaviruses?
Veterinarians team up with physicians to study emergent papillomaviruses in manatees
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In Short
The 2019 annual meeting of AVMA voting members will be held Friday, Jan. 11, from 8:30-10 a.m. CST
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Guidance on Ebola and pets offers background, protocols
If or when another dog owner in the United States becomes ill with Ebola, health officials will be able to turn to recommendations on dog quarantine…
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Idaho finds plague in domestic cats
The Idaho Division of Public Health identified Yersinia pestis, the bacterium that causes plague, in six domestic cats in mid-2016.
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1965 - 1975
The period of 1965-1975 could be characterized as a time when part of the foundation for the present-day one-health initiative was laid, as new…
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Conserving habitats, ecosystems everywhere key to saving wildlife
The romantic vision of habitat and ecosystem conservation is rather different from the reality.
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AVMA considers revising policy on free-roaming, owned cats
The AVMA House of Delegates will consider a resolution to revise the AVMA policy “Free-roaming, Owned Cats” during its regular annual session, Aug.…
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Villagers had rabies antibodies without vaccination
Villagers in Peru have survived exposure to rabies virus and developed antibodies without vaccination, according to an article published in the…
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Endangered sea otters threatened by toxic algae
Veterinarian documents first freshwater toxin poisoning of a marine mammal
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The case of the wildly varying degrees of toxicity in wildlife
A real doctor treats more than one species. At least that's how one of veterinary medicine's favorite sayings goes—and there's a lot of truth to it,
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Finding perspective on outdoor cats
“You probably came to this talk and expected me to just say, ‘Kill all the cats,’ right?” asked Dr. Renée Schott, medical director at the Wildlife…
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California rises from the ashes again
In 2018, California faced its most destructive year of fires.
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1975 - 1985
In the decade that saw the glitter fade from disco, JAVMA carried articles that were of practical value—reports of new techniques and procedures, drug…