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Southern Specialty
The Mississippi State University College of Veterinary Medicine runs the Veterinary Specialty Center in Starkville, Mississippi.
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AVMA offers brochure on zoonotic diseases
The AVMA has produced a brochure on “Preventing Zoonotic Diseases” to educate the public about diseases that are transmissible between animals and…
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HHS appoints West Nile coordinator
Health and Human Services Department Secretary Donna Shalala in April appointed Stephen M. Ostroff, MD, a senior official at
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APHIS to define animal pain, distress
The USDA-APHIS is considering several changes to the Animal Welfare regulations to promote the humane treatment of live animals
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Workshop will guide USDA in development of genomics programs
In what some scientists called a watershed event in science, researchers working to map all the human genes announced that they had essentially
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Public health and safety innovations come from veterinary community
In June, the 18th annual Secretary of Health and Human Services Awards Ceremony for Innovations in Health Promotion and Disease Prevention were held…
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AVMA seeks to host student researchers, poultry scientists
Upcoming AVMA annual conventions could feature a student research symposium and the Poultry Science Association.
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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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Merial consolidating operations
In a move that will consolidate Merial's five major animal health
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Dogs may not talk, but their collars can
Activity trackers are wearable electronic devices containing sensors that detect movement.
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Pawspice an option for pets facing the end
By the time a client's pet has grown old, the human-animal bond has increased proportionately to reflect the years of caring and companionship.
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Arizona veterinary program secures funding
The University of Arizona will create the Kemper and Ethel Marley Foundation Veterinary Medical and Surgical Program
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Campaign to eradicate pseudorabies continues
The government is extending its campaign to eradicate pseudorabies in the United States
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Center for Animal Health in Appalachia created
Lincoln Memorial University College of Veterinary Medicine in Harrogate, Tennessee, has formed the Center for Animal Health in Appalachia.
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Papers invited on human-animal interactions
The International Association of Human-Animal International Organizations invites abstract submissions
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Primate position amended; Internet counseling position referred
On the recommendation of the Committee on the Human-Animal Bond, the AVMA position on Nonhuman Primates as Assistance Animals was
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Exhibition connects across country
“Animal Connections: Our Journey Together” debuted in July 2013 at the AVMA Annual Convention in Chicago and has been touring the country ever since.
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Exhibition gains momentum
A traveling exhibition about the human-animal bond and veterinary medicine has proved to be popular with the public and the profession.
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Seda, Nave take AVMA business on the road
When you're a veterinarian balancing the demands of practice and modern life, you've got to make every hour count.
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Register now for AVMA Animal Welfare Symposium
Registration for the 2014 AVMA Animal Welfare Symposium opened Aug. 15.
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US health officials assess Q-fever and brucellosis in Bosnia
The USDA and the national Centers for Disease Control and Prevention teamed up recently to survey for Q-fever and brucellosis in Bosnia
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FDA rejects petition to ban rBST
In April the FDA-CVM denied a citizen's petition requesting that the agency rescind its approval of a recombinant bovine somatotropin (rBST) product…
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NIH continues funding tick-borne pathogen research at KSU
Roman Ganta, PhD, professor of diagnostic medicine and pathobiology at Kansas State University, was awarded a four-year, $1.8 million National…
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One of us?
This past December, New York state courts were petitioned to recognize four captive chimpanzees as legal persons being illegally