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Board acts to remove hurdles to AVMA membership
The AVMA Executive Board met Aug. 27-28 to take up an agenda dealing with such issues as AVMA membership requirements, livestock traceability and…
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Another veterinary education partnership out West
A 1+3 program between Montana State University and Washington State University is ready to launch.
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Pig virus can spread through packing plants
A virus that infected U.S. pigs for the first time can spread through livestock trailers contaminated at packing
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Fighting a deadly pig disease
Veterinarians and the pork industry are trying to control porcine epidemic diarrhea, a viral disease deadly to pigs and discovered in the
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Viral disease affects U.S. pigs
The virus that causes porcine epidemic diarrhea was found in the U.S. for the first time this spring.
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A library of livestock heritage
Livestock breeding has followed narrow lines to improve production, and dozens of breeds have fallen out of favor.
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Roles change, purpose remains the same
Dr. Craig J. Rowles said veterinarians who work with swine can benefit by taking time to note that the purpose of their work—serving their
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Devocalization as a final alternative
AVMA Delegates pass resolutions on devocalization, VCPR, livestock handling
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USAHA wants more work on federal programs, rules
USAHA asks federal authorities to invest more to guard against livestock diseases and let veterinarians transport and use controlled
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AASV basic guidelines of judicious therapeutic use of antimicrobials in swine
The American Association of Swine Veterinarians and AVMA both support these guidelines on judicious therapeutic antimicrobial use in pork production.
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A regulator and source of aid, born in civil war
The Department of Agriculture has grown from a collector and distributor of farming information during the 1860s to, today, a