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American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine
The American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine certified 57 new diplomates following the certification examination it held June
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American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine
The American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine certified 58 new diplomates following the certification examination it held July 24 in Bethesda,…
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NIH requests information on care of laboratory animals
The National Institutes of Health is exploring the need to update its Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals.
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American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians
58th annual meeting, Oct. 22-26, 2015, Providence, Rhode Island
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50 years later, animal welfare act is a work in progress
The Animal Welfare Act was signed into law in 1966, originally to protect laboratory animals while also regulating animal dealers and the laboratories…
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Lobbying for animal disease issues
The AVMA Governmental Relations Division will seek funding for revamping the U.S. foreign animal disease research
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United States Animal Health Association
119th annual meeting, Oct. 22-28, 2015, Providence, Rhode Island
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Editing Animals
Recent gene-editing technologies are being used to create mice that model human genetic diseases, Holstein cattle lacking horns, and current research…
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Databases will assist aquatic animal veterinarians and their clients
Two databases that will allow the public and veterinarians to search and locate aquatic animal veterinarians and diagnostic
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Animal disease researchers honored
CRWAD meeting dedicated to veterinary microbiologist Maheswaran
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More animal health, welfare standards go global
Animal welfare, avian influenza, and bovine spongiform encephalopathy were key discussion topics at the 73rd Annual General Session of the…
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Nine veterinarians to aid USDA on animal health issues
Nine veterinarians are part of a 20-member committee that will advise the Secretary of Agriculture on animal disease
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Iraq, Afghanistan representatives address animal health issues
posted August 15, 2005 As part of the 28th World Veterinary Congress, representatives from Iraq and Afghanistan made presentations on the…
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The slow rise of generic animal drugs
In human medicine, generic drugs accounted for 88 percent of prescriptions dispensed in the United States as of 2014.
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Animal rescue coalition concludes Haiti relief work
More than a year since the magnitude 7.0 earthquake that devastated Haiti Jan. 12, 2010, relief efforts have succeeded in helping the nation's animal…
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Report analyzes nation's animal health framework
This is probably one of the most special times in the history of veterinary medicine, in terms of the opportunities that we have
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Deep federal spending cuts to animal programs avoided, for now
President Obama signed a $182 billion appropriations package Nov. 18 that provides for animal health and welfare programs,
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Shelter vets aim to raise level of care for millions of animals
The Association of Shelter Veterinarians in December unveiled standards designed to enhance the health and welfare of millions of animals housed at…
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School debt, animal research among legislative concerns
The AVMA will support a bill that would allow individuals who accepted student loans from private banks to discharge those debts through bankruptcy.
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ACLAM posts public statements online
Veterinarians and others who oversee the care and use of laboratory animals can look to the public statements
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Wildlife center joins international coalition protecting animal and public health
The U.S. Geological Survey in July announced the agency's National Wildlife Health Center in Madison, Wis., had been designated by
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AAALAC International appoints Bayne as executive director
The Association for Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care International appointed Dr. Kathryn Bayne (Washington State ’87) as its new…
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U.S. plans to modernize Plum Island facility
The Department of Homeland Security announced in late August that it would replace the aging Plum Island Animal Disease Center