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AVMA emphasizes responsible stewardship of laboratory animals
The AVMA has revised the policy "Use of Animals in Research, Testing, and Education" to balance the emphasis placed on the importance of animal-based…
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Ohio State opens $9M clinical laboratory
The Ohio State University's new clinical skills laboratory has simulation models and practice areas where students can learn on their own.
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ISU shrinks laboratory plans to match state funding
Iowa State University officials plan to build a new $75 million veterinary diagnostic laboratory, reduced from a $124 million plan.
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Challenge grants support veterinary students in research laboratories
The Higher Education Challenge Grants Program is requesting programs to address the shortage of trained professionals with PhD degrees
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Morris Animal Foundation announces grants for wildlife studies
Morris Animal Foundation announced July 11 that it has funded 11 studies to advance the health of wildlife species around the world.
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Animal welfare, veterinary capacity on global agenda
Global animal health leaders adopted a global animal welfare strategy, celebrated a decade of evaluating national veterinary services, and increased…
Veterinarians: Protecting the health of animals and people
Veterinarians are the only doctors educated to protect the health of both animals and people.
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Re-homing or retiring animals for a new life after research
For about 18 years, Dr. Lara Helwig has been re-homing animals used in research, currently as director of Bio Med Animal Care at Brown University and…
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Faith inspires Muslim veterinarian's compassion for animals
When Dr. Usman came to America, he didn't know what to expect. So in 1999 he helped found the Muslim VMA to give Muslim veterinarians coming to the…
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Competition tests students’ animal welfare knowledge
The 12th annual Intercollegiate Animal Welfare Judging/Assessment Contest was held Nov. 17-18, 2012, at the Campbell Centre for the Study of Animal…
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Summer course offers training in foreign animal diseases
A training course in foreign animal diseases will be available at the University of Wisconsin's School of Veterinary Medicine.
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Plans underway for 2019 animal welfare competition
Dates have been set for the 19th annual Animal Welfare Assessment Contest, which will be held this fall in Colorado. The competition, known as AWJAC,…
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Animal welfare competition: Test your skills
Attention AVMA members, veterinary students, undergraduates, and graduate students: You’re invited to take part in a unique and interactive learning…
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A unique opportunity: Boost your animal welfare acumen
AVMA’s spring Animal Welfare Assessment Contest®—also known as AWJAC—will take place online Saturday-Sunday, April 20-21, 2024. AVMA members can sign…
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Protecting animal welfare: Empowering our next generation
One of AVMA’s most important responsibilities is to help the next generation of veterinarians make informed decisions that protect and enhance animal…
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Ag high schools draw urban students to animal care
The 16-year-old is interested in becoming a veterinary surgeon, although that interest is split between large and small animal medicine.
COE accreditation policies and procedures
AVMA COE policies and procedures manual - Table of contents - Commonly used abbreviations AAALAC Association for Assessment and…
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State diagnostic lab opens at Cornell
Cornell University officially launched the state-of-the-art New York State Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory Oct.
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Expanded Kansas diagnostic lab opens
Kansas State University’s Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory opened its second site, on the K-State Olathe Campus, Nov. 15, 2013.
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Researchers honor Wagner
An estimated 450 people attended the 93rd annual meeting of the Conference of Research Workers in Animal Diseases, Dec. 2-4, 2012, in Chicago.
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The next generation of veterinary research
Even though Dr. Peter C. Doherty is the only veterinarian to ever receive the Nobel Prize—sharing it with Swiss immunologist and pathologist Rolf…
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PennVet hires new dean
Dr. Andrew Hoffman has been named the next Gilbert S. Kahn Dean of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, effective Aug. 1.
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Mizzou's diagnostic lab purchased
A veterinary diagnostic testing corporation bought the University of Missouri-Columbia Research Animal Diagnostic and Investigative