Common Diseases of Poultry
Common diseases of poultry for the backyard poultry resource.
Seek Advice on Backyard Poultry
Advice for small animal veterinarians who are asked to provide veterinary care for backyard poultry flocks. Relates to backyard poultry resource.
Backyard Poultry: Consult or Refer
For small animal and companion animal veterinarians, it may sometimes be best to refer clients to a veterinarian who regularly sees birds or poultry.
Backyard Poultry: Consider Your Credentials and Coverage
Veterinary credentials and insurance coverage for veterinarians who regularly see and treat backyard chickens or urban poultry.
Backyard Poultry: Know the Legalities Regarding Treatment Options
Even if a goose, chicken or other poultry is kept as a pet, it is classified and regulated as a food animal species by the FDA.
Avian influenza in pets and backyard flocks
Learn how avian influenza affects companion animals and backyard poultry, and how to prevent it from spreading.
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Companies to pay $7M for pet food fraud
Two companies will pay $7 million after admitting that they omitted poultry meal from pet foods or replaced it with feather and bone meals.
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Meet your new neighbors
More and more, veterinarians are being called to treat chickens kept in urban and suburban neighborhoods where no food animal
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USDA starts rolling out animal identification numbers
The Department of Agriculture has announced plans to begin allocating animal identification numbers
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In Short
Newcastle spreads to Northern California, the NIH funds service dog research at NC State, and more
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Raw diets for dogs and cats
The AVMA discourages the feeding to cats and dogs of any animal-source protein that has not first been subjected to a process to eliminate pathogens…
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FDA wants label warnings about antiparasitic resistance
Food and Drug Administration officials want labels for anthelmintics used to deworm horses and livestock to include a warning that these drugs can…
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Disaster planning tool coming soon, brochure updated
A new tool coming soon from the AVMA and American Veterinary Medical Foundation will allow veterinary practices to create a custom plan to prepare for…
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Contest challenges students’ welfare knowledge
The Ohio State University hosted the 16th annual Intercollegiate Animal Welfare Judging and Assessment Contest this past November
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Travel rules added for farm animals
Livestock owners soon will need to provide identification and travel documents for most farm animals sent across state borders.
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Resource provides guidance on backyard chickens
The AVMA has developed a new online reference, “Backyard Chickens 101: A Quick Guide for Small Animal Veterinarians”
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FDA requests label changes to combat antiparasitic resistance
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has asked animal drug companies to voluntarily revise the labels of some livestock and horse dewormers to…
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11th edition of Merck manual to be published in July
Merck & Co. will publish the 11th edition of The Merck Veterinary Manual in July.
Animal Disease Traceability
The Animal Disease Traceability (ADT) Rule, which took effect in March 2013, establishes minimum national official identification and documentation…
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AVMA presents Excellence Awards
During AVMA Convention 2018 this July in Denver, a number of individuals received AVMA Excellence Awards for contributions in areas such as the…
Antimicrobial use in veterinary practice
Find antimicrobial guidance by species, and resources to help communicate the importance of judicious antimicrobial use to clients and your community.
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Six horses killed by errant drug in feed
Six horses died after eating feed contaminated with a cattle-use drug.
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Company recalls horse feed after report of deaths
Western Feed LLC issued a recall in early March of two lots of Kountry Buffet 14% feed for horses after receiving a report of
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FDA creates guide on Salmonella in pet food
Pet food cannot be sold if it contains any Salmonella serotype, and neither can horse or livestock feed containing certain serotypes.