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The advantages of practicing diversity
July 17 at the AVMA Annual Convention in Honolulu was "a great, great day for the diversity initiative" in the words of Dr. Evan M. Morse, a speaker…
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Among the finest in bovine practice
Six bovine practitioners learned they had won the American Association of Bovine Practitioners' top honors
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U.S. Army veterinarians wage unconventional campaign abroad
Army veterinarians are responsible for food safety inspection and for operation of large and small animal practices on bases
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2006 AVMA Biennial Economic Survey in mailboxes soon
Improving the economics of veterinary practice and veterinary incomes has been a key element of the AVMA's efforts
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Teaching hospitals short on specialists
As veterinary specialists leave academia for practice, teaching hospitals are struggling to provide some parts of clinical education to students as…
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Grooming feline practitioners in business savvy
Many feline practitioners are subscribing to the credo that sound practice economics is the underpinning of quality patient care.
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College News
The goal of the new Veterinary Training Program for Rural Kansas is to benefit veterinary students and rural communities.
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The truth about serum
The anesthesia team is transfusing the patient with plasma believed to contain normal to high protein concentrations.
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USDA to start Swine 2006, Dairy 2007 studies
The Department of Agriculture's National Animal Health Monitoring System is embarking on two studies of livestock health and
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Policy actions-and definitions-approved
Besides deciding on recommendations related to AVMA policy and advocacy actions, the Executive Board considered four
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Bringing more bovine practitioners into the fold
Reviving the romance of rural practice may be as vital to jump-starting interest in bovine practice as revisiting admissions policies, career…
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Report on Iraq and Afghanistan comes forward
The AVMA Executive Board received a report from the Task Force on Veterinary Infrastructure in Iraq and Afghanistan
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Agricultural recommendations considered
In its 2005 report "Animal Health at the Crossroads: Preventing, Detecting, and Diagnosing Animal Diseases," the
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Study seeks sources of E coli in California leafy greens
Scientists are starting a four-year study on the sources of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in California's Salinas Valley
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New pastures in production medicine
The goal of the program committee for the American Association of Bovine Practitioners' 2006 annual conference, Sept. 21-23 in Saint Paul, Minn., was…
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Board revises acclimation certificates, other forms
Veterinarians should provide an acclimation certificate only as an attachment to a certificate of veterinary inspection
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Fobian, Cohn elected to AVMA Executive Board
The AVMA Executive Board elections for districts VII and IX have concluded. AVMA staff counted the mail ballots March 16.
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Organic livestock production offers challenges, opportunities
Attendees learned about the challenges of treating livestock on organic farms during a session at the AVMA Annual Convention in Honolulu.
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HSUS, Doris Day join forces
posted October 15, 2006 The nation's largest animal protection organization just got bigger. The 9.5 million-member Humane Society of the…
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U.S. veterinarians help jump-start Afghan animal health clinic
Armed with a desire to help rebuild the veterinary infrastructure in Afghanistan, Dr. Susan B. Chadima recently volunteered her veterinary expertise…
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USAHA sets sights on laboratory network, animal ID system
Only 12 of the nation's state and university veterinary diagnostic laboratories are now up to speed, ie, supplied with modern, up-to-date equipment…
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Animal facilities need to plan for disasters
A heart-wrenching video of animal rescue after Hurricane Katrina brought home the message of "Disaster Planning for