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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
Best practices to manage your online reputation
Best practices for veterinarians to minimize the likelihood of online criticism and cyberbullying, and limit reputational damage if attacks occur.
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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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Program helps bring back lapsed patients
Veterinary practices can participate in a free, new program to help bring back pets that have not been in for over 14 months.
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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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Guidance, recruitment on AABP president’s agenda
Dr. K. Fred Gingrich wants more communication, both among bovine practitioners and with their clients, about practices on dairies and ranches.
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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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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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AABP gives guide on drug use
Veterinarians and pharmacologists in cattle industries have developed new guidelines intended to help beef and dairy cattle
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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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BluePearl, Banfield now part of same company
Mars Petcare announced Oct. 9 it will acquire BluePearl, the nation’s biggest chain of companion animal specialty and emergency care clinics.
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Growing member value
The new AVMA Strategic Plan aims to increase member satisfaction by focusing on objectives such as protecting and enhancing the lifelong value of the…
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After porcine epidemic diarrhea, preparing for other diseases
Some of tomorrow’s emerging pathogens already exist in livestock herds, and veterinarians in private practice, industry, and government are
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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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Strategic thinkers needed for new AVMA advisory panels
The AVMA invites you to be part of a pilot program designed to tap more members’ expertise and improve the volunteer service model.
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Study models FMD vaccine strategies
Findings of a recent study indicate that, in a foot-and-mouth disease outbreak, vaccinating susceptible animals living in a broad geographic area…
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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