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Board approves funding and legislative priorities
The Executive Board approved positions on several veterinary-related bills and prioritized the Association's FY 2012 appropriations initiatives.
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Representing the profession at home and globally
The AVMA Executive Board took a series of actions intended to improve representation of the profession both within the AVMA and
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Revisions clarify unethical practice of fee-splitting
The Executive Board approved revisions to the Principles of Veterinary Medical Ethics of the AVMA, more clearly defining the unethical practice of…
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Swine center planned for Iowa State
The country's first veterinary college program focused on swine health and production is now being established at ISU.
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Clinical practitioners keep abreast of research
American Association of Equine Practitioners members who came Dec. 4-8 to Baltimore to learn about the latest clinical research and medical…
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Food safety problem-solving method to be explored with grant
A multi-institutional project is under way to teach a new framework for problem solving to veterinary students involved with food safety and food…
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Vet, human medicine start regenerative medicine venture
The Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine announced Jan. 20 the formation of the Center for Veterinary Regenerative Medicine.
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Approval for animals, use for humans?
Two companies in the U.S. and Canada have developed cattle-use vaccines that could reduce human illnesses from Escherichia coli
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Father of veterinary medicine in Australia
Dr. William Tyson Kendall founded institutions, promoted veterinary medicine
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Regulators to test milk for drug residues
Federal regulators want to know whether illegal drug residues found in some dairy cows sent to slaughter can also be found in milk.
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Research, recognition, and relationships
Studies discussed, partnerships solidified at NAVC
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Qualitest recalls tablets mislabeled as phenobarbital
Qualitest Pharmaceuticals, a manufacturer of generic drugs, issued a recall in February of several lots of phenobarbital tablets and several lots of…
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Mexican school joins an elite group
The National Autonomous University of Mexico School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Husbandry has quietly gone about its business for the past 158…
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Product innovation center forming in Kansas City area
The Kansas City Animal Health Corridor, location of a concentration of animal health companies, could soon see the addition of a private-public…
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UC-Davis to add poultry veterinarian to faculty
Funding has been pledged to create a faculty position for a poultry veterinarian at the University of California-Davis School of Veterinary Medicine.
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AASV president to encourage member participation
Dr. Randy G. Jones has long felt a need to take responsibility for addressing concerns of the veterinary profession.
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Measuring and applying welfare
Dr. Sarah Probst Miller teaches farm employees how to improve their interactions with pigs, and says that her teaching philosophy is guided by the…
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Research in motion
The bat, illuminated by the student's headlamp, yielded to her light yet firm grip. It had already been weighed, had had its forearm and tibia…
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Palm trees and DVM degrees
Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine is one of the most recent institutions to become accredited by the AVMA Council on Education. Take a…
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We're all in this together
Campus climate is part of how veterinary schools and colleges support and mentor underrepresented students, how they recruit these students, the…