JAVMA news
Mahr calls for 'one health' initiative
Dr. Roger K. Mahr told the AVMA House of Delegates convened in Hawaii July 14 that, as AVMA president, he would work toward forming a national…
JAVMA news
USDA releases 2005 Animal Health Report
The Department of Agriculture has released the 2005 U.S. Animal Health Report, its second annual national overview of the health of domestic animals.
JAVMA news
Nine veterinarians to aid USDA on animal health issues
Nine veterinarians are part of a 20-member committee that will advise the Secretary of Agriculture on animal disease
JAVMA news
ACVIM publishes resource on leptospirosis
The American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine has published a consensus statement on the diagnosis, epidemiology, treatment, and prevention of…
JAVMA news
Rinderpest eradicated
Global animal health authorities are celebrating the worldwide eradication of the "cattle plague." Rinderpest was responsible for the deaths of…
JAVMA news
Casey leads Biomedical Sciences Corps
Colonel Theresa M. Casey has been appointed to brigadier general and will become the first general in the Air Force
JAVMA news
Meet your new neighbors
More and more, veterinarians are being called to treat chickens kept in urban and suburban neighborhoods where no food animal
JAVMA news
Cruelty investigation prompts massive recall of beef
Hallmark/Westland Meat Packing Co. of Chino, Calif., issued a recall Feb. 17 of 143 million pounds of beef as a secondary result of the U.S.…