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Aligning decisions with critical issues
Initiatives ranging in nature from animal welfare to diversity in the veterinary profession occupied the AVMA Executive Board meeting.
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Hill's recipe for nutrition: scientific evidence
Hill's Pet Nutrition Inc. provides education and resources to veterinarians and their health care teams
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Unwanted Horse Coalition makes headway
The Unwanted Horse Coalition has progressed since it was folded into the American Horse Council in June
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USDA amends order on viral hemorrhagic septicemia
The Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service on Nov. 14 modified an emergency order that
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Education council schedules site visits
The AVMA Council on Education has scheduled site visits to schools/colleges of veterinary medicine at nine institutions for
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Third seat on AVMA research council open for nominations
A third seat on the AVMA Council on Research has become available, and nominations postmarked by Feb. 1 will be
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Applications for student research program being accepted
Morris Animal Foundation has issued a call for applications for its 2007 Veterinary Student Scholars program.
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Genetics research aids scrapie eradication
Scientists with the Agriculture Department's Agricultural Research Service have developed genetic tests to more accurately
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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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AAFP president thinks globally
The incoming president of the AAFP wants the organization to help unite cat owners and veterinarians around the world in improving the care of their…
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Feline practitioners reach out
Feline health is the primary concern of feline practitioners, so their association is increasing outreach to cat owners and to all veterinarians who…
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Congress strengthens animal enterprise terrorism law
One of the last remaining acts of the 109th Congress was passing the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act, which makes it a
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Assemblies
American Association of Zoo Veterinarians Event: Annual conference, Sept. 21-25, Tampa, Fla., hosted by Lowry Park Zoo
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Dog dies of avian influenza
Fatal avian influenza in a dog is the subject of a dispatch from Thailand appearing in the November issue of the journal
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Institute of Medicine elects Palmer as member
Dr. Guy Palmer has become one of the few veterinarians who are members of the National Academy of Science's Institute
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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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Auburn to study treatment for lymphoma in dogs
Auburn University has received $1.4 million from the National Cancer Institute at the National Institutes of Health
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Making racing safer for horses
The number of starts per year and number of years raced in the careers of Thoroughbred racehorses have declined over the past 50 years.