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Prognostications for swine medicine
The focus was on the future at the American Association of Swine Veterinarians' 37th annual meeting, held March 4-7 in Kansas City, Mo.
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Swine veterinarians resolve to eliminate the PRRS virus
The American Association of Swine Veterinarians is taking several steps to confront two deadly diseases affecting hog farms.
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Veterinarians continue discussing swine welfare
AASV annual meeting also addressesissue of antimicrobial usage
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USDA awards $10 million to sequence swine genome
The Department of Agriculture has awarded $10 million to the University of Illinois to obtain a draft sequence of the swine genome.
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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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National Pork Board requests research proposals
The National Pork Board is requesting proposals for research in categories that include swine health, swine welfare, pork
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AASV president leads attack on deadly disease
Dr. Scott Dee wants to help wipe a disease from the face of the continent.
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Company introduces monitoring program for porcine circovirus
Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica Inc. has announced a program—the monitoring assignment for global insight of circovirus
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Funding available for PRRS research
Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica Inc. is seeking research proposals for studies investigating porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome.
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Company to fund research on porcine circovirus
Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica Inc. has launched a new research program targeting porcine circovirus-associated diseases.
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AVMA Answers: New member classifications
Q: Why is the AVMA changing the classification system for members' professional information?
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Texas wildfires kill, injure thousands of animals
A week of wildfires in mid-March killed cattle by the thousands on the ranches of the Texas Panhandle.
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Company gives grants for study of porcine circovirus
Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica Inc. has announced two recipients for three studies of porcine circovirus-associated disease.
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Reagent network to benefit veterinary immunologists
The Department of Agriculture has announced a $2.15 million grant for a Veterinary Immune Reagent Network
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CRWAD dedicated to Mengeling
The annual meeting of the Conference of Research Workers in Animal Diseases was dedicated to Dr. William L. Mengeling of Ames, Iowa.
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Board appoints representatives to committees, liaisons
The Executive Board named the following individuals to the positions indicated. These veterinarians will begin serving in their
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Zuelke steps in as head of government's animal disease center
Kurt A. Zuelke, PhD, took over as director of the Department of Agriculture's National Animal Disease Center in Ames, Iowa, June
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Lautner leading National Veterinary Services Laboratories
On May 7, Dr. Elizabeth Lautner became the new director of the National Veterinary Services Laboratories in Ames, Iowa
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FDA approves new Micotil label
The Food and Drug Administration has approved adding safety information to the label for Micotil, a treatment for respiratory disease in cattle and…
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Streptococcus suis in pigs causes meningitis in a human
Streptococcus suis bacteria in pigs have jumped to a human for the first time on record in the United States
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Proposal separates accreditation for companion animals, all species
The Department of Agriculture recently published a proposal, long in the works, to create two tiers of accreditation under the National Veterinary…