Send unused journals, textbooks, and supplies abroad
If your veterinary clinic is crammed with unused textbooks, journals, instruments, equipment, and supplies, consider donating them where they are…
What can veterinarians do to make their practices more green ?
Greening your practice not only provides the satisfaction of helping preserve the environment for future generations; it can also help your bottom…
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Federal law could affect mobile practice
Veterinarians in California said they recently learned it is illegal to routinely carry controlled substances in a mobile or ambulatory practice.
State Advocacy Issue
Animal owners love their pets, and veterinarians love animals. But "guardian" is a legal term with significant legal implications and repercussions.
Why should I volunteer?
Benefits of volunteering with the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA).
Prescribing and Dispensing in Your Practice
Issue Brief The AVMA has received five types of calls from veterinarians regarding prescribing and dispensing. The first seek to determine guidance…
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Calling on Capitol Hill
The AVMA Executive Board traveled to the Washington, D.C., area to hold its June meeting and advocate for the profession on Capitol Hill.
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Evolving relations in Colorado
The Colorado VMA recently created a task force to foster collaboration between private practitioners and animal welfare organizations.
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Competition or coexistence?
In the world of companion animal medicine, many private practitioners are worrying about competition from animal welfare organizations
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Auxiliary tables dissolution, installs male president
The Auxiliary to the AVMA deliberated over its future and welcomed its first male president during the AVMA Annual Convention in San Diego.
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Florida veterinarian ousts 12-term GOP congressman
Large animal practitioner Dr. Ted Yoho shocked the political establishment in August with an upset victory in the GOP primary election in
AVMA headquarters externship
AVMA headquarters externships help students explore opportunities in organized veterinary medicine.
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Voters send two veterinarians to Congress
Two veterinarians will be serving in the U.S. House of Representatives come Jan. 3.
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Veterinary wellness symposium in the works
Stress isn’t exclusive to the veterinary profession, but practitioners encounter plenty of taxing situations in their work
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USDA awards $5 million for veterinarians in shortage areas
The Department of Agriculture announced Dec. 12, 2012, it will offer awards totaling $5 million to nearly 50 veterinarians that will go toward…
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Veterinary student loans and scholarships
The AVMA recognizes the increasing burden of educational debt on new graduates, and supports innovative methods to achieve student debt resolution.
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Student advocates
Early this March, 65 veterinary students participated in the 5th Annual AVMA/Student AVMA Legislative Visit hosted by the AVMA
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Lawmakers seek tax exemption for veterinary program
A bipartisan group of House and Senate lawmakers is seeking to make Veterinary Medicine Loan Repayment Program awards tax-
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AVMA PLIT names Donlin CEO
The AVMA PLIT announced the appointment of Dr. Janet Dee Donlin as its chief executive officer, effective April 1.
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The new landscape of health insurance
Veterinarians will feel the impact as individuals and as practice owners when provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that will…
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Soring, antimicrobials, and layer hens
The AVMA Executive Board this June acted on a slate of federal legislation concerning veterinarians or animal health and welfare in a wide range of…
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Preventive care: good for animals and the profession
The veterinary profession is in constant peril, and, like any animal patient, in need of preventive care.
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$2 million scholarship program announced
The American Veterinary Medical Foundation recently had lots of news to share about its new and ongoing initiatives.
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Horse head count
The 2012 Kentucky Equine Survey, released in early September, shows that the horse industry had a total economic