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APHIS announces $16M in funding to protect animal health
The 2018 Farm Bill provided funding for programs to help prevent animal pests and diseases from entering the United States and to reduce the spread…
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Reviving the romance of rural practice
The rural lifestyle is the main draw for veterinarians entering rural veterinary practice, according to survey
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LEGENDS: Teacher, researcher, and inventor
Dr. Heinrich J. Detmers, 1833-1906, helped build veterinary education at Midwestern U.S. colleges and researched the causes of diseases
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AVMA leaders to discuss environmental sustainability, spectrum of care
Meeting this July in Denver, the AVMA House of Delegates (HOD) will consider new and revised policy proposals dealing with wolf hybrids, tail docking,…
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Alleviating veterinary shortages: Efforts reintroduced in Senate
The VMLRP Enhancement Act would enable more veterinarians to receive student loan relief, and help increase access to rural veterinary care.
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Editing Animals
Recent gene-editing technologies are being used to create mice that model human genetic diseases, Holstein cattle lacking horns, and current research…
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WHO seeks end to antibiotic use without disease
Global health authorities are discouraging use of antimicrobials in food-producing animals in the absence of disease.
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Care requirements may increase in organic production
Organic livestock production rules proposed by the Department of Agriculture would increase care requirements, prohibit some amputative procedures,…
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Judge orders antimicrobial safety evaluation
In June, a U.S. magistrate ordered federal authorities to evaluate the safety of many uses of antimicrobials in livestock.
Advocating for rural veterinary care
AVMA is a leading supporter of federal legislation and policies to improve rural America's access to livestock and public health veterinarians by…
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Staying relevant in cattle care
The dean at the Iowa State University College of Veterinary Medicine is particularly concerned that veterinarians have not generated data that…
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Running dry in Texas
A severe drought in Texas and neighboring states is causing health problems for cattle and some wild animals as well as raising costs for cattle…
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Expanding, adapting cattle practice
An acting instructor told cattle veterinarians to show energy and passion in their business conversations with clients and colleagues.
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Stretch your bovine practice potential
Deborah Stevenson, a registered technician who works with Dr. Mark Hilton at Purdue, places a growth implant.
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Groups debate who should perform reproductive services
Dr. Vince J. Collison would not be in favor of hiring a nonveterinarian to perform ultrasound pregnancy diagnosis or embryo transfers in his practice.
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1945 - 1955
With the end of World War II, “Thousands of people, particularly those in the medical profession, are returning to civil life aware for the first time…
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Small changes are helping to meet travel rules
Dr. Dave Sjeklocha’s business has made small changes in how it ships dairy bull calves in response to new livestock identification rules.
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One Health, wildlife see wins in federal funding
The spending package approved to fund the federal government through the remainder of fiscal year (FY) 2021 provides major wins for veterinarians.
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1955 - 1965
The late 1950s and early 1960s saw a flurry of technological and sociological changes in the United States.
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LEGENDS: A pioneer in research
The discovery that insects can transmit disease was among the many accomplishments of a man who contributed much to veterinary medicine
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Bovine practitioners face challenges to profession, industry
The American Association of Bovine Practitioners' 41st annual conference ran Sept. 25-27 in Charlotte, N.C., jointly with the
Antimicrobial-resistant pathogens affecting animal health
The AVMA has worked with experts to identify bacteria affecting multiple animal species for which there is evidence of antimicrobial resistance. The…
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A regulator and source of aid, born in civil war
The Department of Agriculture has grown from a collector and distributor of farming information during the 1860s to, today, a
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Texas joins states with bovine trichomoniasis regulations
The nation's largest cattle-producing state is the latest to adopt regulations to try to control the spread of a bovine disease that reduces calf…