Source: DVM NEWSMAGAZINE
 August 1, 2009
A ballot issue that would create a statewide board standardizing livestock housing is a step in the right direction.
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Source: DVM NEWSMAGAZINE
July 31, 2009
Davis, Calif. -- Scott Weber, DVM, MS, former head veterinarian at the New England Aquarium in Boston, leads the new Aquatic Animal Health Team at UC-Davis? William R. Pritchard Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital.
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Source: DVM NEWSMAGAZINE
July 30, 2009
Sanofi-Aventis is buying Merck's ownership share of animal-health giant Merial. That's not all -- the deal opens up an option to combine Merial and Schering-Plough Animal Health.
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Source: DVM NEWSMAGAZINE
July 30, 2009
Columbus, Ohio -- Dr. Lonnie King, currently the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Zoonotic, Vector-Borne and Enteric Diseases, will take over as dean of The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine Sept. 1.
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Source: DVM NEWSMAGAZINE
July 29, 2009
Washington -- The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) again delayed implementation of its new rules to fight identity theft. The enforcement date for the controversial Red Flags rule is now Nov. 1, 2009, the agency reports today in a prepared statement.
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Source: DVM NEWSMAGAZINE
July 28, 2009
Philadelphia -- In an open letter to friends and supporters, the dean of the University of Pennsylvania?s veterinary school warns that a proposed 24 percent cut in state funding for the school will have a ?devastating impact? on the school and the Commonwealth.
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Source: DVM NEWSMAGAZINE
July 27, 2009
Washington -- A summary of the latest research on equine herpesvirus myeloencephalopathy (EHM), based on interviews with 18 veterinarians or state equine program managers who dealt with outbreaks in recent years, is available through the USDA?s Animal and Plant Health Inspections Services' (APHIS) Centers for Epidemiology and Animal Health (CEAH).
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Source: DVM NEWSMAGAZINE
July 27, 2009
Portland, Ore. -- Banfield, The Pet Hospital will discontinue ear cropping and tail docking surgeries, the company reports today.
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Source: DVM NEWSMAGAZINE
July 25, 2009
New York -- Pets with cancer whose owners can?t afford treatment can get financial help from a newly established philanthropic fund, based on veterinarian referrals.
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