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CSU business-development unit names new CEO

July 18, 2008

Fort Collins, Colo. - A nonprofit business-development foundation at Colorado State University (CSU) has selected one of its own board members to lead the program into its second year.

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Richardson to speak at Hall of Fame ceremony

July 18, 2008

Saratoga Springs, N.Y. - Dean Richardson, DVM, the equine orthopedic surgeon who treated 2006 Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro, will be the guest speaker at the National Museum of Racing's 2008 Hall of Fame induction ceremony Aug. 4 at Saratoga Race Course.

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One Health task force issues report, makes recommendations

July 17, 2008

Schaumburg, Ill. - A task force appointed last year to define the mission of the One Health Initiative issued its report, making a number of recommendations on how the human/animal medicine collaboration should proceed.

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Research team links illness to pigs raised without antibiotics

July 17, 2008

Columbus, Ohio - A new study conducted by The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine suggests that pigs raised without antibiotics were more susceptible to parasitic infections and disease.

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Interim teaching hospital director makes it official

July 16, 2008

Blacksburg, Va. - Dr. F. William "Bill" Pierson, interim director of the veterinary teaching hospital at the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine at Virginia Tech since last July, now has officially been named to the full-time veterinary teaching hospital director position.

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Texas authorities expand fever tick quarantine area

July 16, 2008

Austin, Texas - A year after establishing its first 39,325-acre quarantine to fight fever ticks, the Texas Animal Health Commission (TAHC) has expanded its watch zone by another 307,000 acres.

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Kansas vet trades clinic for capital

July 15, 2008

Augusta, Kan. - After retiring in 2006 from the veterinary practice DVM Gary D. Harmon and his wife, DVM Cathy Harmon, have run since 1969, the Kansas veterinarian questioned what to do with all of his spare time.

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New equine hospital at Belmont to open soon

July 14, 2008

Elmont, N.Y. - A $17 million, state-of-the-art equine referral hospital near Belmont Park that will serve the New York metropolitan area will open in early September, according to its owners, International Equine Acquisitions Holdings (IEAH), the group that owns 2008 Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner Big Brown.

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LSU veterinary school to host dermatology conference

July 13, 2008

Baton Rouge - Learn about claw disease, nasal dermatoses and other dermatological ailments at Louisiana State University (LSU) conference this fall.

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