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| Hot-button veterinary topics from AVMA meeting
| New Orleans — Whether even to discuss a ban on antimicrobials in livestock feed for growth promotion split the House of Delegates nearly in half at the annual American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) conference. | | | AABP establishes foundation
| | St. Paul, Minn.— American Association of Bovine Practitioners' (AABP) board members voted during the group's annual meeting in September to establish a charitable foundation. | | | AABP establishes foundation
| | St. Paul, Minn.— American Association of Bovine Practitioners' (AABP) board members voted during the group's annual meeting in September to establish a charitable foundation. | | | Students receive AABP recognition award
| | Rome, Ga. — Five veterinary graduate hopefuls have earned the American Association of Bovine Practitioners (AABP) Bovine Veterinary Student Recognition Award based on their background, work, primary medical interests, academic experience and career goals. | | | AABP annual student award winners named
| | ROME, GA. - 6/20/05 - Two out of five annual awards that recognize academic achievement by the American Association of Bovine Practitioners (AABP) were given to students at the University of Wisconsin School of Veterinary Medicine. | | | AABP executive vice president dies at 69
| | ROME, GA. — James A. Jarrett, executive vice president of the American Association of Bovine Practitioners (AABP), died at age 69 following a long battle with cancer. | | | Jarrett retires, AABP seeks executive vice president
| | Rome, Ga.—Dr. James Jarrett has announced his resignation as executive vice president of the American Association of Bovine Practitioners (AABP) after more than a decade. | | | AABP bans bulk drug compounders
| | Rome, Ga.-The American Association of Bovine Practitioners (AABP) recently banned bulk drug compounders from any affiliation with the national association. | | | Spire to take AABP presidency; alternative CE programs needed
| | Manhattan, Kan.-Dr. Mark Spire the incoming president of the American Association of Bovine Practitioners (AABP), says food animal veterinary medicine will be rife with challenges this next year. | |  MORE ARTICLES
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| Live from AAEP
| | What can be done about the growing problem of unwanted and abandoned horses in America? | | | 2008 AAEP convention attendance running behind last year's record
| San Diego -- Attendance at the 54th annual convention of the American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP) appears to be falling short of last year's record turnout but is still relatively on par with previous years, based on a preliminary count Dec. 8.
| | | New York racing board imposes steroid rules
| | New York — New York is the latest state to adopt a tougher stance on steroid use in racehorses. | | | NTRA unveils reforms, appoints monitor
| | New York — A Congressional panel earlier this year questioned whether the nation's horse racing industry had the will and ability to regulate itself or whether government intervention would be necessary. | | | AAEP names Moyer vice president for 2009
| | LEXINGTON, KY. — William Moyer, DVM, professor of sports medicine and head of the Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences at Texas A&M University's College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, was named 2009 vice president of the American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP). | | | Moyer named AAEP vice president for 2009
| Lexington, Ky. -- William Moyer, DVM, professor of sports medicine and head of the Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences at Texas A&M University's College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, was named 2009 vice president of the American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP).
| | | Equine foundation accepting disaster relief aid for horses
| Lexington, Ky. -- The Equine Disaster Relief Fund, administered by the American Association of Equine Practitioners Foundation, is accepting donations to help horses in Texas and Louisiana affected by Hurricane Ike.
| | | AAEP says horse-slaughter bill would add to neglect, starvation
| | Ending horse slaughter would cause more suffering of horses, the American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP) recently testified before a subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee. | | | Compounded-drug decision wasn't easy, AAEP says
| | The American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP) says it had little alternative but to ban compounded-drug displays at its convention in San Diego this December. | | | MORE ARTICLES
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| Veterinary economy: Some growth, but future guarded
| Portland, Ore. - More than half of the veterinarians surveyed report revenue growth for the first two quarters of 2008.
| | | AAHA evaluates insurance policies
| | Tampa, Fla. — The American Animal Hospital Association (AAHA) created a program to evaluate animal-insurance plans as a guide for owners. | | | Attendance dips at AAHA conference
| | Tampa, Fla. — The American Animal Hospital Association (AAHA) met veterinarian requests for a shorter, more concentrated conference to reduce time spent away from practices, but saw attendance drop slightly from 2007 at its annual conference in late March. | | | AAHA program receives industry partner donation
| | Tampa, fla. — An American Animal Hospital Association (AAHA) fund that aims to provide quality health care for companion animals received a $50,000 donation from CareCredit at the association's annual convention in late March. | | | AAHA celebrates 75 years
| | Lakewood, Colo. — Created in 1933 to help "pet doctors" boost the standards of companion-animal care, the American Animal Hospital Association (AAHA) is marking its 75th anniversary. | | | AAHA again looking at insurance program
| | Denver, Colo. The American Animal Hospital Association (AAHA) is in the discovery phase for the second time; of developing a nationwide group health-insurance plan. | | | AAHA develping unified diagnostic code to improve care
| | Denver, Colo. — To help veterinarians track disease and client health-care compliance, standardized diagnostic terms are under development by the American Animal Hospital Association (AAHA). | | | AAHA launches web-based education campaign
| | Denver, Colo. - 10/4/07 - A public service announcement campaign to promote awareness and accreditation standards kicks off on the worldwide web this month, sponsored by the American Animal Hospital Association (AAHA). | | | AAHA releases new pain-management guidelines
| | Denver, Colo. — Changing viewpoints on addressing companion-animal pain and the benefits of doing so are highlighted in newly created pain-management guidelines — the product of a partnership task force between the American Animal Hospital Association (AAHA) and the American Association of Feline Practitioners (AAFP). | | | MORE ARTICLES
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| USDA releases report confirming AVMA's call for more food-animal vets
| Schaumberg, Ill. -- The American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) is using a U.S. Department of Agriculture report released this week to reiterate its call for more food-animal veterinarians.
| | | Putting on a happy face
| | Schaumburg, Ill.— Veterinarians are the most content with their jobs, according to a 2007 member needs assessment survey conducted by the American Veterinary Medical Association. | | | AVMA House Advisory Committee recommends approval of 3 resolutions
| | Schaumburg, Ill. — The AVMA House Advisory Committee considered 10 resolutions at its November meeting, recommending three for approval. | | |
AVMA cautions against consequences of Proposition 2; HSUS lauds victory
| | National Report — AVMA pledges to help affected food-animal producers by providing information on alternative production systems. | | | AVMA, members disagree on priority of welfare, education
| | Schaumburg, Ill. — AVMA members and leaders differ on association roles in education and animal welfare, according to recent AVMA survey. | | | AVMA denounces ear cropping, tail docking
| | The AVMA announced its opposition to cosmetic tail docking and ear cropping Nov. 26. | | | Food-safety podcasts offered by AVMA
| Schaumberg, Ill. -- "Chew on This," a new food-safety podcast series offered by the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA), got off on the right drumstick in November with a Thanksgiving-theme program about poultry safety and holiday dinners.
| | | Online education courses offered by AVMA
| Schaumberg, Ill. -- A comprehensive online continuing-education program will be unveiled by the American Veterinary Medical Association Dec. 1.
| | | California mulls 10 percent tax on vet bills
| California is looking for ways to make ends meet, including a proposed new veterinary service tax.
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| Resolved: to educate clients on diet
| National Report -- Losing weight was the second most popular New Year's resolution last year, behind getting out of debt, according to a Franklin Covey poll. So this might be an ideal time of year to talk to pet owners about pursuing a healthier lifestyle for their companions, nutritionists say.
| | | Purdue students develop aid for dysplasia
| West Lafayette, Ind. -- An exo-skeleton-type brace, made by students at Purdue University's School of Veterinary Medicine, may be a new tool for dogs suffering from hip dysplasia.
| | | Banfield appoints new chief operating officer
| Portland, Ore. -- Banfield, The Pet Hospital, has appointed Tony Ueber as its new executive vice president and chief operating officer.
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| | AVMA to EPA: Take DVMs out of survey
| Schaumburg, Ill. -- Veterinarians do not generate enough unused pharmaceuticals to warrant inclusion in an EPA survey on disposal methods of unused drugs, according to the AVMA.
| | | Cornell students organize zoonotics symposium
| Ithaca, N.Y. -- The College of Veterinary Medicine at Cornell University will host a Zoonotic Diseases Symposium Feb. 6-8, and the featured speaker will be DVM Lonnie King, director of the National Center for Zoonotic, Vector-Borne and Enteric Diseases at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
| | | FDA plans ban on cattle tissue in feed
| Rockville, Md. -- The Federal Drug Administration (FDA) is accepting comments through Jan. 26 on a planned regulation that would ban use of cattle tissues in animal feeds.
| | | New N.J. hospital to be largest in four-county area
| Sicklerville, N.J. -- Construction was to start in December on a new $3.5 million, 10,500-square-foot animal hospital expected to be the largest non-specialty hospital in a four-county area of south-central New Jersey.
| | | Army's top veterinarian becomes brigadier general
| Washington -- Timothy K. Adams, chief of the Army Veterinary Corps, is now a brigadier general.
| | | Deadline to apply for new certification is approaching
| Nashville, Tenn. -- The deadline to apply for the newest American Board of Veterinary Practitioners (ABVP) certification, exotic companion mammal practice, is quickly approaching.
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| DVM Newsmakers Summit: Understanding consumers
| | When it comes to veterinary care, are consumer attitudes changing? | | | DVM Newsmakers' Summit: Consumer expectations, standards of care are changing, panelists say
| | Editor's Note: Understanding consumer behavior can help you as a clinician and business manager. DVM Newsmagazine asked five veterinary market leaders to join this year's DVM Newsmakers' Summit at CVC East in Baltimore. Following is the second of three excerpts from the panel discussion; the final one will be published next month. | | | DVM Newsmakers' Summit: Exploring the consumer psyche
| | DVM Newsmagazine asked five market leaders to talk about consumer attitudes. | | | HSUS readies launch of new veterinary association
| | GAITHERSBURG, MD. — Consumers are driving a new animal-welfare agenda, says Humane Society of the United States front man Wayne Pacelle. And he wants veterinarians to join his cause by spearheading a new veterinary association. | | | Drought having minimal effect on DVMs - so far
| | Atlanta — The Southeast's worst drought in more than a century seems to have caused few problems so far for veterinary hospitals, other than some browned-out lawns. | | | Anatomy of a state board hearing
| | With the number of client complaints on the rise, more veterinarians sooner or later will have to answer to their state regulatory boards. | | | A malpractice doctrine
| | Animal-law expert Barbara Gislason, a Minneapolis attorney, believes the time is ripe for veterinary medicine to help design a fair system to resolve the emotional-value issue in malpractice claims. Otherwise, she warns, the courts will do the job, and the profession might not like the outcome. | | | AVMA appoints new executive vice president
| | Schaumburg, Ill. - 3/30/07 - Dr. Ron DeHaven, administrator of the USDA's Animal Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), has been named the new executive vice president at the American Veterinary Medical Association. With more than 25 years of public health experience, DeHaven will succeed Dr. Bruce Little, retiring this year after service as executive vice president since 1996. | | | DVM Newsmaker's Summit: A changing business model
| | Dr. Walther: The changes occurring in our business model for the most part are going faster than any of us realize. But what does the future hold? Is solo practice, please excuse the expression, a dead horse? Are the requirements of the practice, both as a professional and as a manager, too much for a single practitioner? What is the proper size for a multi-doctor practice? What practice model will allow us to have time off and take emergency calls? Is it going to be four, five or six? Right now, four to five doctors seem to be the number, but I think that, too, is up for grabs. What place does our profession have for corporate practices? They're growing; they're profitable. They find, as we are finding, a shortage of veterinarians to run them. How will the supply of veterinarians impact them? | | | MORE ARTICLES
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| 3 horses test positive for CEM in Kentucky
| Lexington, Ky. -- State officials are asking the U.S. Department of Agriculture to declare a state of emergency in Kentucky following the discovery of three cases of contagious equine metritis (CEM), a venereal disease that causes infertility in mares.
| | | Live from AAEP
| | What can be done about the growing problem of unwanted and abandoned horses in America? | | | Case-histories study aims to improve diagnosis of EPE, halt outbreaks
| | Lexington, Ky. — A retrospective study of 57 horses treated for proliferative enteropathy aims to help equine practitioners make a timely diagnosis. | | | On the road: changing trends in equine mobile practice
| | The modes of transportation for equine veterinarians are changing. Take a look through the decades. | | | Researchers at new equine lab work on tendon and ligament regeneration
| Leesburg, Va. -- The Marion duPont Scott Equine Medical Center's new laboratory at Virginia Tech opened earlier this fall and researchers already are working on tendon and ligament regeneration that would help patients heal more quickly and bring back ligament and tendon elasticity.
| | | BLM receives offer to create wild-horse sanctuary
| Reno, Nev. -- Thousands of unadoptable wild horses in U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) holding facilities could be saved from possible euthanasia or slaughter if the agency decides to accept an offer from Madeleine Pickens, wife of Texas billionaire T. Boone Pickens, to create a preserve where the horses could live out their lives.
| | | Last of Florida EP-positive horses removed
| Tallahassee, Fla. -- No horses that tested positive for piroplasmosis during a nearly two-month investigation remain on Florida premises, the state's Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services announced, although six properties remain under quarantine.
| | | European Union celebrates Veterinary Week
| Brussels -- The European Union's (EU) Veterinary Week 2008 kicks off today.
| | | NTRA unveils reforms, appoints monitor
| | New York — A Congressional panel earlier this year questioned whether the nation's horse racing industry had the will and ability to regulate itself or whether government intervention would be necessary. | | | MORE ARTICLES
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| A shot in the dark
| | There was a note of regret, mixed with relief, in Dr. Mark Justice's voice when he called to relate the events of the previous night. | | | Down on the floor — it's another pill stampede
| | Pill bottles seem designed to keep the freshness in and the doctor out. | | | Anna Rexic's pet pooch mirrors her thin logic on diet, nutrition
| | Anna ... thinks a person is obese if every bone in his or her skeleton is not prominently displayed. | | | Some folks just won't let sleeping dogs lie
| | All seemed to be going great until I cut the ovary away. ... I could feel my first real case of surgical panic coming on. | | | Making the ultimate rescue from Phagia's Dog Farm
| | My secretary was apologetic but firm. | | | Story hard to swallow? Chew on it for a while
| | The human-animal bond is a strong one, but I'm still amazed sometimes at what people will do for their animals. I know people, for example, who treat their pets to an ice-cream cone before visiting the veterinarian. I've seen painted toenails, dogs with pierced ears, cats with a gold-capped tooth, dogs with rollers in their hair, many types of pet sweaters, even artificial testicles placed back in a dog's scrotum to keep it from looking empty. The list goes on. | |
| When opposites collide
| | I could almost hear the "twang" when Blitz hit the end of his leash and it stopped him short. The snapping sound of his big mouth almost catching my arm followed immediately. Mrs. Whiteflag was quick to apologize. | | | Who said that?
| | The directions I held in my hand were leading me to a residential district in Lubbock, Texas. That would not have been a big deal, were it not for the fact that I was on my way to visit a horse. I knew that people in a city residential area were likely to know as much about horses as I knew about submarines, but I could be wrong. | | | Cerebral laminitis can be infectious with certain breeds of owners
| | Now, I've known Jim Panzee for years. You couldn't teach him to peel a banana. | | | MORE ARTICLES
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| FDA plans ban on cattle tissue in feed
| Rockville, Md. -- The Federal Drug Administration (FDA) is accepting comments through Jan. 26 on a planned regulation that would ban use of cattle tissues in animal feeds.
| | | USDA releases report confirming AVMA's call for more food-animal vets
| Schaumberg, Ill. -- The American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) is using a U.S. Department of Agriculture report released this week to reiterate its call for more food-animal veterinarians.
| | | FDA action buys more time to mull extra-label ban of cephalosporins
| Washington -- The federal order banning extra-label use of cephalosporins in food-producing animals has been revoked -- at least for now.
| | | Food-safety podcasts offered by AVMA
| Schaumberg, Ill. -- "Chew on This," a new food-safety podcast series offered by the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA), got off on the right drumstick in November with a Thanksgiving-theme program about poultry safety and holiday dinners.
| | | AVMA reacts to Prop 2 passage
| The AVMA is offering assistance to California food-animal producers in the wake of the Prop 2 passage.
| | | Prop 2 passes in California
| Passage of Prop 2 will mean big changes for California's food-animal industry.
| | | $1.4 million grant backs further study of chicken genome
| Starkville, Miss. -- Dr. Shane Burgess, a basic-sciences associate professor with Mississippi State University's College of Veterinary Medicine, along with Drs. Fiona McCarthy and Susan Bridges, received a $1.4 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to continue work annotating the chicken genome.
| | | FARAD begins shutting down
| Washington - Neither a short-term cash infusion or the $2.5 million in long-term funding promised for the support of the Food Animal Residue Avoidance Databank (FARAD) in this year's Farm Bill came through in time, so the resource used to keep contaminants out of the food supply for more than a quarter century began shutting down Oct. 1.
| | | Prop 2 debate divides DVMs
| | A debate has ensued over California's Prop 2, which would drastically alter animal agriculture. | | | MORE ARTICLES
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| FDA plans ban on cattle tissue in feed
| Rockville, Md. -- The Federal Drug Administration (FDA) is accepting comments through Jan. 26 on a planned regulation that would ban use of cattle tissues in animal feeds.
| | | USDA releases report confirming AVMA's call for more food-animal vets
| Schaumberg, Ill. -- The American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) is using a U.S. Department of Agriculture report released this week to reiterate its call for more food-animal veterinarians.
| | | Hong Kong killing 90,000 chickens, may change bird-flu vaccine after outbreak
| Hong Kong's government is considering changing the vaccine it uses to protect poultry against avian flu after 60 chickens were found dead at one of the city's largest poultry farms, forcing the slaughter of 60,000 birds on that farm and 30,000 more within a two-mile radius.
| | | Johne's disease vaccine developed at Cornell
| Ithaca, N.Y. -- Researchers at Cornell University's College of Veterinary Medicine have developed a vaccine against Johne's disease, a contagious, chronic and often fatal infection.
| | | FDA action buys more time to mull extra-label ban of cephalosporins
| Washington -- The federal order banning extra-label use of cephalosporins in food-producing animals has been revoked -- at least for now.
| | | FARAD gets reprieve until spring
| Washington -- The always-in-danger-of-closing Food Animal Residue Avoidance Databank (FARAD) garnered a few extra months of operation, but with drastic cutbacks.
| | | $1.4 million grant backs further study of chicken genome
| Starkville, Miss. -- Dr. Shane Burgess, a basic-sciences associate professor with Mississippi State University's College of Veterinary Medicine, along with Drs. Fiona McCarthy and Susan Bridges, received a $1.4 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to continue work annotating the chicken genome.
| | | FARAD begins shutting down
| Washington - Neither a short-term cash infusion or the $2.5 million in long-term funding promised for the support of the Food Animal Residue Avoidance Databank (FARAD) in this year's Farm Bill came through in time, so the resource used to keep contaminants out of the food supply for more than a quarter century began shutting down Oct. 1.
| | | U.K. researchers working on bovine mastitis vaccine
| Nottingham, U.K. The University of Nottingham is using a grant of more than $4 million (USD) to dissect the functions of the bacterium that causes bovine mastitis (BM) and try to come up with a cure for the disease.
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