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Minn., Tufts, snare $185 million to unite health professions in outbreak response

November 5, 2009

Washington -- Tufts University and the University of Minnesota received a five-year grant for up to $185 million to improve synergies among veterinarians, doctors and public health officials in responding to emerging infectious diseases.

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Wisconsin legislators PAVE the way for foreign-trained veterinarians

November 4, 2009

Madison, Wis. -- The Wisconsin State Assembly voted unanimously to send a new bill to the state Senate that would provide another pathway to licensure for veterinarians who study at foreign veterinary schools.

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UC-Davis to receive up to $75 million to track possible pandemics

October 28, 2009

Davis, Calif. -- No one knows when and where the next global human pandemic will occur, but a government foreign-aid agency expects it to start as an animal disease and is paying the UC-Davis School of Veterinary Medicine to help find it.

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Oklahoma City to donate cadavers to vet school

October 23, 2009

Oklahoma City -- City council members voted unanimously to skip the landfill and give animals euthanized at the Oklahoma City Animal Shelter to Oklahoma State University?s (OSU) veterinary college for use in teaching students and technicians.

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AVMA unveils revamped online education portal

October 22, 2009

Schaumburg, Ill. -- The American Veterinary Medical Association will reintroduce its enhanced online continuing-education Web site next month.

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LSU projects earn $1.48 million in veterinary, medical research

October 18, 2009

Baton Rouge, La. -- The Louisiana State University School of Veterinary Medicine is the recipient of eight new grants, totaling $1.48 million, from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

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Mandatory CE enacted in Connecticut, license fees increase

October 16, 2009

Hartford, Conn. -- Starting in 2011, Connecticut veterinarians will have to earn 24 continuing education credits every two years, according to the Connecticut Veterinary Medical Association.

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UC-Davis teaching hospital names new administrator

October 16, 2009

Davis, Calif. -- Frank LaBonte, MBA, and fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives, is the new administrator of the William R. Pritchard Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital at UC-Davis.

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LSU lands racehorse testing contract extension

October 10, 2009

Baton Rouge -- The Louisiana State University School of Veterinary Medicine?s Equine Medication Surveillance Laboratory (EMSL) will be conducting drug tests for all Louisiana racehorses for another three years.

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