Posted on December 24th, 2008 by Bob Gould
Sugar, a 27-year-old Spanish Barb horse, has played a role in the education of almost all of the 2,109 doctor of veterinary medicine graduates from the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine at Virginia Tech during her 24 years on the job. Now, after a career well-spent, Sugar has retired and found a new home. Continue [...]
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Posted on December 24th, 2008 by Bob Gould
High-tech medical devices normally reserved for humans might prove helpful in managing the health of Justin Credible, the colt with the first documented case of type-1 diabetes. Under the guidance of their treating veterinarian, owners David and Monica Hufana of Carlisle, Ky., are working with two companies–Insulet and DexCom–to develop a system that would allow [...]
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Posted on December 24th, 2008 by Bob Gould
A fourth stallion that formerly stood at a Central Kentucky breeding facility, now identified as DeGraff Stables/Liberty Farm Equine Reproduction Center LLC, has tested positive for contagious equine metritis (CEM). Officials had considered this highly contagious venereal disease eradicated from the United States until it was identified during routine testing of a stallion earlier this [...]
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Posted on December 24th, 2008 by Bob Gould
The American Quarter Horse Journal, December 23, 2008 – The American Quarter Horse Association show department wants to clarify the new progressive working hunter class eligibility.
The 2009 Official Handbook of Rules and Regulations includes rule 462(b), which states the following eligibility requirements for progressive working hunter:
Eligibility requirements are for horses of all ages who have no [...]
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Posted on December 24th, 2008 by Bob Gould
Veterinarians’ incomes continued to increase from 2005-2007, though few expect incomes to increase as much from 2007-2009.
At the end of 2007, veterinarians earned more in private practice than in many areas of public practice—and men still earned more than women.
Income figures for 2007 come from the most recent Biennial Economic Survey, which the AVMA conducted [...]
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Posted on December 24th, 2008 by Bob Gould
Schaumburg, Ill.
— More than a year after warning consumers about a possible link between certain chicken jerky products imported from China and illness in dogs, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) continues to receive complaints from pet owners and veterinarians claiming these products are making dogs sick.
In addition, the University of Sydney is currently investigating [...]
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Posted on December 24th, 2008 by Bob Gould
The Department of Homeland Security is recommending Kansas State University as the site of the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility for the study of foreign animal and zoonotic diseases that can affect livestock.
The AVMA is backing federal legislation to establish the NBAF. The high-security facility will replace Plum Island Animal Disease Center on Plum Island, [...]
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Posted on December 24th, 2008 by Bob Gould
Federal authorities are accepting comments on a planned regulation that would prohibit use of some cattle tissues in all animal feeds by late April.
The regulation published by the Food and Drug Administration is intended to reduce the risk of transmission of bovine spongiform encephalopathy by prohibiting use of brains and spinal cords from cattle 30 [...]
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Posted on December 24th, 2008 by Bob Gould
Schaumburg, Ill.
— The American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) is showing its strong support for the National Animal Identification System (NAIS) by urging veterinarians to actively participate in the system and utilize the new Veterinarian’s Toolkit.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service’s (USDA-APHIS)Veterinarian’s Toolkit is an online resource developed by veterinarians for veterinarians. It [...]
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Posted on December 24th, 2008 by Bob Gould
Raw milk and other unpasteurized dairy products are linked to a growing number of disease outbreaks, researchers warn.
Writing in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases, scientists from the College of Veterinary Medicine in Columbus, Ohio, say that the average number of disease outbreaks per year associated with raw milk has more than doubled to 5.2 per year from 1993 through [...]
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