America’s Horse, February 24, 2009 – Build a bridge, learn how to design and maintain horse trails, start your colt right with AQHA Professional Horseman Jeff Griffith, improve your stockmanship with Curt and Tammy Pate, spend time making friends with some of the greatest horses and horsemen in the American Quarter Horse world and then [...]
Expanding options for cash-strapped horse owners is key to reducing the number of unwanted horses in the United States, according to a group of equine welfare advocates who brainstormed about the issue during a Feb. 18 meeting at the University of California, Davis, School of Veterinary Medicine. The International Animal Welfare Training Institute, a division [...]
Salmonella traced to a peanut plant has killed nine people and sickened hundreds, putting the system that safeguards the nation’s food supply in the spotlight again. The jumble of agencies and regulations has long been criticized. But now the idea of streamlining it has support in the president’s Cabinet.
When President Obama was asked about the [...]
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Pigs unable to stand can be slaughtered for human consumption, Fresno federal judge rules.
Pigs that can’t stand up on their own may still be butchered and their meat sold for human consumption despite a state law designed to prevent that, a federal judge ruled Thursday in Fresno.
The law, which took effect Jan. 1, made it [...]
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The state of California has dropped the idea of taxing veterinary services, at least in the near term.
A proposed tax on veterinary services was not part of a 17-month budget that the California Legislature passed Feb. 19, three months after Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger first called a special session to address the state’s financial emergency.
The governor [...]
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More than one-fifth of veterinarians screened in a study on Q fever had antibodies against the causative Coxiella burnetii, according to a recent article.
The text, which will appear in the March 1 edition of Clinical Infectious Diseases, states 113 of the 508 veterinarians tested at the 2006 AVMA Annual Convention in Honolulu carried antibodies against the [...]
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Schaumburg, Ill.
— Americans love their meat. Whether it’s rib eyes, pork chops or chicken breasts, the demand for protein is so great in this country that more than 85 billion pounds of meat and poultry are processed here each year.
And we’re not alone. About a quarter of U.S. beef and pork is exported to feed [...]
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Transactions at small animal practices have been flat or falling during the recent economic downturn, according to statistics from the National Commission on Veterinary Economic Issues and a study by Brakke Consulting.
The NCVEI Economy Tracker and Brakke’s study on “Economy and Pet Care” also found that mean transaction charges increased only moderately in 2008.
Dr. Karen [...]
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Every small animal practice has its own story about the economic downturn.
The stories have common threads, though. Many clients, out of general concern about the economy, are asking for more details about the need for veterinary services. Some clients are not visiting their veterinarians—particularly in areas with job losses.
The practices that have continued to grow, [...]
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Veterinarians who encounter a patient that has eaten peanut butter or peanut-containing products and has signs of a Salmonella infection are encouraged to report the information to their state and send samples.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention asks that suspected or confirmed cases ofSalmonella infection be reported to determine whether an animal is infected with the outbreak [...]
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