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| 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. | | | AABP moves to adopt 'down cow' policy
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| AAEP sessions to cover foal care, practice management
| | Austin, Texas - The American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP) will hold two summer continuing-education meetings -- one medical and one practice-management seminar -- July 27-29 at the Hilton Austin Hotel. | | | AAEP campaign urges dental exam for horses annually
| | Lexington, Ky. — Every horse needs an annual dental exam, the American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP) says. It hopes to spread that message through a dental-health campaign designed to reach horse owners throughout 2008. | | | AAEP campaign urges annual equine dental exams
| | Lexington, Ky. - 4/17/08 - Every horse needs an annual dental exam, the American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP) says. It hopes to spread that message through a dental-health campaign designed to reach horse owners throughout 2008. | | | AAEP 'On Call' veterinarians ready for spring race telecasts
| | Lexington, Ky. - 4/10/08 - "On Call" equine veterinarians trained to deal with the media during the Thoroughbred racing season are assigned for the major televised races this spring, including the Triple Crown. | | | AAEP calls for papers for convention presentations
| | Lexington, Ky. — Members of the American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP) and others wishing to submit scientific papers, "how-to" papers and review papers for possible presentation at this year's AAEP convention have until March 14 to submit them online for consideration. | | | AAEP to tour Mexican slaughter plants
| | Lexington, Ky. — Four American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP) leaders want to visit Mexican horse-slaughter plants following widespread reports of equine abuse and inhumane euthanasia. | | | AAEP updates equine vaccination guidelines
| | Lexington, Ky. — Revised equine vaccination guidelines — updated by an American Association of Equine Practitioners' (AAEP) committee — reflect new attitudes on infectious diseases, core vaccinations and recent technology. | | | AAEP sets attendance record, names first female president
| | | | 53rd AAEP convention set for Dec. 1-5 in Orlando
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| 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 evaluates insurance policies
| | Tampa, Fla. — The American Animal Hospital Association (AAHA) created a program to evaluate animal-insurance plans as a guide for owners. | | | 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). | | | Purdue teaching hospital accredited by AAHA
| | West Lafayette, Ind. — Purdue's small-animal teaching hospital earned accreditation through the American Animal Hospital Association. | | | MORE ARTICLES
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| AVMA backs preventive use of antimicrobials in livestock
| Washington - The American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) testified today before the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, addressing the preventive use of antimicrobials in food animals and reiterating the necessity of antibiotic use in livestock for ensuring food safety.
| | | AVMA offers new Web section on animal welfare
| Shaumburg, Ill. - To help veterinarians and the public better understand animal-welfare issues, the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) launched its first Web section devoted to animal-welfare information.
| | | Basic framework for AVMA's strategic plan
| | The AVMA Strategic Plan, initiated in 2006, is designed to guide the nation's largest veterinary membership group on profession-related issues. The following five critical areas of issue have been identified as well as a basic framework for addressing them: | | | AVMA remains sole financier of One Health collaborations
| | Schaumburg, Ill. — The American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) remains the sole financier of its One Health initiative, allocating another $12,000 for it during the group's April Executive Board meeting. | | | AVMA Oks $1 million for strategic plan
| | Schaumburg, Ill. — American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) leaders want to tap the group's invested reserves to support up to $1 million in future programs that guide and promote the profession. | | | AVMA recognizes exotic specialty
| | Schaumburg, Ill. — American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) leaders gave the OK for an exotic companion-mammal specialty practice area that focuses on ferrets, rabbits, guinea pigs, rodents and other small exotic mammals. | | | AVMA revises policy on cattle castration, dehorning
| | Schaumburg, Ill. — An amended policy titled "Castration and dehorning of cattle" includes new pain-control and procedural language. | | | AVMA to create educational podcasts for pet owners
| Schaumburg, Ill. - The American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) will create a new series of podcasts for pet owners. It's the association's latest effort to inform the public about issues related to pet health, public health and veterinary medicine.
| | | AVMA Humane Award goes to Oregon shelter head
| | Portland, Ore. - 5/8/08 - Sharon Harmon, executive director of the Oregon Humane Society, is expected to receive the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) Humane Award. | | | MORE ARTICLES
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| New avian flu vaccination technique shows promise
| Philadelphia - A new way to vaccinate against avian flu, developed at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, could better protect against mutations and multiple flu strains.
| | | New swine flu has avian genes
| | National Report -- Researchers have identified a new strain of swine influenza that is molecularly composed of both avian and swine influenza genes. | | | U.S. pledges nearly $200 million to avian influenza
| | New Delhi - 12/11/07 - The United States has pledged another $195 million to internationally fight avian influenza, bringing the country's total donations since 2005 to $629 million. | | | DVMs help birds struggling to survive oil spill
| | San Francisco - 11/12/07 - San Francisco Bay's worst oil spill in nearly two decades has already claimed the lives of at least 100 birds, while veterinarians and staff at a local wildlife center work to treat hundreds more for contamination. | | | FDA approves first U.S. bird flu vaccine for humans
| | The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced approval of the nation?s first human vaccine for H5N1 influenza, commonly known as avian or bird flu. | | | Avian medicine: Instill a perioperative protocol to lessen anesthetic, iatrogenic risks
| | Anesthetic death is an unfortunate and unwelcome aspect of veterinary practice. Most, if not all, veterinarians have experienced the loss of a patient perioperatively. Especially unsettling is the death of a bird during the postoperative period when the patient is expected to make a complete recovery. | | | Heavy metal toxicoses in pet birds: Watch for combination of gastrointestinal and nervous systems signs
| | Surgery may be necessary if the lead particles cannot be removed with other methods. | | | Fungal diseases of pet birds: Recognize infection early
| | Fungi are commonplace in the environment and some are even considered normal inhabitants of the skin, gastrointestinal tract and other mucous membrane surfaces. In most situations, healthy birds can ward off infection if their immune systems are intact and fully operational. In other cases, however, the immune system may be compromised leading to the development of serious infections. Paramount to properly managing fungal infections in avian species is the ability to recognize infection early in the course of disease, to administer appropriate antifungal medications for the location and severity of infection, and to continually assess a patient's response to therapy. The scope of this article is to provide a brief overview of several fungal diseases in companion avian species. | | | Guidelines important in evaluating cytological samples for birds
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| Viral infections produce lesions on unfeathered areas of skin around the eyes, cere and feet. | | | MORE ARTICLES
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| New avian flu vaccination technique shows promise
| Philadelphia - A new way to vaccinate against avian flu, developed at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, could better protect against mutations and multiple flu strains.
| | | Study links animal die-offs to climate extremes
| Davis, Calif. - A research collaboration among three universities discovered that climate extremes often are to blame for mass die-offs in livestock and wildlife.
| | | N.C. clinic to teach quick, safe sterilization
| Asheville, N.C. - A state-of-the-art spay/neuter clinic dedicated to controlling dog and cat overpopulation opened in Asheville, N.C.
| | | NIH awards $1 million in grants to veterinary research at Cornell
| Ithaca, N.Y. - Two clinical research programs at Cornell University's College of Veterinary Medicine will receive $1 million in funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) over the next four years.
| | | Calif. bill to OK slaughterhouse surveillance fails
| Sacramento, Calif. - The same day a new tape was released by the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) showing alleged new abuse of cattle at a New Mexico livestock auction, a state Assembly panel rejected legislation that would have required slaughterhouses to install surveillance cameras.
| | | New book chronicles largest horse rescue
| Baton Rouge, La. - A new book written by a member of the Louisiana State University equine studies team chronicles what is being called the largest equine rescue ever.
| | | Puppy mill bust calls in veterinary forensic experts
| Lyles, Tenn. - More than 700 animals were confiscated following a puppy mill raid that is believed to be the largest in Tennessee history.
| | | Canadian vet college awarded $5 million for hospital
| Guelph, Ontario - The University of Guelph has received a $5 million, 10-year promise of financial support from Hill's Pet Nutrition Inc. for the Ontario Veterinary College's (OVC) health center.
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| | Video showing abuse of cows prompts AVMA response
| Shaumburg, Ill. - The American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) is calling for stricter adherence to humane animal handling guidelines and standards after a new video, taped by an undercover Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) employee, shows abuse to cows at a New Mexico livestock auction.
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| 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? | | | DVM Newsmakers' Summit: Supply in demand?
| | Editor's Note: DVM Newsmagazine asked six thought-leaders at CVC East in Baltimore to talk about five of the most pressing issues facing the veterinary profession. During the succeeding months, each of the issues introduced at the DVM Newsmaker's Summit will be presented for publication. This month, the panel takes on the supply of veterinarians and future professional opportunities. Dr. Lonnie King introduces the issue. | | | DVM Newsmakers:
Counter-terrorism | | Every veterinarian has a role to play, says Smith. "It starts locally and runs to the highest levels of government." | | | Specialization: Panelists delve into top professional issues facing veterinary medicine; DVM Newsmakers Summit
| | We struggle in training veterinarians to treat all species and all specialties. The general public of course recognizes that it is difficult to be a veterinarian because you have to be able to treat every species. | | | MORE ARTICLES
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| Assessing, treating refractory feline chronic gingivo-stomatitis
| | Feline chronic gingivo-stomatitis is a painful oral condition in cats that therapeutically has only responded predictably to surgical extraction of all premolars and molars. | | | AAEP campaign urges dental exam for horses annually
| | Lexington, Ky. — Every horse needs an annual dental exam, the American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP) says. It hopes to spread that message through a dental-health campaign designed to reach horse owners throughout 2008. | | | Examining new classifications of tooth fractures
| | When a dog or cat presents with lethargy or pale mucous membranes and anemia is suspected, the ultimate treatment and prognosis starts with successfully categorizing the problem. | | | Month focuses on effective dental care, healthy pets
| | Topeka, Kan. - 12/4/07 - With oral disease marking the most frequently diagnosed health problems for pets, National Dental Health Month kicks off in February. | | | Analgesics for oral surgery in dogs and cats
| | Six of the most common agents used for managing pain associated with oral surgery in dogs and cats will be discussed in this third article of a series on pain management. They are the opioids (opiates), the Cox-2 selective non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDS), the 5-Lox selective NSAIDs, the alpha-2 agonists, the NMDA-receptor antagonists and the serotonin norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors. | | | Regional nerve blocks key to delivering quality dental care
| | The use of regional nerve blocks for oral surgery in dogs and cats is synonymous with quality patient care. | | | Pain management for oral surgery in dogs and cats
| | After oral surgery, nociceptor response is expected to be greatly enhanced. | | | Functional occlusion: I'm OK, but are your patients, really?
| | I hung up the receiver after explaining to one of my clients why his "normally" undershot Shih Tzu's maxillary incisors needed be removed because they were penetrating the mandibular gingiva. | | | Off with the crown?
| | Editors Note: In a new series, DVM Newsmagazine asks experts within a variety of veterinary specialties to bust commonly held medical, business or professional myths. This month, we bite into dentistry. | | | MORE ARTICLES
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