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Internet scam promises pets, but fails to deliver
Schaumburg, Ill.The American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) is warning potential pet owners not to fall for Internet scams that bilk victims of hundreds of dollars and fail to deliver the animals they promise. Walter Woolf, owner...
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New facility to advance study of foreign animal disease
Kansas site recommended for National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility to replace Plum Island No vaccines, no treatment, no countermeasures.This description covers a number of the foreign animal diseases that scientists are studying now at...
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USDA seeking veterinarians' help in promoting NAIS
Nationwide identification system to be used for disease, contamination control nvestigators spent an average of 199 days tracing the sources of animals infected with bovine tuberculosis between October 2005 and August 2007, according to...
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What can the veterinary profession expect in Obama's America?
AVMA ready to work with new administration 'I anticipate that one of our biggest challenges this year will be the attempt to ban certain antimicrobials from being used in food animal medicine ...It's going to be a challenge and something...
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USAHA, AAVLD team up and request more federal funding
A full docket of presentations on the latest information in antimicrobials, zoonotic disease preparedness, and diagnostic procedures comprised the 2008 joint scientific session of the U.S.Animal Health Association and the American...
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AVMA survey measures income trends to 2007
Earnings have been risingbut vary by sector, gender, and board certification 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...
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Homeland Security recommends Kansas site to replace Plum Island
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...
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FDA planning to ban cattle brains, spinal cords from all animal feed
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...
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FDA continues to receive complaints about chicken jerky products
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...
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AVMA urges veterinarians to support National Animal Identification System
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.
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