Rachael Zimlich, BSN, RN

Denver, Colo. - The Colorado veterinary board amended a number of regulations from a definition on veterinary dentistry to rules on waiving a valid veterinarian-patient relationship in times of emergency.

Ocala, Fla. -- Formal certification and new operating procedures for hyperbaric oxygen therapy could result from a Feb. 10 explosion at a Florida equine rehabilitation center that killed a 28-year-old woman and a 6-year-old Thoroughbred gelding.

North Grafton, Mass. - A bad economy that drove wildlife rehabilitators to scale back their intake and brutal ewather events helped push the annual caseload at the Tufts Wildlife Clinic up by 12 percent in 2011.

National Report-Most veterinrians have treated injured wildlife brought into their clinics.

Washington - When it comes to reopening horse slaughter operations in the United States, government officials say they doubt horse slaughter for meat will resume any time soon.

Veterinarians converge on Mississippi shelter to address competitive pressures.

Dr. Steve Dullard didn't expect to find a cemetery when he broke ground on his new veterinary practice.

The Bureau of Land Management has set our corrective actions following an internal review.

Fort Collins, Colo. -- At least one client of Colorado State University's (CSU) Equine Reproduction Laboratory (ERL) is looking at legal options following the catastrophic fire that destroyed the facility and all of his genetic material stored there.

Baton Rouge, La. - Weeks before a Baton Rouge court ultimately threw out a request for a protective order by a Louisiana State University (LSU) graduate student against Marc, Boudreaux, assistant director at the LSU School of Veterinary Medicine's Biotechnology and Molecular Medicine Lab, the university confirmed that it had terminated the veterinary researcher.

New York City - A veterinarian suspended by The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) after clarifying her own comments about the death of a carriage horse still has not been in contact with her employer.

As competition heats up on the costs, Midwestern veterinary graduates may be the target of recruiting efforts.

Bel Air, Md. - The Companion Animal Parasite Council (CAPC) believes revamping its parasite prevalence maps with real-time, localized information can help practitioners drive pet owners back into their clinics and reclaim their position as the experts on animal health.

"The Incredible Dr. Pol" is earning praise from viewers, but veterinarians are offering mixed reviews.

The Texas Supreme Court will be asked to decide if non-economic damages should be awarded in a mistaken euthanasia case.

Rockville, Md. - Twelve years after filing a petition calling for the phase-out of non-medical uses of antibiotics in food animals, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently denied these petitions by saying withdrawing approvals for certain antimicrobail uses in food animals would consume too much of the agency's time and resources.

Chatsworth, Calif. - A California relief veterinarian is polling pet owners about the use of medical marijuana in animals with the goal of using the survey's results to leverage a clinical study about the drug's efficacy in relieving pet pain.

National Report - Atropine sulfate has just been added to the list of medically necessary veterinary drugs in short supply, reports the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

New York City - Curiosity brought Dr. Konstantine Barsky to the Occupy Wall Street Camp at Zuccotti Park in late September. But it was concern for the camp's animl inhabitants that brought the veterinarian back for the next five weeks.

Reserachers at the University of Missouri believe they have found a way to speed up the diagnosis of infections in dogs and cats.

Allentown, Pa. -- Veterinarian David Rapoport, 31, pleaded guilty Dec. 8 to murdering his pregnant mistress and their unborn child, a move that will spare him the death penalty.

Washington - The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) and a number of other animal welfare groups are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to reject a lawsuit filed by the National Meat Association that seeks to overturn a California law banning the killing and processing of "downer" livestock."

Practice negotiates settlement with state's environmental agency over medical-waste disposal.

AAHA offers new guidelines for anesthesizing dogs and cats.

MSU cancels mobile clinic partly in response to concerns about competition from local DVMs.

State survey shows some veterinarians make far below the national average.

Zanesville, Ohio - "One of the captains ... said to me, 'We all knew this was going to end badly, we just didn't know how badly it would (end).'"

Salem, Ore. - Chiropractic treatment by non-veterinarians is believed to be the most common form of "illegal practice" in Oregon, according to a new survey of veterinarians by the Oregon Veterinary Medical Association (OVMA).

The door may have re-opened to horse slaughter, following a five-year federal ban.

Ocala, Fla. -- The federal government appealed the September decision of a Florida district court that ruled the U.S. Food and Drug Administration overstepped its authority when it tried to shut down a veterinary compounding pharmacy.