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Hillsborough, N.J. -- A growing decline of feline veterinary care in recent years had led to the development of a new set of guidelines for cat care by the American Association of Feline Practitioners (AAFP) and the American Animal Hospital Association (AAHA).

Melville, N.Y., and Dublin, Ohio --Henry Schein, Inc., and Butler Animal Health Supply have closed the transactions to form Butler Schein Animal Health.

Mike Cavanaugh, DVM, DABVP, has been named the new executive director of the American Animal Hospital Association.

Toronto, Canada -- Longisil, a form of penicillin used to treat various infections in large and small animals, has been recalled by Canadian health officials.

Lakewood, Colo. -- A new $18,000 veterinary pharmacology grant is available from two veterinary foundations.

Auburn, Ala. -- Quantum Immunologics Inc., a private biotechnology company, is collaborating with Auburn University to bring the school's cancer immunotherapy program to the veterinary market.

Knoxville, Tenn. -- A veterinary school administrator at the University of Tennessee has been named the new executive director of the University of Tennessee Space Institute.

Austin, Texas -- The second phase of a program to address in-state movement of breeding bulls in Texas will go into effect Jan. 1.

Ithaca, N.Y. -- A new task force report conducted by Cornell?s College of Veterinary Medicine has reveals several ways to cut costs, including changing the way courses are taught.

Columbus, Ohio -- A $3.9 million construction grant has been awarded to The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine from the National Institutes of Health to renovate research facilities at the school.

London, England -- A tour of the United Kingdom by Cesar Millan next year has prompted several U.K. animal welfare, behavior and training organizations to band together for a campaign that warns of possible dangers associated with some of Millan's training techniques.

Ames, Iowa -- A partial shutdown of Iowa State University due to budget cuts is not spreading to the College of Veterinary Medicine.

Ontario, Canada -- Study will use video recordings and clinic staff surveys to test hand-washing compliance.

Madison, Wis. -- The University of Wisconsin-Madison is the recipient of a 5-year, $9.5 million grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation that will finance studies to identify virus mutations that may serve as early warnings or pandemic influenza viruses.

Madison, Wis. -- Dr. Michael Lairmore of The Ohio State University has been named the new president of the American College of Veterinary Pathologists.

Washington -- That National Center for Research Resources (NCRR) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) recently awarded $117 million in grants to several veterinary programs for biomedical research.

Madison, Wis. -- The Wisconsin Veterinary Medical Association is taking a stand against a proposed state law that would allow the sale of raw, unpasteurized milk.

Miami Gardens, Fla. -- Officials at a Churchill Downs race trick have lifted an EHV-1 quarantine on 60 horses.

Caring for young can trigger development of new neurons.

FDA announces voluntary recall of Teva's Ketamine Hydrochloride Injection.

Schaumburg, Ill. -- Just three months after voting to slash funding for the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) Veterinary Leadership Experience (VLE), AVMA board members decided to reinstate it for the next two years.

State Rep. Phil Richardson openly criticizes Oklahoma State's recent cancellation of an anthrax study.

Washington -- The Food and Drug Administration and the United States Department of Agriculture collaborated on new set of tools designed to help food-animal producers mitigate risk of bioterrorism on their food production process.

A 13-year-old mixed-breed dog was confirmed last week with H1N1 influenza -- the first documented case in the United States.

Davis, Calif. -- The University of California's veterinary dean Bennie I. Osburn, DVM, was recently honored by the California Cattlemen's Association.

Athens, Ga. -- Through whole-genome sequencing, researchers at the University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine have uncovered new information about treating "Ich," a single-celled protozoan parasite that attacks freshwater fish.

Raleigh, N.C. -- Morris Animal Foundation again is working to further veterinary research, this time by donating more than $1.2 million to North Carolina State University College of Veterinary Medicine for a variety of studies.

Davis, Calif. -- Educational institutions in California have been hit hard by the recession, but University of California-Davis (UC-Davis) Chancellor Linda Katehi reports that the university took in a record $622 million in research funds for the fiscal year that ended June 30, 2009.

Washington, D.C. -- The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee approved a bill Dec. 10 that would ban the shipping and importing of all varieties of python into the United States.