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Dundas, Ontario -- The World Small Animal Veterinary Association (WSAVA) has crafted a set of global nutrition guidelines consistent with those released last year by the American Animal Hospital Association (AAHA).

Thibodaux, La. -- The untimely death of a young veterinarian has inspired others to create a scholarship in his name at his alma mater, the Louisiana State University School of Veterinary Medicine.

Whitehouse Station, N.J. -- A merger announced last spring by Merial and Intervet/Schering-Plough Animal Health has been scrapped, according to a March 22 statement from both companies.

A new bill in Texas could bring to an end to the debate over equine dentistry.

Langhorne, Pa. -- A new online resource, written entirely by board-certified veterinary oncologists, now is available to pet owners.

Cornell ranks at the top in the newest ranking of veterinary colleges.

Las Vegas -- The Western Veterinary Conference (WVC) broke attendance records this year.

The AVMA Council on Education accredits two new foreign veterinary colleges.

Relief groups to deploy veterinarians, technicians to Japan in wake of catastrophic earthquake and tsunami.

Albany, N.Y. -- The New York Assembly is considering a new bill that would require all dogs to be microchipped and tracked in a state database.

Mislabeled Phenobarbital has adversely affected some dogs, FDA says.

Rockford, Ill. -- Jones Natural Chews Co. is recalling 2,705 boxes of pig ears that may be contaminated with Salmonella.

Erlanger, Ky -- Within days of the euthanization of a ferret at a Kentucky ferret shelter, 16 more fell sick from H1N1.

Davis, Calif. -- A new international tool has been unleashed to help track emerging zoonotic diseases.

Melville, N.Y. -- Butler Schein Animal Health announced Feb. 18 that it has acquired majority ownership in McAllister Software Systems and ImproMed.

Ames, Iowa -- The One Health Commission, formed in 2009 to establish a collaboration between human and animal health professionals, has chosen the Iowa State University Research Park as its new headquarters.

AVMA Group Health and Life Insurance Trust has dropped Aetna Signature Administrators as its PPO.

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Certain lots of WellPet's Wellness canned cat food have voluntarily been recalled.

Veterinarian Mike Paul has resigned as executive director of the Companion Animal Parasite Council (CAPC).

At WVC in Las Vegas, dvm360 Content Director Marnette Falley talked with Dr. Michael Chaddock, AAVMC deputy director, about the core competencies the NAVMEC report highlights for graduating veterinarians and about how they could play out across veterinary school admissions and curricula.

FDA recently issued a consumer alert about the risks associated with xylitol ingestion by dogs and ferrets.

Washington -- Patricia Olson, DVM, PhD, has been named chief veterinary advisor the American Humane Association, just three months after she left her position as chief executive officer of Morris Animal Foundation (MAF).

Dr. Robert Riggles, a retired DVM who sometimes worked as a relief veterinarian, is one of four Americans killed by pirates off the coast of Somalia.

Conflict happens, says marketing expert Karyn Gavzer to a packed room of veterinarians at the Western Veterinary Conference.

Are you living your passion? It's a question that motivational speaker Gary Zelesky asked more than 350 veterinarians and team members today.

Oklahoma City, Okla. -- Membership on the State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners may soon be decided by other veterinarians rather than the governor, according to a new bill introduced in the Oklahoma House of Representatives.

Indiana legislators want all healthcare professionals to undergo background checks prior to licensure.

Denver -- A new organization is offering veterinarians a chance to become certified to contribute information about the profession and animal health to the mainstream media.