Education

In this issue: Learn to perform skin scraping and surface cytology; investigate animal hoarding crime scenes; give clients what they want; train your team for healthy pets; plus view videos, photos, and more.

Increasing global need for protein sources discussed at conference, along with how educational specialization could better serve future rural veterinarians.

Nonveterians with a master's degree in animal science may now perform bovine embryo transplantation.

The Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine at Virginia Tech has a new professor of large-animal surgery, Earl Gaughn, DVM.

The University of California's Joseph Gaydos, VMD, PhD will chair a science panel created to restore Puget Sound, the largest inland sea in the United States.

Group will examine impact of foreign school accreditation on U.S. veterinary profession.

The Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University has earned full reaccreditation from the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) Council on Education (COE).

Council for Higher Education Accreditation finds COE to be in full compliance.

The Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges (AAVMC) has named Dr. Lonnie King, dean of The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine, as the 2012 AAVMC Senator John Melcher, DVM, Leadership in Public Policy Award.

The Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine at Virginia Tech has welcomed home Katie Boes, DVM, of Laurel, Md., who returned to the college to teach this fall.

Someday I might want to own a home, buy a veterinary practice or drive a car that tracks in a straight line. These simply won't be possible with the immense burden I'm facing.

West Lafayette, Ind. -- The Purdue University School of Veterinary Medicine is moving forward with plans to build a new, $2.7 million regional equine diagnostic and surgical center near the Indiana Downs racetrack.

One in five female veterinary students have heard faculty members use sexist language, according to a new report from the Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges (AAVMC).

Veterinary receptionists: You only have a few minutes to win over phone shoppers. Learn how to stand out from the crowd.

Projects selected include research in cats with cardiovascular disease, FIP, chronic pain, and more.

Learn about three fires that devastated veterinary practices; help clients comply with four important recommendations; diagnose Misou the cat in an interactive case study; stay healthy and fit to practice; plus view quizzes, videos, photos, and more.

Ithaca, N.Y. - Cornell University will begin a new $22 million renovation project this spring.

Ithaca, N.Y. - Cornell's plans for partner with City University of Hong Kong on the first veterinary medicine program in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) will not move forward this year, as previously announced.

Davis, Calif. - An international research team led by Stephen McSorley, an immunologist and associate professor in the University of California-Davis (UC-Davis) Center for Comparative Medicine and the School of Veterinary Medicine, identified a set of antigens that could provide a foundation for developing a potective Salmonella vaccine.

College Station, Texas - The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents will spend $120 million to expand its small-animal hospital and construct a new building to house classrooms and a teaching laboratory.

Philadelphia - In an era of budget cuts, Pennsylvania state regulators held proposed state funding for the University of Pennsylvania's School of Veterinary Medicine at last year's level.

North Grafton, Mass. - Tufts' Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine plans to open a low-cost primary care clinic for under-served pets around Worcester.

The Final Bill

North Grafton, Mass. -- Tufts? Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine plans to open a low-cost primary care clinic for under-served pets around Worcester.

In this issue: Learn about using social media for practice; discover why H5N1 researchers postponed publication; attract cat clients; speak so clients and co-workers hear you; plus view videos, photos, quizzes, and more.

Glendale, Ariz. -- Midwestern University, with locations in Arizona and Indiana, is moving forward with plans to construct Arizona's first veterinary school.

National Report - More than half of the deans at the nation's 28 veterinary colleges say cuts to state funding have negatively affected their ability to maintain academic programs and course offerings, according to new survey data collected by the Association of American Veterinary Colleges (AAVMC).