Regulatory

Las Vegas - Texas A&M's College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM) and Center for Executive Leadership in Veterinary Medicine seek a $1-million grant to fund educational outreach to middle school students in rural areas.

The vast majority of veterinarians are basically saying that they are safe.

Indianapolis ? The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) recently approved Dow AgroSciences' technology to generate vaccines from plants, marking the first such regulatory sanction in the world.

Washington - 02/09/06 - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) plans to hold the 2006 Science Forum April 18-20 at the Washington Convention Center in Washington.

WASHINGTON - 02/08/06 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will allow the three U.S. horse slaughter facilities to pay for its own inspections, negating a congressional edict that nixed federal funding for inspectors on the department's appropriations bill last year.

Washington — Federal regulatory agents, at presstime, announced plans to network the national animal identification system (NAIS), linking private and state-operated animal tracking databases.

Fort Collins, Colo. — A United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) study reveals antimicrobials have been used more often to treat respiratory disease and mastitis than for all other diseases common among dairy operations.

LOS ANGELES - 12/01/05 - Los Angeles Superior Court Judge James Bascue declared yesterday a West Hollywood declaw ban to be unlawful, invalid and unenforceable.

Washington — Lester M. Crawford, DVM, PhD, resigned as commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Crawford was considered the highest ranking veterinarian serving in public office. Andrew von Eschenbach, director of the National Cancer Institute, was named FDA interim director.

WASHINGTON - 10/13/2005 - The Bush administration proposed eliminating all cow brains and spinal cords from animal feeds in an effort to further reduce risks for cases of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in the United States.

Washington - 10/7/2005 - The first drug under the Minor Use and Minor Species Animal Health Act (MUMS) was recently approved by the Food and Drug Administration.

Columbus, Ohio — He spent his children's college fund on legal fees to ensure Ohio veterinarians are aware of medical licensing board inspections. His $100,000 victory came when the Ohio Supreme Court found that all inspections require a five-day written notice, even those related to investigations.

Washington — The "Puppy Protection Act" has a new life and new form as the Pet Animal Welfare Statute (PAWS), which would require high-volume breeders to be policed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).

WASHINGTON - 9/24/2005 - Lester M. Crawford, DVM, PhD, resigned as commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration. He was considered the highest ranking veterinarian serving in public office.

WASHINGTON - 9/05/05 - The United States Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA-APHIS) wants veterinarians, technicians, students and assistants to aid Hurricane Katrina recovery efforts, the American Veterinary Medical Association reports.

ROCKVILLE, MD. - 7/27/2005 - The U.S. Senate confirmed Dr. Lester M. Crawford to the post of commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Crawford is the first veterinarian to serve FDA in this capacity.

Millsboro, Del. — Intervet introduces Continuum DAP, the first and only canine vaccine approved by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) for a three-year duration of immunity against distemper, adeno virus and parvovirus.

ST. PAUL, MINN. - 6/13/05 - Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns says he is pleased with the firewalls the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has put in place to protect the U.S. beef supply from potential disease.

Washington — About 4,000 equine owners can expect a visit from enumerators with the United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Agriculture Statistics Service next month. They are on a mission to gauge on-farm infection control strategies.

Millsboro, Del. — Intervet introduces Continuum DAP, the first and only canine vaccine approved by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) for a three-year duration-of-immunity against distemper, adeno virus and parvovirus.

ST. JOSEPH, MO. — Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica Inc. received Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for the use of Metacam? (meloxicam) injection in felines.

ST. JOSEPH, MO. — Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc. announces it has received Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for the use of Metacam (meloxicam) injection in felines.

As safety concerns regarding use of blockbuster human painkillers reignited in late 2004, so too did reform rhetoric surrounding approval and post-approval monitoring of drugs.

GREENFIELD, IND.—Elanco introduces Rumensin, (monensin sodium), the only U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved feed ingredient for use in lactating and dry cows that increases milk-production efficiency.

WASHINGTON—As Mike Johanns prepares for Senate confirmation hearings following his Dec. 2 nomination as agriculture secretary, news about the two-term Nebraska governor's lifelong ties to animal agriculture emerges.

Elanco introduces Rumensin, (monensin sodium) the only U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved feed ingredient for use in lactating and dry cows that increases milk-production efficiency.

Davis, Calif.-On Oct. 18, the Court of Appeal of the State of California, Third Appellate District, dismissed Dr. Carol Mandell's accusations of gender discrimination and national origin discrimination, but it said there is sufficient evidence to pursue an age discrimination case.

WASHINGTON- As the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) works to curb antimicrobial resistance in humans by limiting antibiotics for food-producing animals, a new drug designed to fight bovine and swine respiratory disease appears to have gained a preliminary green light.

MANHATTAN, KAN.-An $805,000 federal grant is fueling research to develop a national animal identification system.

Washington-As the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) works to rewrite guidelines for compounding pharmacies, two lawsuits have emerged accusing the government agency of overstepping its regulatory bounds and unfairly targeting the industry.