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Jefferson City, Mo. - If a proposed state law passes, anyone employed by an animal agricultural operation who records suspected animal abuse could be obligated to turn over the unedited recording to law enforcement within 24 hours.

Montpelier, Vt. - Vermont is the latest state to consider new rules for the confinement of sows.

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Boston - Veterinarians might be excluded from compliance with the Massachusetts Prescription Monitoring Program is a proposed bill passes.

Boston - Random inspections by the Massachusetts state board resulted in fines for 20 veterinary hospitals for having expired medications

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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.

Rockville, Md. - FDA has issued a statement clarifying that dry dairy cows should not be included in the definition of non-lactating dairy cattle.

Athens, Ga. - A researcher in the University of Georgia's Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases says he is closing in on a vaccine for pets that could slow the spread of Chagas disease in people and animals.

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.

Schaumburg, Ill. - The New Jersey Veterinary Medical Association made a quiet statement at the last AVMA House of Delegates meeting.

Olympia, Wash. - A new bill in Washington state seeks to assemble a livestock care board to create and oversee minimum care standards for livestock and poultry.

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Manhattan, Kan. - Although President Barack Obama's 2013 budget proposal doesn't include an anticipated $50 million for the construction of the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility (NBAF) in Kansas, plans to build the facility are by no means derailed, say those close to the project.

Two New Jersey practitioners earn 2011 Good Works for Horses Award.

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

Montgomery, Ala. - New Alabama legislation aims at changing practice ownership rules for tax-exempt practices.

Schaumburg, Ill. - The American Veterinary Medical Association Executive Board revised its policy on extra-label drug use in January, and the association says it will use the new policy to comment on additional restrictions placed on the use of cephalosporin-class antimicrobials in most food animals by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

Schaumburg, Ill. - The American Veterinary Medical Association Group Health and Life Insurance Trust is worried about its fate as the January 2014 effective date for President Barack Obama's Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act approaches.

Schaumburg, Ill. - The American Veterinary Medical Association is rebutting claims made by multiple media outlets that an increase in distemper cases at shelters are due to new virus strains.

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