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This photo gallery chronicles the struggle of a DVM and office manager with bartonellosis.

Bartonella species, their animal hosts, and potential vectors are being identified at a snowballing rate. Learn the risk this poses to you and your patients.

Fort Collins, Colo. -- Colorado State University?s Animal Cancer Center has created a new chair in comparative oncology, thanks to a $3 million gift from the Shipley Foundation.

Lack of efficacy to heartworm preventives remain geographically limited.

Davis, Calif. -- A 'radically different' veterinary school curriculum will be put into play starting with the class of 2015 at the University of California, Davis (UC-Davis) says Associate Dean of Academic Programs Jan Ilkiw.

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Ithaca, N.Y. -- A new tool is available to help veterinary students better train for critical care situations. Much like Rescue Annie is used to teach life-saving techniques in human-medicine, Dr. Dan Fletcher at Cornell University Hospital for Animals has developed Rescue Fido and Fluffy.

Sixty-two rural veterinarians are getting cash to repay their student loans from USDA.

Switzerland -- A new list of equine prohibited substances was approved by the Fédération Equestre Internationale (FEI) and prohibits the use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) in competition.

Washington -- A plan to develop a sustainable, economically viable model for veterinary education is the key element in a report recently issued by the North American Veterinary Medical Education Consortium (NAVMEC) after more than a year of national meetings with key stakeholders from throughout the profession.

Ruled the racetrack DVM's workplace, vehicles are now open for inspection in Kentucky.

The American Society of Business Publication Editors honored dvm360 with five web awards of excellence.

Calls to repeal the bill came just days after the ballot issue.

Consumer demand for purebred and cross-bred puppies coupled with strict new domestic breeding laws is believed to be driving importation numbers higher and higher.

New clinical guidelines have been developed for the care of racehorses by the AAEP.

Schaumburg, Ill. -- The American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) Council on Education (COE) has proposed and is now seeking comments on possible changes to the Standards of Accreditation.

Dr. Lisa Nolan will become the new dean of Iowa State University's (ISU) College of Veterinary Medicine in January.

Denver -- Veterinarian Patricia Olson, chief executive officer of the Morris Animal Foundation, will be leaving the organization.

Pending retirement recalls Iowa State dean's impact on veterinary students.

"We have a new mountain to climb," says Dr. Marty Becker, who headlined an evening session at CVC San Diego yesterday.

Researcher says men may take "preemptive flight" when they see mostly women in veterinary college classrooms.

Grant of $500,000 will fund test of a national food-animal veterinary institute

San Diego -- Dr. Marty Becker takes the stage tomorrow to deliver a keynote address for CVC San Diego.

Ron Mark Estes will be the Fred C. Davison Distinguished University Chair in Veterinary Medicine

Multiple veterinarians ran for Congress and state legislatures in this election. Here's a look at the candidates, results and issues.

Former veterinary college dean Warwick Arden is now serving as interim provost

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Both associations argue that better enforcement is the answer.

A variety of parasites affect the gastrointestinal tract of New World camelids. Some of these are unique to camelids, but many also infest or infect ruminants, other domestic animals, cervids, or other wildlife as well. As a rule, parasitic infections are more associated with ill thrift than more specific and overt signs of GI disease, such as diarrhea or colic, but as such, they are among the most common causes of poor-doing in domestic camelids.