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MRSP: Assessing the threats to patients and practices
When it comes to MRSP, resistance is increasing and it could signal new challenges for veterinarians.
Surgery STAT: Micro total hip replacement for cats and small dogs
The goal of total hip replacement is a pain-free joint that mimics normal biomechanics with excellent long-term function.
UGA nails $7.7 million for vet college expansion
Athens, Ga. - A $7.7 million infusion of funding is helping the University of Georgia (UGA) inch forward with an expansion plan for its veterinary college.
The new meaning of healthcare reform
National Report - While sweeping healthcare reform legislation passed Congress, it will take until 2014 to create the infrastructure needed to support small business, experts say.
Inverted reality
I scheduled an appointment for 11:20 a.m. to see my primary0care physician, Dr. U.R. Knotavet, to update my tetanus booster and to ask a few questions.
Florida DVM assaulted by distraught pet owner
Palm Bay, Fla.- A pet owners whose dog died after a routine surgery allegedly attacked his veterinarian and threatened the hospital staff with a knife.
The price of pain
Will the economy will force more clinics into reporting more injuries?
Study looks at factors in high veterinary suicide rate in U.K.
Southampton, U.K. - Euthanasia and attitudes about humanity and ending life may be a factor in high suicide rates for veterinarians in the United Kingdom, a study suggests.
How to handle common foaling complications and injuries
Foaling, like human delivery, should be uneventful. But the process can be fast and violent, and it can present serious health problems to the mare and foal.
What's new in heartworm disease?
The American Heartworm Society's symposium addresses newest threats.
Elusive patient history more like a suspense thriller
For those who don't believe, no explanation is possible.
Association soup
National Report - Dr. John Parker has never thrown a haggis, but that didn't stop him from forming the Haggis-Throwing Veterinary Medical Association.
UC ordered to cough up $1.9 million to former vet students, court says
Veterinarians enrolled in UC-Davis' veterinary medicine program in 2003 may be up for a payout.
WSU considers merger to boost grant funding
Pullman, Wash. - In an effort to boost its position among the nation's veterinary schools, the College of Veterinary Medicine at Washington State University is looking to absorb the School of Molecular Biosciences into its program.
Idea Exchange: E-collars work on limbs, too
To prevent medium to large dogs with cephalic IV catheters from chewing or licking the catheter or T piece, we place a small Elizabethan collar on the dog's forelimb.
AVMF seeks student scholarship applicants
National Report -- The American Veterinary Medical Foundation (AVMF) is seeking students to apply for its annual veterinary student scholarship program.
Proposed bill would increase state board's power
Honolulu -- Hawaiian lawmakers are working toward giving the state Board of Veterinary Medicine more power.
Penn veterinarians fix inherited day blindness in dogs
Philadelphia -- Veterinary researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have used genes to heal an inherited form of retinal damage in dogs that may have applications in humans.
AVMA creates online externship locator for veterinary students
Schaumburg, Ill. -- The American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) has created the nation's first centralized veterinary externship locator to help veterinary students find externship opportunities.
Legislation aims to restore chief veterinary officer position at Homeland Security
Washington, D.C. -- Federal legislators introduced a bill that would formally establish a chief veterinary officer position at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
H1N1: One year later
Washington D.C. -- One year ago today, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared that the outbreak of a new virus, H1N1, had reached pandemic status. Where do we stand now?
Koret Foundation donates $400,000 to UC-Davis program
Davis, Calif. -- The University of California-Davis (UC-Davis) recently receive $400,000 for the Koret Shelter Medicine Program at its veterinary college thanks to a donation from the Koret Foundation.
Supreme Court strikes down ban on animal cruelty video sales
Washington -- The sale of videos depicting animal cruelty and torture for entertainment purposes no longer is illegal, according to a ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court.
University of Minnesota receives $3 million gift for orthopedic, foreign exchange programs
Minneapolis, Minn. -- The University of Minnesota has been awarded a $3 million gift by the Tata Group to expand orthopedic surgery research and teaching at the school.
Veterinary student debt-relief program officially underway
Washington -- The final rule for a veterinary student loan repayment program, first approved in 2003, has been published, and the first awards under the new program may not be far off.
Intervet/Schering-Plough opens new vaccine manufacturing facility
Boxmeer, Netherlands -- Intervet/Schering-Plough Animal Health opened its new $22 million vaccine production facility today in Boxmeer, Netherlands.
Driver who struck and killed veterinarian arrested
Knoxville, Tenn. -- A man who last week struck and killed a veterinarian while she tried to save a dog hit by a car has been arrested.
Mexican veterinary college appeals 'adverse' COE decision
UNAM appeals an "adverse" accreditation decision from the COE.
Metal fragments in horse, poultry feed leads to recall
St. Louis, Mo. -- The Food and Drug Administration is reporting that Purina Mills has recalled specific lots of horse and poultry feed.
FDA tries to bar pharmacy from compounding
A compounding lab whose was involved in the deaths of 21 polo horses last April is being targeted by the FDA.
