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A veterinary researcher and a biologist believe they've found a more effective method of collecting snake venom and also may have shed some new light on evolution.

A Kansas State University professor provides guidelines for getting pets in shape.

Fort Collins, Colo. -- The new Diagnostic Medicine Center at Colorado State University is now operational, enabling the university to help monitor the health of animals and wildlife in the state and research new approaches to disease intervention and prevention.

St. Louis, Mo. -- Purina Horse Feed has donated $10,000 to help repair hurricane damage to a horse research center at Southern Illinois University -- Carbondale (SIUC).

Owners exercising with their pets not only improves the health of both but can strengthen the human-animal bond.

Oklahoma City, Okla. -- New veterinarians who devote 30 percent of their practice to large animals now will be eligible for the Oklahoma Agricultural Linked Deposit Program.

Roseland, N.J. -- Veterinarians can help fight rabies in Africa between now and the end of the year through a special program backed by Intervet/Schering-Plough Animal Health.

Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) cases during the first eight months of 2009 already have surpassed last year's total in the United States.

In memory of her husband who was killed in the World Trade Center tragedy, Cathy Carilli founded The Tower of Hope, which provides animal companions to soldiers injured in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Assuming H1N1 will be found in swine herds by fall, USDA is working to speed production of a vaccine for pigs.

Washington -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration opened the new Reportable Food Registry (RFR), an electronic portal that food-industry officials are now required to use to alert the FDA when they have reason to believe their products might sicken or kill humans or animals.

North Grafton, Mass. -- A new six-stall equine isolation ward at the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University triples the capacity for patients at the infectious-disease unit.

A recent study examining the domestication of dogs hypothesizes that they may have been welcomed into the family for a different reason than you might think.

Sacramento, Calif. -- A California bill requiring all dogs and cats to be spayed or neutered by 6 months of age has failed -- again.

Manhattan, Kan. -- This year's World Rabies Day National Symposium, set for Sept. 19 at Kansas State University's Alumni Center, will feature a discussion of the One Health Initiative in addition to presentations on rabies prevention and control.

Stay tuned for a campaign blitz promoting the adoption of shelter animals starting Sept. 21.

A massive public-service advertising campaign will be unleashed Sept. 21 to spur pet adoptions.

New York -- The nation's 2010 Thoroughbred foal crop is expected to be the smallest in more than 30 years, according to the Jockey Club's annual projection.

A dog owner in Wisconsin believes--and demonstrates for a reporter--that her 2-year-old German shepherd can read.

Horse deaths at racetracks declined only slightly in 2008, despite efforts to raise standards.

In this slide show, creative dog groomers show off their skills with eye-deceiving styling.

Seattle -- The Student American Veterinary Medication Association (SAVMA) ponied up $25,000 from its reserves to help fund the 2010 Veterinary Leadership Experience (VLE). The next day, the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) cut $300,000 in VLE funding for the next four years.

According to veterinary accountant Fritz Wood, eighty percent of small-animal veterinary practices are continuing to grow, despite the current economic climate.

Schaumburg, Ill. --Dr. Roger Mahr, former American Veterinary Medical Association (AMVA) president, has been named chief executive officer of the One Health Commission.

After receiving numerous complaints about dogs in grocery stores, Oregon officials have launched a campaign to keep non-service animals out of these stores.

Bethesda, Md. -- Scientists at the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of the National Institutes of Health, say they have unlocked the key to the differences in dogs? coats.

National Report -- The U.S. Drug Enforcement Admininstration (DEA) reports the veterinary dewormer levamisole is showing up in seized street cocaine.

Student debt and starting salaries are up, but new DVMs are still opting to stay in the classroom longer.

Vote for your favorite pet-related mishap in Veterinary Pet Insurance's Hambone Award contest. (Don't worry, all the pets are fine now.)

An equine practitioner from Queensland, Australia, has died after contracting the Hendra virus from a horse.