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Banfield Summit explores economic recovery; challenges remain, economist predicts.

Ames, Iowa -- Several employees with USDA laboratories in Ames, Iowa, were sanctioned for alleged improper conduct by using their credentials to purchase medications for human use for the benefit of other employees.

More and more dogs are being rescued from bad conditions because of a recent law in Pennsylvania that requires adequate housing and care for dogs kept in kennels for breeding.

Calgary, Alberta -- Fleas are as susceptible now to the insecticide imidacloprid as they were in 2001, according to data presented last week at an international veterinary parasitology conference in Canada.

Elmont, N.Y. -- Mine That Bird, the 3-year-old gelding that won this year's Kentucky Derby, will undergo minor surgery Tuesday morning for an entrapped epiglottis.

Washington -- AVMA is questioning the scientific validity of the Pew Commission on Industrial Farm Animal Production report released last year, urging Congress not to consider it when voting on the Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act (PAMTA).

China has implemented a one-dog-per-household policy, ostensively to reduce the number of unregistered dogs.

Irvine, Calif. -- The Association for Women Veterinarians Foundation (AWVF) is sponsoring a one-time essay contest for U.S. veterinary students, offering a $500 cash prize and an additional $1,000 in travel funds for the winner to attend the 2010 AVMA convention in Atlanta.

British Columbia -- Dogs' mental abilities are equivalent to a 2- or 2.5-year-old child, according to psychologist and canine researcher Stanley Coren, PhD, of the University of British Columbia.

Looking for adventure? The government is hiring veterinarians, technicians, and college students for paid part-time positions in disaster veterinary corps.

Denver -- After 23 years as leader of AAHA, Dr. John Albers announced today that he will resign his position as executive director effective Dec. 31.

Snakes that squeeze and venomous reptiles must now be kept under lock and key in North Carolina.

A dog's vocabulary and counting ability are about the same as those of 2-year-old children, according to new research.

Washington -- The government is hiring veterinarians, veterinary technicians and college students for paid part-time positions in the country?s disaster veterinary corps, said Agricultural Secretary Tom Vilsack.

Read a Q&A about canine influenza with Dr. Cynda Crawford.

Phoenix -- The attorney for at least six pet owners who filed a class-action suit against Ohio-based Petland Inc. and the Hunte Corp., accusing them of selling unhealthy puppies from puppy mills to unsuspecting consumers, says he will amend and re-file the suit after the original was dismissed by a federal judge in Phoenix.

The Department of Homeland Security is having to defend the proposed new site for a bio-defense research laboratory at Kansas State University in light of a Government Accountability Office report.

Schaumburg, Ill. -- Dr. Larry Corry, AVMA president, skewered Smart Money magazine in a letter to the editor for an article titled "10 Things Veterinarians Won't Tell You." (Aug. 7, 2009).

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A Washington Post journalist gets a different perspective on the Pakistani city when searching for her adopted dog, Ahu.

Schaumburg, Ill. -- Dr. H. Theodore Trimmer, of Las Vegas, is the newest member of the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) Executive Board.

Dog visits to the veterinarian increased about 8 percent last year to an average of 2.8 annual visits, while cat visits remained unchanged at an average of 2.1 annually, according to a national survey.

Davis, Calif. -- The coroner's office put to rest the suspicion that a University of California-Davis veterinary hospital worker died of the H1N1 influenza virus last week.

Five experts weigh in on whether there is an increasing tick problem in the United States, whether more people are becoming infected with Lyme disease as a result, and what we can do about it.

Gainesville, Fla. -- The University of Florida's Dr. Collin Burrows was named an honorary fellow of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons in the United Kingdom.

Small animal practices have another strong month. Meanwhile, specialty practices continue to struggle.

Research into foot-and-mouth disease can be conducted safely in Manhattan, Kan.

Ames, Iowa -- Researchers at the Iowa State University College of Veterinary Medicine working on developing flu vaccines for swine landed a state grant for nearly $150,000, and other Iowa State veterinary researchers will receive nearly $70,000.

Baton Rouge, La. -- The Louisiana State University School of Veterinary Medicine was granted $11.1 million from the National Center for Research Resources to continue its infectious-disease research.

Geneva -- Vaccines to combat the H1N1 virus could be available as early as September in some countries, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).