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The UF College of Veterinary Medicine Veterinary Education and Clinical Research Center will include a new small-animal hospital.

Springfield, Ill. - Veterinary technicians can become members of the Illinois State Veterinary Medical Association, based on an amendment to the ISVMA constitution.

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Blacksburg, Va. - Virginia Tech's veterinary college recently appointed Drs. Kent Scarratt and Jacqueline Pelzer to fill positions within the school.

National Report - California legislators may decide by mid-January the fate of a proposed 10 percent veterinary service tax that has outraged veterinarians and pet owners.

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Manhattan, Kan. - The $563 million National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility is moving to Kansas, and it could pump some $3.5 billion into the state.

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Manhattan, Kan. -- The one health initiative has a new champion as retired Brig. Gen. Michael B. Cates prepares to join Kansas State University as the director of its master of public health program.

Rockville, Md. -- The Federal Drug Administration (FDA) is accepting comments through Jan. 26 on a planned regulation that would ban use of cattle tissues in animal feeds.

The American College of Veterinary Surgeons looks to add sugery subspecialties--including neurosurgery and oncological surgery--starting in 2010.

Sicklerville, N.J. -- Construction was to start in December on a new $3.5 million, 10,500-square-foot animal hospital expected to be the largest non-specialty hospital in a four-county area of south-central New Jersey.

Washington -- Timothy K. Adams, chief of the Army Veterinary Corps, is now a brigadier general.

Nashville, Tenn. -- The deadline to apply for the newest American Board of Veterinary Practitioners (ABVP) certification, exotic companion mammal practice, is quickly approaching.

College Park, Md. -- A team of researchers specializing in the study of the Avian Influenza virus, H9N2, at the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine say they have developed a universal vaccine for animals that may also help prevent or delay the spread of the virus to humans.

Iraq -- American soldiers are working with the Iraqi Department of Veterinary Medicine to help veterinarians diagnose and treat livestock in the southwestern provinces.

Lexington, Ky. -- State officials are asking the U.S. Department of Agriculture to declare a state of emergency in Kentucky following the discovery of three cases of contagious equine metritis (CEM), a venereal disease that causes infertility in mares.

Although a contaminant hasn't been found, many dogs continue to become sick from chicken treats imported from China.

Sacramento, Calif. -- Little headway has been made over the past weeks to ease deficit concerns in California, and a 10 percent veterinary service tax remains an option for legislators to close a multi-billion budget gap.

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Rockville, Md. -- The FDA released another cautionary statement about possible illness risks associated with consumption of chicken jerky products by dogs.

A lucky Border collie survived a harrowing night in the cold.

Fort Collins, Colo. -- CSU, NeoTrex and the Veterinary Diagnostic Institute (VDxI) inked a deal to develop a new diagnostic test to detect canine hemangiosarcoma.

Alameda, Calif. -- Purdue University's School of Veterinary Medicine will follow in the footsteps of Cornell by launching a new shelter medicine program with a grant from the nonprofit Maddie's Fund.