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Only 15 percent of pet owners are cutting back on care due to the slumped economy.

Overland Park, Kan. -- A new medication containing the drug trilostane, which can help treat Cushing's syndrome in dogs, has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

A new poll shows that two-thirds of dog and cat owners believe they understand their pets.

Los Angeles -- All veterinarians have had a patient who is less than thrilled to see them.

A panel of experts discuss pet owner expectations and the effect of the current economy on practice.

St. Simons Island, Ga. -- The Simmons Education Fund has that it increase the prize amounts it awards to veterinary students through its Business Aptitude Award Program to $100,000.

Madison, Wis. -- The University of Wisconsin-Madison's School of Veterinary Medicine is starting a new campaign to bring former students back to campus - for research.

Davis, Calif. -- The University of California, Davis (UC Davis) School of Veterinary Medicine will be a part of a new School of Global Health at University of California, San Francisco, thanks to a $4 million grant from the Bill and Melina Gates Foundation.

Many state veterinary boards are facing tough fights against lay people who are performing such procedures as dentistry and acupuncture.

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Corvallis, Ore. -- The Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory at Oregon State University received a full five-year accreditation from the American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians based on a three-day site visit last August.

Philadelphia -- The University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine and the Aresty Institute of Executive Education at the Wharton School of Business are teaming up to offer what is being called the Executive Veterinary Leadership Program.

Edgar the cat bounced back immediately from the surgery, which involved reattaching skin that was hanging loose.

Schaumberg, Ill. -- The American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) is using a U.S. Department of Agriculture report released this week to reiterate its call for more food-animal veterinarians.

Perry, Iowa -- The American Association of Swine Veterinarians Foundation (AASVF) is accepting applications for the Hogg Scholarship through Feb. 2, 2009.

What can be done about the growing problem of unwanted and abandoned horses in America?

Hong Kong's government is considering changing the vaccine it uses to protect poultry against avian flu after 60 chickens were found dead at one of the city's largest poultry farms, forcing the slaughter of 60,000 birds on that farm and 30,000 more within a two-mile radius.

Yes, say California-Davis researchers, stating that abandoned pools are behind an increase in disease.

Researchers in Maryland may have identified a key to a universal flu vaccine.

San Diego -- Attendance at the 54th annual convention of the American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP) appears to be falling short of last year's record turnout but is still relatively on par with previous years, based on a preliminary count Dec. 8.

Fort Collins, Colo. -- Colorado State University is working to make a difference a world away, by organizing a donation of tetanus vaccines for about 5,000 working horses and donkeys in Ethiopia.

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A discussion on the role of veterinary organizations.

Davis, Calif. -- The economic crisis is far-reaching, that we already know. But a team of researchers at the University of California, Davis (UC Davis) School of Veterinary Medicine has identified another effect of a bad economy and dismal housing market - a higher rate of West Nile cases.

California -- The California Veterinary Medical Association (CVMA) is encouraging veterinarians in the state to advise clients of changes to the state's home-generated sharps waste law.

College Station, Texas -- If confirmed next month, Dr. Eleanor M. Green will be the next dean at Texas A&M's veterinary college.

The Department of Homeland Security selected Manhattan, Kan., as the new site for research previously conducted at Plum Island, N.Y.

Manhattan, Kan. -- There soon will be online help for veterinarians with camelid questions, thanks to a $20,000 gift to Kansas State University's College of Veterinary Medicine from the Mid-America Alpaca Foundation.

Ithaca, N.Y. -- Researchers at Cornell University's College of Veterinary Medicine have developed a vaccine against Johne's disease, a contagious, chronic and often fatal infection.