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KSU's biocontainment training facility a first
July 1st 2008Manhattan, Kan.- Kansas State University's Biosecurity Research Institute is the nation's first designated biosafety level-3 biocontainment research and training facility that can accommodate high-consequence pathogen research on food animals and crops.
FDA eyes 2009 for pet-food registry
July 1st 2008Washington - The Reportable Food Registry, which the federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) was to implement by Sept. 27 as a means of providing earlier warning of possibly tainted human or animal food products, will be delayed under the agency's discretionary power until the spring of 2009, the FDA announced.
AVMA delegates to mull 15 resolutions from salaries to drugs
July 1st 2008New Orleans - The American Veterinary Medical Association's House of Delegates will consider 15 resolutions - the most in recent memory - at the AVMA convention July 18-19. Wide-ranging topics include equal pay for veterinarians and the confinement of calves raised for veal. One proposal on amending policy on antimicrobials in livestock feeds arrived after the 60-day prior notice provision, and will be discussed only if that provision is waived by a two-thirds vote of the House.
Calif. bill to OK slaughterhouse surveillance fails
July 1st 2008Sacramento, Calif. - The same day a new tape was released by the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) showing alleged new abuse of cattle at a New Mexico livestock auction, a state Assembly panel rejected legislation that would have required slaughterhouses to install surveillance cameras.
Clarification: Idea Exchange: Sometimes you can judge a bottle by its wrapping
July 1st 2008The idea "Sometimes you can judge a bottle by its wrapping" (April 2008) described using colored Vetwrap (3M) to identify plastic bottles in the lab and exam rooms instead of using ink since ink smears when it gets wet.
Colorado State graduates largest DVM class of 2008
June 30th 2008National Report -- Nearly 2,500 newly named veterinarians marched into the work force last month. In all, the nation?s 28 veterinary colleges reported 2,481 new DVM grads. The number has remained flat for about the last two decades, says Dr. Michael Chaddock of the Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges (AAVMC). \
Video showing abuse of cows prompts AVMA response
June 29th 2008Shaumburg, Ill. - The American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) is calling for stricter adherence to humane animal handling guidelines and standards after a new video, taped by an undercover Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) employee, shows abuse to cows at a New Mexico livestock auction.
Art auction to fund special procedures for Miami shelter animals
June 28th 2008Miami Fla. - A Miami veterinary specialty hospital and artist Darek Pala are auctioning 10 of Pala's paintings to raise funds to help four Miami area pet shelters provide care for animals that need advanced specialty procedures.