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Rockville, Md.-The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) unveiled a broad initiative to help make pioneering medical technologies in veterinary and human medicine available sooner.

Dr. Gregory Troy pinpoints the factors that help practioners determine a definitive diagnosis for Canine Lyme disease and how to treat it.

College Station, Texas-In 1997, the $3.7 million Missy-plicity project brought a rash of excitement and media frenzy to Texas A&M University's researchers along with hopes to clone the world's first canine. Five years later, their venture is defunct.

CDC has recipe for 'purer' horse vaccine; canines may gain from research

Needs of new graduates unlike those of older generations

Spectrum Surgical Instruments introduces the Instrument Workstation

Synbiotics Corp. announces the addition of a new use for ICG Status-LH

St. Louis-This month, six members from two top veterinary organizations convened here to discuss leaving the educational equivalency standards of foreign graduates to an autonomous group.

Macleod Pharmaceuticals, Inc., introduces IntraCell, a new approach to wound management.

Equine practitioners may still take the backseat to food animal practitioners in the debate over antimicrobial resistance, but their input may help sustain prudent use of controversial drugs for all species.

IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. has developed a new, enhanced version of its practice software in Cornerstone? 5.0.

Orlando-Iams just bought minority equity ownership in Veterinary Pet Insurance (VPI).

Iowa State Press releases Diseases of Poultry, 11th Edition

Pay close attention to deadlines, dates and expirations

Med-Vet International introduces its new line of Oasis pet carriers.

Spectrum Surgical Instruments introduces a surgery pack designed exclusively for avian procedures

Manhattan, Kan.-When senior Roz Pineda runs her equine rotations, she's usually the only minority in the room.

Orlando-Merial and Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica Inc. (BI) have just inked a deal on a long-term strategic alliance.

Securos, Inc. offers monofilament suture for lateral suture cruciate repair, hip luxation management and other surgical procedures.

St. Hubert's Animal Welfare Center introduces behavior tapes entitled Dogs Will Be Dogs

Washington-The Food and Drug Adminis-tration (FDA) is still gathering input about its proposal to curb antibiotic drug resistance.

Kernco Instruments Co., Inc. offers information concerning five of its clinical refractometers ? two bench-type models and three hand portable types.

Sports DOC? introduces the HUG-U-VAC, a vacuum-activated veterinary positioning system designed for office, hospital and field use.

I was just finishing my supper, when the call came in on the home phone. It was Mr. Izzy A. Payne calling about his dog, Yessiree Bob. "I'm sorry to call you at home, doctor," he said.

Three words summarize the recommended frequency of canine vaccination - triennially, annually or never.

Orlando-"Big is not the goal," says Dr. Richard DeBowes, North American Veterinary Conference (NAVC) president. "Quality is the goal."

Van Beek Global introduces a multi-pack point-of-purchase display shipper containing 12 jars of 30-count DiaBac Diarrhea Control Capsules for dogs.

Thornell Corp. announces its winter promotion.

Private practitioners favor less anesthetic drugs, perform more outpatient procedures and rarely check blood pressure in anesthetized animals compared to their public university counterparts.

Columbus, Ohio-Veterinary medicine, like many healthcare specialties, lacks diversity, and reversing that trend is no small task, an Ohio veterinary leader reports.