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Falfurias, Texas-Dr. Michael Vickers changed the law on disposing of diseased food animal carcasses for rural veterinarians in Texas, but his battle with a Texas government agency still presses on.

Spectrum Surgical Instrument Corp. introduces rigid endoscope protection cases.

I could hardly believe my eyes. My boss, Dr. Oldguy, was throwing away pieces of mail without even opening them.

Securos Veterinary Orthopedic offers stainless steel wrenches, made from the highest quality stainless steel, in a variety of sizes for orthopedic equipment and supplies.

Rockville, Md.-The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted Bayer a hearing to determine the fate of enrofloxacin for use in poultry, the first time since the 1980s a hearing of this type has been granted.

Dr. Joe Bartges targets specific issues where practitioners can play a key role in preventing renal disease in cats and dogs by monitoring certain drug use and disease management.

A few clues make it obvious whether a practice is the right choice for your first job

Oakland Gardens, N.Y. - Tobias Jungreis, DVM, of the Rego Park Animal Clinic in New York, took his own advice to heart while writing, "How to Make Your Fifties the Best Time of Your Life," his second book to date.

Topeka, Kansas - Samples from eight Kansas cows suspected of having foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) were negative for the virus, officials report.

Bethesda, Md. - A U.S. government advisory panel is concerned that animal-to-human tissue transplants are proceeding without safeguards.

The Agricultural Research Service and the Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute in South Africa have co-launched a study to produce vaccines for foot-and-mouth disease (FMD).

Latin American veterinarians with plans to practice in the United States are one step closer to the border via participation in a distance-education program, TheHorse.com reports.

Boston - The drug-resistant salmonella bacteria is directly being linked to pigs, according to a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

London– It's unlikely the transmission of mad cow disease will pass from one generation of cows to the next, according to new British research.

Denver-The recently-released second edition, Neurological Examination for the Busy Practitioner, is designed to be a quick-access reference tool for veterinarians who perform such exams.

East Lansing, Mich. - The West Nile Virus (WNV), which adversely affects a horse's neurological system, has been found in 18 states and Ontario, since it was first discovered in New York in 1999.

Rockville, Md. - FDA is ordering the prohibition of extra-label use of topical nitrofuran animal and human drugs in food-producing animals.

East Lansing, Mich. - Scientists at Michigan State University are testing the efficacy of pyrantel tartrate as a potential preventive treatment against Sarcocystis neurona in horses.

New York - A veterinary professor at Kansas State University is considering new medication and food alternatives to the current methods of treating osteoarthritis in dogs.

Louisville, Ky. - At least five of the 17 horses in this year's Kentucky Derby are relaxing on pins and needles of the therapeutic variety.

Davis, Calif.- Dr. Tilahun Yilma, a veterinary virologist who genetically engineered a vaccine for a deadly cattle disease and is now working to develop an AIDS vaccine, is named the 2002 Faculty Research Lecturer by the University of California, Davis.

London - Bovine tuberculosis (TB) has long baffled scientists bent on finding a vaccine to combat it - until now.

Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture is amending regulations and standards pertaining to animal exports.

In an operation as risky as heart surgery, NASA astronaut and veterinarian Dr. Richard Linnehan joined a team of scientists in March on a mission to save the Hubble Space Telescope.

In late 2001, the U.S. Treasury Department seemingly gave many small business taxpayers, including veterinarians, one less headache in the form of a cash-based accounting method.

West Lafayette, Ind. -Purdue University research is providing clues on how viruses infect cells.

Idexx Laboratories, Inc. introduces its new and improved Snap Heartworm Antigen test, an in-clinic test that screens dogs for the presence of heartworm antigens.

Yorkshire Terrier, 10-year-old, female spayed, 11.4 lbs.

Veterinarians have a new tool to guide owners in caring for their pets.

George silently pads to the kitchen searching for a cup of coffee. Gladys is already sitting at the kitchen table making a list of "to do" items for the day.