Source: DVM360 MAGAZINE
July 17, 2008
Schaumburg, Ill. - A task force appointed last year to define the mission of the One Health Initiative issued its report, making a number of recommendations on how the human/animal medicine collaboration should proceed.
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Source: DVM360 MAGAZINE
July 16, 2008
Blacksburg, Va. - Dr. F. William "Bill" Pierson, interim director of the veterinary teaching hospital at the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine at Virginia Tech since last July, now has officially been named to the full-time veterinary teaching hospital director position.
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Source: DVM360 MAGAZINE
July 16, 2008
Austin, Texas - A year after establishing its first 39,325-acre quarantine to fight fever ticks, the Texas Animal Health Commission (TAHC) has expanded its watch zone by another 307,000 acres.
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Source: DVM360 MAGAZINE
July 15, 2008
Augusta, Kan. - After retiring in 2006 from the veterinary practice DVM Gary D. Harmon and his wife, DVM Cathy Harmon, have run since 1969, the Kansas veterinarian questioned what to do with all of his spare time.
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Source: DVM360 MAGAZINE
July 14, 2008
Elmont, N.Y. - A $17 million, state-of-the-art equine referral hospital near Belmont Park that will serve the New York metropolitan area will open in early September, according to its owners, International Equine Acquisitions Holdings (IEAH), the group that owns 2008 Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner Big Brown.
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Source: DVM360 MAGAZINE
July 13, 2008
Baton Rouge - Learn about claw disease, nasal dermatoses and other dermatological ailments at Louisiana State University (LSU) conference this fall.
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Source: DVM360 MAGAZINE
July 12, 2008
Washington - A new drug that promises to combat coldwater disease in freshwater fish has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration.
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Source: DVM360 MAGAZINE
July 11, 2008
Washington - A bill was introduced into the U.S. Senate July 10 that would counteract a U.S. Department of Agriculture proposal to allow the importation of beef from a region in Argentina - a country that has not yet eradicated foot and mouth disease FMD).
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Source: DVM360 MAGAZINE
July 11, 2008
Bismarck, N.D. - Two cases of anthrax have been confirmed in animals in North Dakota so far this year.
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