Source: DVM360 MAGAZINE
April 1, 2009
By:
Christina Macejko
National Report — While the shortage of rural veterinarians across the country is palpable, the number of people needed isn't.
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Source: DVM360 MAGAZINE
December 11, 2008
Perry, Iowa -- The American Association of Swine Veterinarians Foundation (AASVF) is accepting applications for the Hogg Scholarship through Feb. 2, 2009.
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Source: DVM360 MAGAZINE
November 26, 2008
Washington -- The federal order banning extra-label use of cephalosporins in food-producing animals has been revoked -- at least for now.
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Source: DVM360 MAGAZINE
November 5, 2008
Passage of Prop 2 will mean big changes for California's food-animal industry.
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Source: DVM360 MAGAZINE
October 2, 2008
Washington - Neither a short-term cash infusion or the $2.5 million in long-term funding promised for the support of the Food Animal Residue Avoidance Databank (FARAD) in this year's Farm Bill came through in time, so the resource used to keep contaminants out of the food supply for more than a quarter century began shutting down Oct. 1.
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Source: DVM360 MAGAZINE
August 1, 2008
By:
Christina Macejko
Devastating floods in several Midwest states left most farm animals unscathed, but food shortages and disease still loom as major concerns for farmers and veterinarians in coming months and years.
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Source: DVM360 MAGAZINE
January 1, 2008
By:
Jennifer Fiala
Fort Collins, Colo. — More than 69 percent of U.S. swine producers use a veterinarian, with five out of 10 large operations employing a DVM on staff. Overall, approximately half the sites polled turn to a local practitioner for care.
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Source: DVM360 MAGAZINE
March 1, 2007
By:
Jennifer Fiala
Ames, Iowa — A virus spreading among U.S. swine operations caused nearly three times the infection rates reported last year, inducing "devastating economic loss" for producers and calls for vigilance among veterinarians, Iowa State University (ISU) researchers say.
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Source: DVM360 MAGAZINE
January 1, 2006
By:
Jennifer Fiala
St. Paul, Minn. — The American Association of Swine Veterinarians (AASV) adopted a position statement reaffirming its war on porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) — a disease estimated to cost the industry $560 million annually
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