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Source: DVM NEWSMAGAZINE

West Nile veterinary cases ebb lower

January 8, 2009

Atlanta -- Cumulative veterinary cases of West Nile Virus (WNV) are down to 203 nationwide.

Source: DVM NEWSMAGAZINE

CEM investigation involves all but 12 states

January 6, 2009

National report -- Four confirmed cases of contagious equine metritis (CEM) in Kentucky last month triggered an investigation that so far involves all but 12 states, according to the USDA's Animal and Plant Health inspection Service (APHIS).

Source: DVM NEWSMAGAZINE

Researchers make headway on universal avian flu vaccine

December 26, 2008

College Park, Md. -- A team of researchers specializing in the study of the Avian Influenza virus, H9N2, at the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine say they have developed a universal vaccine for animals that may also help prevent or delay the spread of the virus to humans.

Source: VETERINARY MEDICINE

A potential flu vaccine (4:47)

December 10, 2008

Researchers in Maryland may have identified a key to a universal flu vaccine.

Source: DVM NEWSMAGAZINE

Johne's disease vaccine developed at Cornell

December 3, 2008

Ithaca, N.Y. -- Researchers at Cornell University's College of Veterinary Medicine have developed a vaccine against Johne's disease, a contagious, chronic and often fatal infection.

Source: ELSEVIER

Diagnosis of feline retroviral infections

December 1, 2008

Feline leukemia virus (FeLV) and feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) are retroviruses that continue to be an important cause of immunodeficiency syndromes, anemia, neurologic signs, and neoplasia in cats worldwide.

Source: DVM NEWSMAGAZINE

Arkansas considers changing rabies vaccination requirement

November 29, 2008

Little Rock, Ark. -- The Arkansas Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) will not oppose a proposed change to the state's rabies vaccination law, but they do have a suggestion.

Source: DVM NEWSMAGAZINE

Parvo increase reported at San Francisco park

November 28, 2008

San Francisco -- The San Francisco Society for the Protection of Animals (SPCA) is cautioning pet owners who use Golden Gate Park in the Haight District to be aware of an increase in canine parvovirus cases in dogs that have visited it.

Source: DVM NEWSMAGAZINE

Lab to study and fight bio-terrorism and infectious disease dedicated

November 20, 2008

Columbia, Mo. -- A new Regional Biocontainment Laboratory (RBL) was dedicated earlier this month at the University of Missouri campus giving researchers the necessary tools to study emerging infectious diseases such as West Nile virus and tularemia, pathogens commonly found in Missouri.

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