Sep 1, 2011
By:
Rachael Whitcomb
Athens, Ga. — Veterinary researchers at the University of Georgia will collborate with several universities as part of a nearly $5 million, five-year grant to study a curative vaccine for rabies that could be administered late in the disease process.
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Sep 1, 2011
By:
Rachael Whitcomb
National Report — Animal-welfare groups and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) have butted heads for some time about wild-horse gathers, but BLM recently announced it will work more closely with the Humane Society of the United States to develop a "new normal" for doing business in the future.
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Sep 1, 2011
By:
Rachael Whitcomb
National Report — Ballot initatives, backed by the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) to change egg-production standards, were dropped in Oregon and Washington after HSUS and the United Egg Producers announced a deal to work together on new federal legislation that would apply to all egg-laying hens in the United States.
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Sep 1, 2011
By:
Rachael Whitcomb
Davis, Calif. — A protein recently identified by veterinary researchers at the University of California-Davis may be key to diagnosing and treating lymphoma in animals and humans.
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Sep 1, 2011
By:
Rachael Whitcomb
Montpelier, Vt. -- Flood waters from Hurricane Irene left several Vermont towns isolated from society and without communication.
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Sep 1, 2011
By:
Rachael Whitcomb
Urbana, Ill. — Over the next 18 months, the University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine will undergo a transformation that could reduce energy consumption by as much as 40 percent.
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Sep 1, 2011
By:
Rachael Whitcomb
Schaumburg, Ill. — Ther American Veterinary Medical Association developed a new data collection tool to help in the fight against non-DVMs performing veterinary prcedures
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Sep 1, 2011
By:
Rachael Whitcomb
National Report — Kanab, Utah, just got its second stoplight. And most people living in the community leave their doors unlocked.
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Sep 1, 2011
By:
Rachael Whitcomb
Boxmeer, Netherlands — Merck Animal Health, formerly known as Intervet/Schering-Plough Animal Health, is planning an $18 million expansion of a vaccine-manufacturing unit in the Netherlands.
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