Association begins search for new Governmental Relations Division director
Apr 1, 2006
By:
Jennifer Fiala
Washington — Dr. Michael Chaddock, head of AVMA's Washington
bureau, resigned following a dispute with Executive Vice President
Dr. Bruce Little over what Chaddock claims were "irregular hiring
practices" for an assistant director position. AVMA disputes
Chaddock's account.
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Long-range project promises to surpass Pew Report in strategic significance
Apr 1, 2006
By:
Jennifer Fiala
Washington — Year 2025: Technicians rank as spay and neuter
experts, veterinary education and licenses restrict via species,
and agricultural practice exists as a mere memory.
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Capital punishment opponents use euthanasia guidelines to argue against pancuronium bromide
Mar 1, 2006
By:
Jennifer Fiala
Schaumburg, Ill. The American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) wants capital punishment opponents to stop quoting its euthanasia guidelines to contest lethal injection.
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COE demotes veterinary college's accreditation in response to leadership change
Mar 1, 2006
By:
Jennifer Fiala
Corvallis, Ore. ? The American Veterinary Medical Association's Council on Education (COE) plans this month to demote Oregon State University's (OSU) accreditation status for the second time in six years. The move was in response to officials hiring a researcher and geochemist as the veterinary college's interim dean.
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World's first registration for plant-based preventative technology meets anticipation, skepticism
Mar 1, 2006
By:
Jennifer Fiala
Indianapolis The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) recently approved Dow AgroSciences' technology to generate vaccines from plants, marking the first such regulatory sanction in the world.
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Opponents question tactics of new alliances with HSUS, AKC
Mar 1, 2006
By:
Jennifer Fiala
Washington In a town where political isolation begets a legislative death sentence, the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) reports some once-unusual alliances now bolster the profession's Washington agenda.
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Licensure expansion for RVTs scheduled for public hearing next month
Mar 1, 2006
By:
Jennifer Fiala
Sacramento, calif. ? An April 28 hearing on licensure expansion for registered veterinary technicians (RVT) might prove the California Veterinary Medical Association's (CVMA) best and final chance to thwart the measure.
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Feb 1, 2006
By:
Jennifer Fiala
Chicago — If framers of a revision to the American Veterinary Medical Association's (AVMA) governing documents have their way, future presidential races, should they be tied, could come down to a "game of chance."
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Stakeholders await trend data for food supply veterinarians; full report slated for release this spring, officials say
Feb 1, 2006
By:
Jennifer Fiala
Minneapolis — In the coming months, researchers plan to unveil national statistics designed to map supply and demand of DVMs within the food animal sector.
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