Oct 1, 2005
By:
Jessica Tremayne
New Orleans — Despite deployment of all four Veterinary Medical Assistance Teams (VMATS), strict curfews and restrictions delayed initial rescue efforts for thousands of animals stranded in abandoned dwellings and flood zones.
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Oct 1, 2005
By:
Jessica Tremayne
Denver — A breed ban and subsequent euthanasia of 341 Pit Bulls in Denver is garnering concern from the Colorado Veterinary Medical Association (CVMA).
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Advocates for increasing the number of minorities in veterinary medicine look to accreditation to solve dilemmas
Sep 1, 2005
By:
Jessica Tremayne
Minneapolis — Some veterinary leaders want a more diverse veterinary population, and they are willing to take their case tio the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) to promulgate it.
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Chemicals released by injured spinal cells could inhibit repair
Sep 1, 2005
By:
Jessica Tremayne
West Lafayette, IND. — Researchers at Purdue's School of Veterinary Medicine found that acrolein, a carcinogen, is present at high levels in spinal tissue several days after an injury.
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Sep 1, 2005
By:
Jessica Tremayne
Schaumburg, Ill. — The American Veterinary Medical Association's (AVMA) mentoring program is running, but widespread participation proves tougher to achieve.
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Panel members says they are not surprised at symposium attendance
Sep 1, 2005
By:
Jessica Tremayne
MINNEAPOLIS — Critics of veterinary leadership want a more diverse veterinary population, and they are willing to take their case to the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) to promulgate it.
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Researchers explore factors related to pet overpopulation in national survey to determine the number of household animals
Sep 1, 2005
By:
Jessica Tremayne
Overpopulation cannot be solved unless we understand the factors that lead
to planned and unplanned births.
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Ultimate goal to create a melanoma-preventive vaccine
Aug 1, 2005
By:
Jessica Tremayne
New York — In effort to wipe out canine malignant melanoma (CMM), veterinarians and researchers are working together to target the disease with an emerging weapon in the form of a DNA-based vaccine.
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Aug 1, 2005
By:
Jessica Tremayne
Schaumburg, Ill. — After a year in the planning stages, the American Veterinary Medical Association's (AVMA) mentoring program went live, but it's been a challenge to obtain widespread participation, officials report.
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