Mar 1, 2007
By:
Jennifer Fiala
Washington -- Proponents of an overdue national program to beef up veterinary medicine's presence in underserved, largely rural areas are pressuring its administrator -- USDA.
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AVMA issues 400-plus action alerts outlining initiatives
Mar 1, 2007
By:
Jennifer Fiala
Schaumburg, Ill. — Hundreds of veterinary-related bills proposing everything from licensure tweaks to insurance mandates have the profession's watchdogs monitoring legislative introductions at a frantic pace.
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Mar 1, 2007
By:
Jennifer Fiala
Jefferson City, Mo. — A Missouri Supreme Court ruling that exempts the retail sale of prescription veterinary drugs from the state pharmacy board's oversight has prompted a Senate bill calling for regulatory clarification.
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Mar 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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Feb 15, 2007
By:
Jennifer Fiala
Pleasant Hill, Calif. — Veterinarians vulnerable to lawsuits and state board complaints must remain vigilant when it comes to liability in their practices, and graduates equally should beware the dangers of working in an unsound legal environment.
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Feb 1, 2007
By:
Jennifer Fiala
St. Louis, Mo. — Chiropractic treatment for animals has become so popular that the nation's largest directory publisher now gives the term its own heading.
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Multiple surveys examine attitudes about veterinary medicine
Feb 1, 2007
By:
Jennifer Fiala
Chicago — Veterinarians are still beloved and clients remain willing to pay high fees despite growing public expectations and prices rising faster than inflation. Yet practitioners, wary of practice ownership, aren't eager to put in a lot of hours, a trend that's straining the U.S. supply of DVMs.
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Supreme court gag order muffles British Columbia officials; insiders predict spillover into United States
Feb 1, 2007
By:
Jennifer Fiala
Vancouver, British Columbia — Teetering on financial ruin, the British Columbia Veterinary Medical Association (BCVMA) faces roughly 50 lawsuits carrying millions of dollars in punitive damages if veterinarians from India prove Canadian regulators guilty of discrimination.
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Jan 1, 2007
By:
Jennifer Fiala
Chicago — The American Veterinary Medical Association's annual leadership conference agenda appears ordinary apart from an administrative rules rewrite.
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