November 2011
By:
Rachael Whitcomb
The guidelines were develop to promote medical practices that place emphasis on the health, safety and welfare of performance horses.
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November 2011
By:
Rachael Whitcomb
Athens, Ga. — The University of Georgia (UGA) is inching forward on plan to build a new veterinary teaching hospital, and administrators are hopeful that groundbreaking could begin as early as next fall.
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November 2011
By:
Rachael Whitcomb
A fatal injury of a racehorse during training has some questioning the racetrack's responsibility in maintaining a veterinarian on call even during non-racing events.
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November 2011
By:
Rachael Whitcomb
National Report — The federal agencies charged with monitoring antimicrobial use and resistance are not doing a good enough job of collecting data, according to a new report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO).
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Washington state prescription-monitoring program causing 'huge burde' for DVMs
November 2011
By:
Rachael Whitcomb
Olympia, Wash. — A new prescription-monitoring program that went into effect in early October is already causing so many headaches for Washington practitioners that the state veterinary medical association is pushing for an exemption for the veterinary profession.
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Threats to personal, business and client privacy can come from all directions
November 2011
By:
Rachael Whitcomb
Threats to personal, business and client privacy can come from all directions.
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AVMA campaigns aims to improve economics; push public awareness
October 2011
By:
Rachael Whitcomb
Schaumburg, Ill. — The American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) committed $5 million toward a new campaign to improve the economics of the veterinary profession.
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Some DVMs claim they are out thousands of dollars after diverting products outside of traditional veterinary channels
October 2011
By:
Rachael Whitcomb
Wholesaler's financial woes draw lawsuits by veterinarians who claim to have lost thousands.
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October 2011
By:
Rachael Whitcomb
Leucadia, Calif. — The Academy of Veterinary Homeopathy (AVH) has asked a Virginia circuit court to award it more than $70,000 in damages after its continuing education (CE) courses were denied approval by the American Association of Veterinary State Boards' (AAVSB) Registry of Approved Continuing Education (RACE) Committee.
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