Day: May 13, 2008

Revised AVMA Policy on Castrating and Dehorning Cattle Provides Additional Guidance for Managing Pain

SCHAUMBURG, Ill. — The American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) has revised its policy on castration and dehorning of cattle to provide veterinarians with additional guidance for managing pain associated with these procedures. The revised policy, approved on April 12, 2008, does not dictate that practitioners use any particular method of pain management or drug. Instead it provides some basic recommendations for consideration by practitioners when they work with producers to achieve the goal of pain management. Revisions made to the policy are the result of a comprehensive review of recent science that has provided more information about

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AVMA Opposes Use of Double-Deck Trailers for Transporting Horses and Other Equines

Tom McPheron Phone: 847-285-6781 Cell: 773-494-5419 e-mail: tmcpheron@avma.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 12, 2008 SCHAUMBURG, Ill. The American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) has reinforced its opposition to the use of double-deck trailers to transport horses and other equines by approving a new policy on the Humane Transport of Equines. The policy, proposed by the AVMA Animal Welfare Committee and approved by the Executive Board on April 12, 2008, states that due to animal welfare and safety concerns, the AVMA opposes the use of double-deck trailers to transport equines. The AVMA previously has supported U.S. Department of Agriculture

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MOBILE.BLOODHORSE.COM BRINGS THE THOROUGHBRED INDUSTRY TO YOUR CELL PHONE

Real-time news and information for the Thoroughbred racing and breeding industry now available 24/7 on the Web at http://mobile.bloodhorse.com Lexington, Ky. – Blood-Horse Publications is meeting its customers’ rapidly expanding need for information with a new mobile news delivery service, which delivers the premier news and information from BloodHorse.com to all mobile internet devices. The free service is updated 24/7 and available by pointing your device’s Web browser to mobile.BloodHorse.com. Mobile users can easily browse and view full-screen up-to-the-minute news and feature stories including top headlines, breeding news, and Triple Crown Mania. BloodHorse.com is one of the

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