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Enter Online Sugar, a 27-year-old Spanish Barb horse, has played a role in the education of almost all of the 2,109 doctor of veterinary medicine graduates from the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine at Virginia Tech during her 24 years on the job. Now, after a career well-spent, Sugar has retired and found a new home. Continue reading…
High-tech medical devices normally reserved for humans might prove helpful in managing the health of Justin Credible, the colt with the first documented case of type-1 diabetes. Under the guidance of their treating veterinarian, owners David and Monica Hufana of Carlisle, Ky., are working with two companies–Insulet and DexCom–to develop a system that would allow them to continuously monitor their colt’s glucose levels and deliver insulin. Continue reading…
A fourth stallion that formerly stood at a Central Kentucky breeding facility, now identified as DeGraff Stables/Liberty Farm Equine Reproduction Center LLC, has tested positive for contagious equine metritis (CEM). Officials had considered this highly contagious venereal disease eradicated from the United States until it was identified during routine testing of a stallion earlier this month to qualify semen for exportation. Continue reading…
The American Quarter Horse Journal, December 23, 2008 – The American Quarter Horse Association show department wants to clarify the new progressive working hunter class eligibility. The 2009 Official Handbook of Rules and Regulations includes rule 462(b), which states the following eligibility requirements for progressive working hunter: Eligibility requirements are for horses of all ages who have no previous AQHA points in Open Working Hunter, Amateur Working Hunter, Youth Working Hunter, Amateur Equitation Over Fences, Youth Equitation Over Fences, Open Jumping, Youth Jumping and Amateur Jumping and who have not exhibited in a class 3’ and
Veterinarians’ incomes continued to increase from 2005-2007, though few expect incomes to increase as much from 2007-2009. At the end of 2007, veterinarians earned more in private practice than in many areas of public practice—and men still earned more than women. Income figures for 2007 come from the most recent Biennial Economic Survey, which the AVMA conducted this past spring to collect data from the previous calendar year. The AVMA released the survey results in late November. While the survey may not reflect the current economic climate, it does provide hard figures for veterinarians’ incomes every two
Schaumburg, Ill. — More than a year after warning consumers about a possible link between certain chicken jerky products imported from China and illness in dogs, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) continues to receive complaints from pet owners and veterinarians claiming these products are making dogs sick. In addition, the University of Sydney is currently investigating an association between illness in dogs and the consumption of chicken jerky after recent complaints in Australia, and one Australian firm has recalled their chicken jerky product, which the company says was manufactured in China. In a statement released
The Department of Homeland Security is recommending Kansas State University as the site of the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility for the study of foreign animal and zoonotic diseases that can affect livestock. The AVMA is backing federal legislation to establish the NBAF. The high-security facility will replace Plum Island Animal Disease Center on Plum Island, N.Y., the only location in the United States for research on the live virus that causes foot-and-mouth disease. Homeland Security has oversight of Plum Island, while the U.S. Department of Agriculture conducts the research there on foreign animal diseases. In early
Federal authorities are accepting comments on a planned regulation that would prohibit use of some cattle tissues in all animal feeds by late April. The regulation published by the Food and Drug Administration is intended to reduce the risk of transmission of bovine spongiform encephalopathy by prohibiting use of brains and spinal cords from cattle 30 months and older in all animal feed. The materials are already prohibited from use in feed for ruminants, including cattle, sheep, and goats. “The added measure of excluding high-risk materials from all animal feeds addresses risks associated with accidental feeding of
Schaumburg, Ill. — The American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) is showing its strong support for the National Animal Identification System (NAIS) by urging veterinarians to actively participate in the system and utilize the new Veterinarian’s Toolkit. The U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service’s (USDA-APHIS)Veterinarian’s Toolkit is an online resource developed by veterinarians for veterinarians. It provides a myriad of information including a detailed guide to how NAIS works and resources to help communicate its importance and benefits to producers. “The AVMA fully supports a national livestock identification system. This toolkit will help ensure that both
Raw milk and other unpasteurized dairy products are linked to a growing number of disease outbreaks, researchers warn. Writing in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases, scientists from the College of Veterinary Medicine in Columbus, Ohio, say that the average number of disease outbreaks per year associated with raw milk has more than doubled to 5.2 per year from 1993 through 2006 compared to the previous 19 years. Contamination with disease-causing bacteria can occur at any point along the route from cow to human, including collection, processing, distribution, and storage, the authors say. Pasteurization is the most effective way to destroy microbes
High hay prices and the dour economy are being blamed for a growing number of horse owners who are giving up and abandoning or neglecting their animals in Idaho and other Western states. High hay prices and the dour economy are being blamed for a growing number of horse owners who are giving up and abandoning or neglecting their animals in Western states. In 2007 and 2008, the Kootenai County Sheriff’s Department in Idaho received three times more reports of abuse regarding horses, donkeys or mules than it did in 2005 and 2006, said Capt. Ben Wolfinger.