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Enter Online Meat, poultry, and dairy producers have overall been cutting back the sizes of herds and flocks. But there will be “huge demand” for food supply veterinarians for a long time, said David M. Andrus, PhD, who headed a research team for the May 2006 Food Supply Veterinary Medicine Coalition Report and is a professor at Kansas State University’s College of Business Administration. “There was such a huge shortage that even a fall in production of animals won’t overcome the need for more food supply veterinarians,” Dr. Andrus said. That is not to say the production cutbacks won’t
Dr. David Prigel expects the dairy farmers he works with will endure through the recession. “Fortunately, the producers I work with, they knew things were getting tougher and they started reducing overhead, paying forward on some expenses such as fertilizer and feed,” Dr. Prigel said. “Some of them are fourth- and fifth-generation (farmers), so they are really good at battening down the hatches when they see trouble coming.” Dr. Prigel is a mixed animal practitioner from Republic, Mo., and a member of the AVMA House of Delegates. He has been an integral part of his client producers’
Veterinarians are not exempt from a new federal rule to prevent identity theft. The Red Flags Rule, which the Federal Trade Commission will begin enforcing May 1, requires creditors to develop programs to prevent, detect, and mitigate identity theft. The FTC proposed the Red Flags Rule in late 2007, and it took effect in 2008. The commission delayed enforcement until this year because many organizations did not consider themselves to be creditors—not in the same sense as financial institutions, which also fall under the rule. Nevertheless, the rule applies to most organizations that make arrangements to defer
When ingested, small wires can wreak havoc in the equine digestive system. They might even cause different segments of the tract to fuse together, leading to painful and usually fatal consequences, according to South African and American researchers who recently published a study on the subject.Continue reading…
America’s Horse, April 7, 2009 – What would a horse event be without a boots, jeans and a bling fashion show? That’s what we have at QuarterFest: A Celebration of the American Quarter Horse. Sponsored by AQHA Corporate Partners Wrangler, Montana Silversmiths and Justin, the fashion show will be from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Friday, May 1, and Saturday, May 2. Come to the QuarterFest fashion show to see the latest in Western apparel: Wrangler’s Q-Baby and Cash riding jeans, Aura jeans, capris and tops; the Tough Enough To Wear Pink clothing line that honors breast cancer