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NASHVILLE — With Tennessee’s budget already going to the dogs, state health officials want permission to tack a $1 fee on rabies vaccinations to continue funding investigations into potential cases of the deadly disease. Veterinarians are barking mad about the plan. Lawmakers, meanwhile, are baring their teeth at each other with a top Democrat accusing some GOP critics of preening like peacocks with their opposition. Underscoring the tension is a stark fiscal reality: In a three-year period ending July 1, 2011, recession-battered tax revenues will have forced Tennessee to slash general state spending by an estimated $1.5
MIDDLEBORO — For the first time in his 34 years of practice, local veterinarian Bruce Chase has diagnosed a case of rabies in a horse. The viral disease is common in dogs, cats and other predators but is rare in non-predatory animals such as horses. In Massachusetts, Chase said only three cases have been confirmed in the past 10 years. Chase said he has notified his clients in the area that the risk of rabies may be higher this year. “We still consider rabies a big part of public health concern,” Chase said. The horse in question
Norman, Okla., April 30, 2010—Future Fortunes, Inc., the nation’s premier barrel racing stallion incentive program, will have awarded $1 million in bonus money to stallion owners, breeders and barrel horse owners at the conclusion of the 2010 Barrel Futurities of America’s World Championship Barrel Racing Futurity in December. “It’s just incredible,” says Future Fortunes founder Mary Ellen Hickman. “I was hoping to reach $1 million in 10 years. The fact that we’ve reached that mark ahead of schedule shows that Future Fortunes is a strong organization with a solid foundation.” The stallion incentive program started in 2004
Horses could suffer from irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) like humans do, hypothesized human gastroenterologist John Hunter, MD, from the Gastoenterology Research Unit at Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge, United Kingdom. In humans, IBS is extremely common and thought to affect up to 15% of… Read more
Schaumburg, IL — A federal notice has gone out this morning requesting applications for the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Veterinary Medicine Loan Repayment Program (VMLRP), which will provide up to $25,000 of student loan debt relief per year for a minimum of three-years service in designated shortage areas across the United States. The USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA), which is running the program, also released maps of state- and federally-designated shortage areas on its website, along with eligibility requirements, FAQs and application forms. Applications will be accepted until June 30, with awards being offered
Bigger classes and new student loan forgiveness programs are increasing the number of veterinarians in Kansas, but demand continues to far exceed supply — a situation that has implications for the health of humans as well as animals. Within the next five years, the nation is expected to be 15,000 veterinarians short of the number needed, said Ralph Richardson, dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine at Kansas State University. In Kansas, the shortage continues to be acute in large-animal practices, even in areas not considered rural. Richardson said other shortages are looming, especially in areas that