Day: May 7, 2010

Tennessee House committee approves $1 rabies vaccination fee

NASHVILLE — House Budget Subcommittee members today approved a $1 fee on rabies vaccinations despite concerns voiced by a Chattanooga veterinarian. “The Tennessee Veterinary Medical Association has a sincere concern that this bill is going to decrease the number of pets vaccinated for rabies across the state, which is going to create a public health risk,” veterinarian Dr. Randy Hammon warned. He said the fee would create a “hardship on the low- and fixed-income families” and owners of more than one pet. House Speaker Kent Williams took issue with that statement. Read More…

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2 horses in Montana test positive for equine infectious anemia

Two horses in Gallatin County, Mont., have been confirmed to be infected with a rare and transmittable disease known as equine infectious anemia. The state’s Livestock Department said the horses might have acquired the virus at an out-of-state event. The agency determined that some 35 equines might have been exposed to the infected horses, but the outbreak is not expected to have a far-reaching effect. Great Falls Tribune (Mont.)/The Associated Press

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ON-SITE DRUG DETECTION COULD SOON BE POSSIBLE

Costas Georgakopoulos, PhD, and his colleagues in Greece are working to create technologies that enable officials to quickly discover whether athletes–animals or people–are using illegal substances or exceeding the allowable levels of legal medications. Continue reading…

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CONSEQUENCES OF STALL CONFINEMENT

When we think of a contented horse, in our mind’s eye we see him grazing in an expansive pasture, surrounded by fields of green and other equine companions. But for some horse owners, this vision might also appear as an eager equine head popping over a stall door, attentive to this human entering the barn. Continue reading…

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