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Waging a tax revolt
Jan 01, 2009; ... THE ECONOMY Vote looms on veterinary-services levy; similar plan possible in Wisconsin National Report - California legislators may decide by mid-January the fate of a proposed 10 percent veterinary service tax that has outraged veterinarians and pet owners. The tax has ...
Responding in times of crisis
Jan 01, 2009; ... Listening to the beat of the profession. LEGISLATION Group pitches uniform act to cut emergency-response red tape National Report - Disasters can breed volunteerism, but sometimes bureaucracy and red tape can get in the way of the best intentions. The Uniform Law ...
Pet owners pull back on spending; DVMs pessimistic, survey finds
Jan 01, 2009; ... ECONOMY DALLAS - A new survey conducted over the last three months by Brakke Consulting shows that the veterinary profession, once thought to be recession -proof, may not be so secure after all. Veterinarians are concerned about what to expect in 2009 - apparently with good ...
AVMA gets mixed reaction to ear-crop policy
Jan 01, 2009; ... Opposes cosmetic procedures, urges AKC clubs to change breed standards NATIONAL REPORT - The AVMA Executive Board's recent decision asking breed clubs to eliminate ear cropping and tail docking from breed standards earned praise from animalrights groups but sharp criticism from the ...
Instinct: a powerful force, even for pet owners
Jan 01, 2009; ... Some client behaviors must be hard-wired over thousands of years Stop the presses! The natural history of mankind in general, and veterinary medicine in particular, may need to be rewritten. Arnie and I have uncovered dramatic new evidence indicating that the formal practice of ...
Quotables
Jan 01, 2009; ... "We've revised our (cosmetic surgery) policy in the past, most recently in 1999, and they (AKC) had a similar reaction. They feel strongly about their breed standards." - Dr. Gail Golab, director of the AVMA Animal Welfare Division ("AVMA GETS MIXED REACTION TO EAR-CROPPING ...
Calif. DVMs urged to advise clients of new medical-waste law
Jan 01, 2009; ... REGULATORY Don't dispose of home-generated sharps, CVMA cautions SACRAMENTO, CALIF. - The California Veterinary Medical Association (CVMA) is encouraging veterinarians to advise clients of changes to the state's home-generated sharps waste (HGSW) law. The new law took ...
Potential policy changes blow into the Windy City
Jan 01, 2009; ... ASSOCIATION NEWS AVMA delegates face crowded, likely contentious, agenda during winter session SCHAUMBURG, ILL. - Ten resolutions - involving student-loan relief to prescribing antimicrobials - top the American Veterinary Medical Association's (AVMA) House of Delegates agenda in ...
AVMA considers dues increase
Jan 01, 2009; ... SCHAUMBURG, ILL. - AVMA dues may be going up in 2010. As the American Veterinary Medical Association begins building its 2010 budget this month, Treasurer Bret Marsh says an increase will be looked at due to the increasing cost of doing business and the downturn in the ...
DVMs earning more
Jan 01, 2009; ... TRENDS Female veterinarians still getting smaller slice of the pie in most practice areas SCHAUMBURG, ILL. - In most cases, veterinary incomes have been increasing at an average annual rate of 6 percent since 1997, according to the AVMA's Report on Veterinary Compensation ...
Unwanted horses - an epidemic
Jan 01, 2009; ... EQUINE WELFARE As their numbers multiply, experts cite economic woes, closure of processing plants NATIONAL REPORT - There are tens of thousands of them across the nation - no one knows exactly how many. And there are few reliable statistics on their age, gender, breed, ...
Community shelters - for unwanted horses?
Jan 01, 2009; ... EQUINE WELFARE UC-Davis plan envisions facilities operating like dog and cat shelters DAVIS, CALIF. - A faculty organization at the University of CaliforniaDavis has come up with a proposal for dealing with unwanted horses and intends to create a template that communities ...
U.S. agency receives private offer to create wild-horse sanctuary
Jan 01, 2009; ... EQUINE WELFARE RENO, NEV. - Thousands of unadoptable wild horses in U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) holding facilities could be saved from possible euthanasia or slaughter if the agency decides to accept an offer from Madeleine Pickens, wife of Texas billionaire T. Boone Pickens, to ...
Firm working with AAEP to donate vaccine
Jan 01, 2009; ... EQUINE WELFARE MILLSBORO, DEL. - Intervet/Schering-Plough Animal Health and the American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP) are launching a nonprofit program that will provide vaccines to qualified equine rescue and retirement facilities nationwide starting this ...
3 horses test positive for CEM in Kentucky
Jan 01, 2009; ... LEXINGTON, KY. - State officials asked the U.S. Department of Agriculture to declare a state of emergency in Kentucky following the discovery of three cases of contagious equine metritis (CEM), a venereal disease that causes infertility in mares. The state also seeks federal funds to ...
AAEP convention was 3rd largest
Jan 01, 2009; ... SAN DIEGO - The 54th annual convention of the American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP) last month was the group's third largest, final attendance figures show. A total of 6,579 attended the San Diego meeting, including 3,201 veterinarians, students and technicians, 938 paid ...
Arkansas bill calls for annual rabies vaccination
Jan 01, 2009; ... dvm IN BRIEF LITILE ROCK, ARK. - The Arkansas Department of Health wants to change the interval required for rabies vaccinations, but the Arkansas Veterinary Medical Association isn't biting. The proposed bill ...
Kansas lands a plum
Jan 01, 2009; ... IN THE NEWS Federal laboratory to relocate, infuse an estimated $3.5 billion into state economy MANHATTAN, KAN. - The $563 million National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility (NABF) could pump some $3.5 billion into Kansas, and, while the money is an incentive, Kansas State University ...
Resolved: to educate clients on diet
Jan 01, 2009; ... TRENDS FOR THE NEW YEAR Animal nutritionists offer tips for teaching owners what to feed pets to keep them healthy and fit National Report - Losing weight was the second most popular New Year's resolution last year, behind getting out of debt, according to a Franklin Covey poll ....
Illinois VMA to admit veterinary technicians
Jan 01, 2009; ... SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Veterinary technicians can become members of the Illinois State Veterinary Medical Association (ISVMAX based on an amendment to the ISVMA constitution. The amendment adds a membership category for technicians and specifies the requirements for membership, but ...