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Tackling turnover
Aug 01, 2008; Whitcomb, Rachael ... Job-hopping accelerates for associate DVMs, technicians LAKEWOOD, COLO. - Associate veterinarians are jumping jobs faster than the average American worker, according to a new study, and salaries that don't keep pace with inflation could be partly to blame. Average annual employee ...
Resolutions spur debate at AVMA meeting
Aug 01, 2008; Macejko, Christina ... AVMA COVERAGE NEW ORLEANS - Delegates from across the country considered 16 resolutions - some contentious, such as the one to support changes in veal husbandry - at the AVMA House of Delegates (HoD) meeting in late July. One resolution calling for a ban on antimicrobials used ...
Big Easy's rebound has been anything but for DVMs
Aug 01, 2008; Macejko, Christina ... IN THE NEWS With city back to half its pre-Katrina size, veterinary clinics are fewer but doing OK NEW ORLEANS - Local veterinarians say growth doesn't mean their practices are brimming with clients, especially considering the number of clinics has declined, due to delayed ...
ON THE WEB
Aug 01, 2008; Anonymous ... www.dvm360.com WEB EXCLUSIVES OSU's cancer collaboration Veterinary and human researchers at The Ohio State University are conducting a $10.9 million, five-year study of retrovirus-associated cancer. Rebuilding Iraq Texas A&M veterinarian William Moyer ...
Racing industry acting quickly on some reforms
Aug 01, 2008; Lewis, James M ... IN THE NEWS In wake of Congress hearing, several jurisdictions moving to ban steroids for performance NATIONAL REPORT - The Thoroughbred racing industry, now effectively on notice to bring about serious reforms or look for Congress to do so, appears to be taking strides in that ...
Unveiling a new kind of veterinary community
Aug 01, 2008; Verdon, Daniel R ... EDITOR'S NOTE When DVM360.com went live last month, it changed this market forever. The online portal is about rapidly reporting veterinary news. It's about integrating audio and video as mediums to communicate information. It's about Jinking you with your colleagues, suppliers ...
When opposites collide
Aug 01, 2008; Obenski, Michael A ... A shining moment in veterinary history: If only it could repeat itself I could almost hear the "twang" when Blitz hit the end of his leash and it stopped him short. The snapping sound of his big mouth almost catching my arm followed immediately. Mrs. Whiteflag was quick to ...
A house divided?
Aug 01, 2008; Macejko, Christina ... AVMA COVERAGE Philosophical disparity is clearly evident among delegates on animal-welfare issues NEW ORLEANS - Veterinarians once again squared off on animal-welfare and human-health issues at this year's American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) House of Delegates ...
California's recovery
Aug 01, 2008; Whitcomb, Rachael ... ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTER Veterinarians, volunteers tend to pets and livestock plucked from wildfires PARADISE, CALIF. - Thick smoke forced him from his home, but it hasn't kept Dr. Mike seely from visiting a local evacuation shelter where he checks on hundreds of pets and livestock ...
A market in transition: Is profession ready to seize the opportunities?
Aug 01, 2008; Verdon, Daniel R ... TREND WATCH PORTLAND, ORE.-Dr. Hugh B. Lewis shared a big vision during his career. And he had the opportunity to see it become reality. The former Purdue University veterinary school dean was one of the key architects behind Banfield's DataSavant - now at some 20 million ...
ACVS readies for San Diego meeting
Aug 01, 2008; Anonymous ... SAN DIEGO - Veterinarians can earn more than 300 CE credits and peruse the offerings of numerous product vendors at the American College of Veterinary Surgeons' Symposium in San Diego Oct. 22-25 at the Manchester Grand Hyatt. Laboratories are scheduled for Oct. 21, 22, 24 and 25. Topics ...
Some fear 'declaw law' sets broad precedent
Aug 01, 2008; Whitcomb, Rachael ... STATE WATCH New Calif. bill would collar local interference in state regulation of professions SACRAMENTO, CALIF. - Municipalities won't be able to ban state-sanctioned medical practices if a proposed bill passes in California. AB 2427 would make it illegal for local ...
Veterinary salaries remain modest - but job security's great
Aug 01, 2008; Lewis, James M ... STATISTICS Salaries of veterinarians continue to rank near the low end of those within the health-care field, but DVMs and other veterinary workers can take comfort in knowing that thenjob security and job-growth prospects are among the best of all occupations, based on the latest ...
Hot-button convention topics
Aug 01, 2008; Macejko, Christina ... AVMA COVERAGE Antimicrobial ban doesn't gamer enough votes to reach the floor, but DVMs couldn't stop talking about it NEW ORLEANS-Whether even to discuss a ban on antimicrobials in livestock feed for growth promotion split the House of Delegates nearly in half at the annual ...
Calif. Senate snips spay/neuter bill
Aug 01, 2008; Whitcomb, Rachael ... LEGISLATION Mandatory sterilization law gets cut back, providing only an increase in fines SACRAMENTO, CALIF. - Impotent might be the best word to describe a law that would have required almost every cat and dog older than 4 months to be spayed or neutered before the measure was ...
Preparing for Olympics a challenge for equestrians
Aug 01, 2008; Marcella, Kenneth L ... IN THE NEWS When the equestrian events of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games are held Aug. 9-20, the world will see if China has met the numerous challenges facing the successful staging of those events. Concern was raised, even from the beginning of China's Olympic bid, in three main ...
Waters recede, but impact remains
Aug 01, 2008; Macejko, Christina ... IN THE NEWS Midwest floods will have long-term effect on animal health and veterinarians Although floodwaters receded along the banks of the Mississippi, the aftermath will continue to be felt for months and even years. Damage estimates still are being tallied, but are ...
Floods threaten livestock food supply
Aug 01, 2008; Macejko, Christina ... Devastating floods in several Midwest states left most farm animals unscathed, but food shortages and disease still loom as major concerns for farmers and veterinarians in coming months and years. "Frankly the biggest problem right now is feeding these animals," says Heather Case, ...
Choice of site for biosafety lab is delayed
Aug 01, 2008; Anonymous ... WASHINGTON - A decision on where a proposed National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility would be located has been postponed until at least the end of the year, according to the Department of Homeland Security. In June, the department's Science and Technology Directorate named six potential ...
Pew industrial-farm report has veterinary detractors
Aug 01, 2008; Fiala, Jennifer ... IN THE NEWS WASHINGTON - A report exploring big agriculture's impact on the environment, animal welfare and human health is encountering strong criticism from a faction of leaders in veterinary medicine. The 2.5-year, $3 million study, released by the Pew Commission on Industrial ...