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AVMA Calls For Stronger Animal Disease Traceability System

In response to a statement by Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) is reaffirming its call for a strong, national animal disease traceability program to help maintain and improve the health of U.S. livestock. Vilsack announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is creating a new strategy for animal disease traceability...
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Dog Breeding Report Sees Key Role For Vets – British Veterinary Association

Vets have welcomed Professor Bateson's report on dog breeding as an important step on a long journey to improving the health and welfare of all dogs...
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Vets Applaud Welsh Badger Cull – British Veterinary Association

The British Veterinary Association (BVA) has strongly welcomed the announcement of a pilot badger cull and stricter cattle measures in Wales in the bid to tackle the spread of bovine tuberculosis...
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With Pets Also Vulnerable To The Flu, PurinaCare(R) Pet Health Insurance Extends Coverage For The H3N8 (Dog Flu) Treatment

PurinaCare® Pet Health Insurance, which is committed to help pet owners provide a lifetime of care for their dogs and cats, is alerting dog owners to the dangers of the H3N8 virus, more commonly referred to as the Dog Flu or canine influenza. Canine influenza is extremely contagious and while humans are not affected by this flu strain, they can unknowingly pass it from an infected dog to an unaffected dog.
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Pedigree Report Welcome But Reform Must Be For All Dogs, Say Vets

Vets have welcomed the recognition by a group of politicians that more must be done to tackle the health and welfare problems of pedigree dogs, but believe that non-pedigree dogs must not be overlooked and that puppy farming of both pedigree and non-pedigree dogs remains an enormous threat.
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