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AVMA Calls For Stronger Animal Disease Traceability System

By admin | Published: February 8, 2010

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...

Posted in Veterinary Medical News | Also tagged agriculture, and-improve, avma, disease-traceability, for-animal, health, help-maintain, its-call, medical, new-strategy, the-health, usda, vilsack | Comments closed

U.S. Veterinarians Join Coalition To Help Haiti

By admin | Published: January 21, 2010

The American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) and American Veterinary Medical Foundation (AVMF) have joined a coalition of other animal health and welfare groups to help address the ongoing humanitarian relief efforts in Haiti following the January 12 earthquake that devastated the country...

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Survival Of The Fittest Or Survival Of The Cutest

By admin | Published: January 21, 2010

Domestic dogs have followed their own evolutionary path, twisting Darwin's directive 'survival of the fittest' to their own needs - and have proved him right in the process, according to a new study by biologists Chris Klingenberg, of The University of Manchester and Abby Drake, of the College of the Holy Cross in the US...

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AVMA Ed Re-Launched With Cutting-Edge Upgrades

By admin | Published: November 16, 2009

After a successful first year, the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) has upgraded AVMA Ed with better video, faster downloads, clearer programs and improved audio. AVMA Ed was originally launched on Dec.

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American Veterinary Medical Association Issues Statement About Importance Of Upcoming International Animal Welfare Symposium

By admin | Published: November 10, 2009

In preparation for the first-of-its-kind Joint International Educational Symposium on Animal Welfare, the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) has issued a videotaped statement by Dr.